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Growing older gracefully – a review of the 10th edition of Developmental Biology

Posted by , on 9 March 2014

This article was first published in Development, and was written by Timothy T. Weil, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.   In the age of Google and Wikipedia, what is ...

Best of both - balancing research and outreach

Posted by , on 7 March 2014

I have been trying to pin-point when exactly I became interested in science outreach. The earliest I can think back is when we had to dissect Helix aspersa, the garden ...

Of worms and (wo)men: reflections on the ‘Life Fantastic’ CHRISTMAS LECTURES 2013

Posted by , on 27 February 2014

On receiving an e-mail from the Royal Institution back in March 2013 inviting me to submit a proposal for the delivery of the CHRISTMAS LECTURES, my first reaction was to ...

MySciCareer - first-person stories about science careers

Posted by , on 27 February 2014

It’s been a while since I last wrote on the Node, but I have something to share that ties in to a project I started while I was still the ...

A day in the life of a butterfly lab

Posted by , on 21 February 2014

Hello! I’m Leila, a finishing PhD student in Patrícia Beldade’s lab at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal. We work on different topics within Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Evo-Devo, with the ...

2 Postdoctoral positions available in the Tissue Mechanics Lab at MRC LMCB, University College London

Posted by , on 6 February 2014

  Research Associate (2 positions) University College London -MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology Full Time : The appointment will be on UCL Grade 7. The salary range will be ...

This month on the Node- January 2014

Posted by , on 3 February 2014

January was a busy month on the Node, particularly our jobs page, which included several new postdoctoral positions, as well as PhD studentships, group leader and technician positions. Here are ...

Of non-existent black holes and pickled stem cells

Posted by , on 2 February 2014

Physics and Biology were the media darlings last week. Earlier, one of my favorite physicists Professor Stephen Hawking claimed through his paper that there are no black holes! Well… later ...

Post-doc opportunity in Melbourne, Australia. Investigating craniofacial development & neural tube closure

Posted by , on 31 January 2014

An exciting opportunity exists for a highly motivated individual to join the Epidermal Development Laboratory in the Department of Medicine. The group has an interest in understanding the mechanisms underpinning ...

Post-doc position in computational modelling of planar polarity

Posted by , on 24 December 2013

This Wellcome Trust-funded post-doc position is available to carry out computational modelling of coordination of planar polarity as part of an interdisciplinary team using Drosophila epithelial development as a model ...

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