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Growing a human body part - and cloning babies

Posted by , on 4 July 2012

Last week, I attended the “Growing a Human Part” talk at the Royal Institution, with talks by John Gurdon and Helen Blau. You can read the announcement on the Node, ...

This Month on the Node - June 2012

Posted by , on 2 July 2012

June marked the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, as well as the Node’s second birthday. We celebrated this occasion with… a plethora of conferences, courses, workshops, and job ...

Postdoctoral Research Associate position at UCL

Posted by , on 25 June 2012

Applications are invited to join a research group  investigating the developmental mechanisms, genetics and cell biology underlying neural tube closure and neural tube defects (NTDs). Recent research has identified key ...

Two post-doc positions to investigate wound repair and inflammation in Drosophila

Posted by , on 19 June 2012

We are pleased to announce a call for applications for two MRC-funded postdoctoral researcher positions to investigate mechanisms of wound healing and inflammation in Drosophila embryos.  These positions in the ...

This month on the Node - May 2012

Posted by , on 4 June 2012

This (last…) month, several posts on the Node were about publishing issues. Ivan Oransky wrote a guest post to tell the story of why he and Adam Marcus started the ...

How obsession can fuel science blogging: The story of Retraction Watch

Posted by , on 23 May 2012

It was a summer afternoon in 2010 when Adam Marcus and I had the phone conversation that led to the birth of Retraction Watch. We had each been covering medicine ...

Postdoctoral position in invertebrate stem cell biology

Posted by , on 22 May 2012

Postdoc position available at School of Natural Sciences and Regenerative Medicine Institute (REMEDI), National University of Ireland, Galway, to study the molecular mechanisms that control pluripotency and early lineage commitment ...

Senior Research Assistant

Posted by , on 17 May 2012

A research assistant position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Brad Davidson, soon to be located in the Department of Biology at Swarthmore College.  We investigate fundamental questions of Cell Signal Integration ...

Drosophila Research Technician

Posted by , on 9 May 2012

University College London – UCL Cancer Institute Full Time : The appointment will be on UCL Grade 6. The salary range will be £25,927 – £30,384 per annum., inclusive of London ...

25 years of Development

Posted by , on 8 May 2012

(The following editorials all appear in Development vol. 139, issue 11. Image: the very first Development cover from 1987, with images from a paper by Jim Smith, our second Editor ...

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