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Getting on the short list: academic job applications

Posted by , on 18 June 2014

After serving on some academic selection committees recently, I’m worried about the future of some of our young scientists. Especially concerning are the number of applications where the candidate, pursuing ...

Job opening: PhD position Wnt signaling and stem cell biology

Posted by , on 3 December 2013

We have an opening for a PhD student at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. This research project will investigate the behaviour and control of Wnt-responsive stem cells in ...

Job posting: Executive Editor for the journal Development

Posted by , on 13 July 2011

We’d like to draw your attention to one of the current job postings, even if you don’t normally look at the job ads page. After 8 very successful years with ...

the Node update - Jobs

Posted by , on 7 September 2010

New format for job postings You may have noticed some job ads for postdocs appearing on the Node. Until today, these ads appeared with the rest of the posts, but ...

The end of an era

Posted by , on 6 May 2025

As you may have seen in an earlier post, I’m moving on from Development after 13+ years as the journal’s Executive Editor. The good news (for me at least!) is ...

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (postdoc) in DEVELOPMENTAL GENOMICS

Posted by , on 6 May 2025

The Williams lab at the University of Manchester is looking for an enthusiastic postdoc to join our team studying gene regulatory networks underlying cell fate decisions from the neural plate ...

SciArt profile: Margot Smit

Posted by , on 30 April 2025

In this SciArt profile, we meet Margot Smit, a plant developmental biologist whose lab is in the ZMBP, University of Tübingen. Margot enjoys linocut printmaking of designs inspired by Arabidopsis ...

Would you like to be the Node's new Community Manager?

Posted by , on 24 April 2025

After two fulfilling years working at the Node and Development, I have decided to move on and embark on a new adventure. That means, my job is up for grabs! ...

Lab meeting with the Davies Lab

Posted by , on 22 April 2025

Meet the Davies Lab, based in the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, the University of Edinburgh.

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