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BBSRC PhD position: Wnt signalling in neural crest development.

Posted by , on 22 November 2019

A BBSRC-funded PhD studentship is available for a joint project between the labs of Steffen Scholpp, Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter (s.scholpp@exeter.ac.uk) and Robert Kelsh, University of Bath (bssrnk@bath.ac.uk). Dissecting ...

EDBC 2019: preprints workshop

Posted by , on 21 November 2019

For the first time in 20 years, researchers from across the continent gathered for the European Developmental Biology Congress in Alicante, Spain (October 23-26 2019). Fortunately, we won’t have to ...

Post-doctoral position investigating cell biology of neurogenesis using human iPSCs

Posted by , on 20 November 2019

A short-term post-doc position is available with Professor Kate Storey, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee – immediately until 31 January 2021, with some flexibility if required. There may ...

The people behind the papers – George Britton and Aryeh Warmflash

Posted by , on 15 November 2019

This interview, the 71st in our series, was recently published in Development.  Our understanding of many fundamental aspects of early human development is still in its infancy, but a promising avenue for ...

Ph.D Studentships in Developmental Biology, Stem Cell Biology and Cancer Biology

Posted by , on 12 November 2019

NEUCrest Ph.D Studentships in Developmental Biology, Stem Cell Biology and Cancer Biology    Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for full-time fixed term positions as Early Stage Researchers in ...

Postdoc Position at EMBL Barcelona – Human Time vs. Mouse Time in Development

Posted by , on 8 November 2019

Miki Ebisuya’s research group at EMBL Barcelona is looking for a postdoctoral fellow who tackles a mystery in developmental biology: why larger animal species tend to show slower time. Why ...

Secret talk between epithelium and endothelium determines hair follicle stem cell fate

Posted by , on 6 November 2019

By Kefei Nina Li and Prachi Jain   Stem cells are typically defined by their ability to self-renew and differentiate. These activities are tightly controlled by both intrinsic cues and ...

October in preprints

Posted by , on 5 November 2019

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental biology (and related) preprints.  This month features a series of preprints on stem cell mechanics and tools to help you make organoids, some ...

“My balance comes from instability” thought Herzog (Saul Bellow, Herzog)

Posted by , on 28 October 2019

A bit of background The dependence of a protein’s function on its structure is a well-known phenomenon. Back in 1970’s, it was suggested that most proteins would fold into one ...

PhD position in Neurogenesis - Bergen, Norway

Posted by , on 16 October 2019

A PhD position is available in the group “Cnidarian Neural Development” (Fabian Rentzsch) at the University of Bergen/Sars Centre in Bergen, Norway.The group uses the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis to study ...

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