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Postdoctoral Position in Tiling Light Sheet Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy

Posted by , on 20 October 2017

A postdoctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. David Matus at Stony Brook University to investigate symbiotic and developmental processes with Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy. We have recently ...

Lab technicians in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-based Cell Therapy in Type 1 Diabetes

Posted by , on 19 October 2017

The goal of this project is to engineer therapeutically active islet-like aggregates for future cell therapy phase 1 trials in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Job description  The laboratory technicians will ...

The people behind the papers - Sabrina Jan, Tinke Vormer, Sjoerd Repping & Ans MM van Pelt

Posted by , on 18 October 2017

During spermatogenesis, progenitor cells must undergo tightly regulated changes to produce functional gametes. However, the genetic control of this process in humans has eluded researchers. This week we feature a ...

Switch the career after PhD

Posted by , on 16 October 2017

Dear Colleagues, I am PhD graduate in Biotechnology focusing on Insect Molecular Biology and Plant Virology. After completion of my PhD in Agriculture sector, I would like to switch my ...

Highly motivated Animal Technician to join DanStem (University of Copenhagen)

Posted by , on 12 October 2017

We are seeking a highly motivated and ambitious candidate to join the Semb group as soon as possible upon agreement. The animal technician will focus on the set-up and practical ...

An interview with Jayaraj Rajagopal

Posted by , on 5 October 2017

This interview by Aidan Maartens appeared in Development, Vol 144 Issue 19   Jayaraj (Jay) Rajagopal is a Principal Investigator at the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and ...

DORA Community Manager

Posted by , on 4 October 2017

    The DORA Community Manager position is an opportunity for a Ph.D. or Master level fellow to gain experience in scholarly publishing and policy in Washington, DC. The DORA ...

September in preprints

Posted by , on 3 October 2017

Our latest monthly trawl for developmental biology (and other cool) preprints. See last year’s introductory post for background, and let us know if we missed anything.   This month features butterfly eyespots, brain development in ...

The people behind the papers - Dan Dickinson

Posted by , on 29 September 2017

Cell polarisation is crucial for normal development and controlled by complex molecular interactions in the cytoplasm and at the membrane. Today we feature a paper recently published in Developmental Cell that describes  a single-cell biochemistry technique ...

PokeMods! An educational outreach initiative

Posted by , on 27 September 2017

  Getting the next generation of scientists excited about Biology is an important part of our jobs as researchers. To that end Karine Nedoncelle, Aurelien Doucet and I created PokeMod ...

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