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This month on the Node- August 2015

Posted by , on 1 September 2015

Our jobs page was very busy this month, with 15 new positions advertised! Here are some of the other highlights:   Discussion: – What is the best way to encourage peer ...

Talking about Science using Comics: A Stem Cell example

Posted by , on 28 August 2015

  “A Stem Cell Adventure” is a comic book about stem cell research, and resulted from a project on science outreach carried out by several researchers at the Center for ...

Pluripotent Stem Cell Platform Research Associate

Posted by , on 20 August 2015

Department/Location: Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, UK Salary: £28,695-£37,394 Reference: PS06912 Closing date: 20 September 2015 Fixed-term: The funds for this post ...

Meeting Report: Pan-Am Evo-Devo's first meeting

Posted by , on 19 August 2015

The inaugural meeting of the Pan-American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology took place from August 5th–9th at the Clark Kerr campus of UC Berkley, USA. Registration was full, with nearly ...

An interview with Caroline Dean

Posted by , on 18 August 2015

This interview first featured in Development.   Caroline Dean is a plant biologist based at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK. She helped to establish Arabidopsis as a model plant ...

On progressing your career and communicating your science- Advice from the SDB meeting

Posted by , on 17 August 2015

Last month I attended the SDB annual meeting in Utah, an excellent conference that featured great scientific talks and additional educative sessions covering outreach, inclusiveness and more. I tweeted extensively from ...

(Developmental) Biology around the internet- August 2015

Posted by , on 14 August 2015

Here is August’s round-up of some of the interesting content that we spotted around the internet!   News & Research – Ian Sussex, one of the founding fathers of plant ...

Postdoctoral fellow position at Johns Hopkins

Posted by , on 6 August 2015

  A Postdoctoral Fellow position is available in Lee laboratory at Johns Hopkins University. This position is NOT for stem cell expert, rather for who has Outstanding expertise on either extensive RNA-seq ...

Zebrafish Research Technician – University College London

Posted by , on 3 August 2015

Our group works on modelling inherited and acquired haematopoietic diseases using the zebrafish. Our goal is to generate relevant models to study the genetics of these disorders and perform chemical ...

The importance of indifference in scientific research

Posted by , on 3 August 2015

This essay by Martin Schwartz was originally published in the Journal of Cell Science.   Current issues regarding scientific ethics have focused for the most part on regulations governing research and ...

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