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PhD studentship: Engineering an in vitro human embryo implantation platform to study pathologies arising in early pregnancy

Posted by , on 5 November 2025

About the Project A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Embryo implantation is the step in ...

MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Building a virtual human embryo to predict developmental success and failure

Posted by , on 5 November 2025

About the Project Unlocking the secrets of human embryo development demands a new, dynamic approach. This PhD project offers a unique opportunity to apply cutting-edge computational methods to a fundamental ...

Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Genetics

Posted by , on 4 November 2025

The Department of Biology at the University of Iowa invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in genetics, beginning in the academic year 2026. We invite applications from candidates ...

Beyond the beginning – development that lasts a lifetime

Posted by , on 4 November 2025

Traditionally, developmental biology has been considered the study of the embryo, and significant events such as metamorphosis or birth signify the pinnacle of development. However,

September in preprints

Posted by , on 31 October 2025

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv.

The Node writing challenge 

Posted by , on 30 October 2025

During September, we ran a writing challenge on the Node, giving our contributors a chance to win £200. The winner of the challenge was Umaymah Ahmad with the post ‘It’s ...

Characterising and visualising cell-type marker genes in Glossina morsitans morsitans.

Posted by , on 27 October 2025

Tsetse flies (Glossina spp.) are the sole vectors of African trypanosomiasis – sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in livestock. The midgut is the site of blood digestion, symbiont interactions, ...

Research Laboratory Tech Sr/Inter - Xenopus developmental genetics

Posted by , on 27 October 2025

Job Summary A Research Laboratory Technician Senior/Inter position is available in the Edwards Lab at the University of Michigan, a new lab opening in early 2026 in the Department of ...

The Kahneman Chronicles: Lessons from a Fly Lab

Posted by , on 26 October 2025

The Kahneman Chronicles #2: Loss Aversion and the Art of Quitting Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024) was a legendary psychologist who revolutionized our understanding of human decision-making and became known as the ...

Delving into the complexity of hematopoietic stem cell genesis, fate, and developmental niches: novel insights from the zebrafish embryo and larva

Posted by , on 22 October 2025

Léa and I take turns sharing our exciting and fruitful collaboration aimed at tracking emerging and newly born hematopoietic stem cells to their implantation sites in developmental niches, using the ...

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