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2023 Developmental Biology Gordon Research Conference and Seminar - travel grants available

Posted by , on 18 May 2023

Calling all developmental biology postdocs and graduate students! Interested in attending an exciting meeting? Want to expand your dev bio network? Want to present your work to a supportive audience?  ...

Research Assistant/Research Associate position in Developmental Cell Biology, University of Cambridge, UK

Posted by , on 17 May 2023

We are recruiting a Researcher on a 1-year post in the first instance to join Prof. Bénédicte Sanson’s group in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, at the University ...

Behind the paper: How veiled chameleons (Chamaeleo calyptratus) make their left and right sides.

Posted by , on 15 May 2023

Read the behind the scenes story of a recent article by Dr. Natalia (Natasha) Shylo, Dr. Paul Trainor and colleagues at Stowers Institute for Medical Research.

Made the Same Way: Our bodies are galaxies

Posted by , on 11 May 2023

The fourth episode of the Wellcome-funded Human Developmental Biology Initiative‘s new podcast, Made the Same Way, features scientist Emily Calderbank and rapper Olivia (aka FREEQUENCY3) discussing human embryonic haematopoiesis. At ...

Lab meeting with the Smith Lab

Posted by , on 10 May 2023

Our next lab meeting is with the Smith lab at the Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, UK.

Evolutionary Morphogenesis

Posted by , on 7 May 2023

Job Description Mammals evolved divergent architectures of placenta to receive nourishment from the mother during embryogenesis. In the Gerri lab, we seek to understand how the uterine microenvironment shapes the ...

Made the Same Way: DNA dancing like your parents in the kitchen

Posted by , on 5 May 2023

In the third episode of the Human Developmental Biology Initiative‘s new podcast, scientist Magomet ‘Mag’ Aushev, a postdoctoral researcher in Mary Herbert‘s lab at Newcastle University, meets Zara, a songwriter ...

Self-funded MRes opportunity to study bumblebee brains at Durham University

Posted by , on 3 May 2023

Project title: Investigation of brain anatomy across closely related bumblebee species, native to North-East England   Project description: Bumblebees are agriculturally important pollinators, but are currently declining in abundance in the ...

Keeping up with the Node

Posted by , on 3 May 2023

Read the Editorial in the journal Development, about the Node's most popular features over the past 13 years, as well as newer initiatives for 2023 and beyond.

April in preprints

Posted by , on 3 May 2023

Our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints.

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