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The 2019 North of England Cell Biology Forum

Posted by , on 2 July 2019

This annual 1-day symposium brings together cell biologists from the North of England. There is a full day of talks and a poster session where junior scientists are encouraged to ...

Embryonic hydraulics triumphs

Posted by , on 26 June 2019

In this article I share with you a more personal, chronological account of how our story unfolds (recently published in Nature), and highlight some key events and insights that help ...

Data manipulation? It's normal(ization)!

Posted by , on 25 June 2019

In a previous blog, I have highlighted several ways to visualize the cell-to-cell heterogeneity from time-lapse imaging data. However, I have ignored that data is often rescaled in a way ...

Beyond morphogen signaling

Posted by , on 25 June 2019

By Dörthe Jülich & Scott Holley   Organizers pattern surrounding tissues via secreted morphogens that specify different cell states as a function of concentration. Wolpert’s French Flag model is commonly ...

The people behind the papers – Masanori Abe and Reiko Kuroda

Posted by , on 19 June 2019

This interview, the 64th in our series, was recently published in Development One of the most obvious examples of left-right asymmetry in animal bodies comes from snails: in most species or strains, ...

Research Assistant/Associate - Bioinformatics (Smith Lab)

Posted by , on 13 June 2019

Department/Location: Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Salary: £26,243 – £30,395 or £30,395 – £39,609 Reference: PS19502 Closing date: 10 July 2019 The Wellcome Trust – ...

Research Associates (Molecular Embryology and Molecular Biology/Biochemistry) (Smith Lab)

Posted by , on 13 June 2019

Department/Location: Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Salary: £32,236-£39,609 Reference: PS18395 Closing date: 10 July 2019   The Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem ...

Decoding light for developmental timing

Posted by , on 13 June 2019

Shruti Vemaraju¹ and Richard A. Lang¹-²  ¹Center for Chronobiology,¹The Visual Systems Group, Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology, ²Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH ...

Position for a Cell / Developmental Biologist or Biophysicist at the University of Geneva (Switzerland)

Posted by , on 12 June 2019

In the context of a multidisciplinary study funded by an ERC advanced grant, the Milinkovitch lab offers one position for an outstanding, highly motivated, and creative experimental wet-lab biologist or ...

Understanding Human Birth Defects in the Genomic Age - Early Career Places Available

Posted by , on 5 June 2019

The Company of Bioloists’ Workshops provide leading experts and early-career researchers from a diverse range of scientific backgrounds with a stimulating environment for the cross-fertilisation of interdisciplinary ideas. The programmes are ...

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