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Chromatin-based regulation of development: Funded early-career places available

Posted by , on 19 November 2018

In April 2019, The Company of Biologists Workshop ‘Chromatin-based regulation of development‘ will be held in Wiston House, a 16th century Grade I listed building located at the foot of the ...

From stem cells to human development: Meeting report

Posted by , on 15 November 2018

In  September, Development held the third of its highly successful series of meetings focusing on human developmental biology. Here at the Node we ran a competition to find a meeting ...

Wire together, remodel together

Posted by , on 15 November 2018

Newborn babies are a symbol of immense potential, as they can grow up to be become virtually anybody, from an astronaut to the president. It is no secret that throughout ...

Tenure-Track Faculty (Multiple Positions)

Posted by , on 14 November 2018

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY, VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY RICHMOND, VIRGINIA   The Department of Biology at Virginia Commonwealth University invites applications for three tenure-track faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professor ...

Sex combs in motion

Posted by , on 14 November 2018

Using computer simulations and mathematical modeling to study the evolution of morphogenesis   Juan N. Malagon and Ernest Ho tell the story behind their recent paper in PLOS Computational Biology. In ...

Plant Developmental Biologist - Imaging specialist -Tsiantis Lab, Cologne Germany

Posted by , on 14 November 2018

The department of Comparative Development and Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIZ) is seeking a   Plant Developmental Biologist – Imaging specialist (50%)   The ...

Plant Developmental Biologist - Tsiantis Lab, Cologne Germany

Posted by , on 14 November 2018

The department of Comparative Development and Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIZ) is seeking a   Plant Developmental Biologist   The successful applicant will be ...

Alan Turing’s patterning system can explain the arrangement of shark scales

Posted by , on 7 November 2018

Understanding how complex biological patterns arise is a long standing and fascinating area of scientific research. The patterning, or spatial arrangement, of vertebrate skin appendages (such as feathers, hair and ...

Call for new preLighters

Posted by , on 6 November 2018

preLights, The Company of Biologist’s new preprint highlighting service, has now been running for more than eight months. At the heart of preLights is the community of early-career researchers who ...

October in preprints

Posted by , on 1 November 2018

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental biology (and related) preprints.  This month we decided to reinstate our Plant Development section after a Twitter chat, and as it happened October ...

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