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PhD in Developmental Systems Biology – The Origins of Retinal Self-Organisation

Posted by , on 9 October 2018

A fully-funded 4-year BBSRC PhD project on The Origins of Retinal Self-Organisation   Application Deadline: 26th November 2018   Location: School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK   ...

The 29th Mammalian Genetics and Development Workshop

Posted by , on 9 October 2018

A meeting of the Genetics Society on 29th November 2018 at the UCL Institute of Child Health, London. Organisers: Nick Greene (UCL), Cynthia Andoniadou (KCL), Andy Copp (UCL) Abstract submission deadline: 5pm, ...

Biology and Disease Mechanisms of Drosophila Axonal Endoplasmic Reticulum

Posted by , on 9 October 2018

We have a vacancy for a postdoctoral research associate, funded by a BBSRC grant, to work on the roles of spastic paraplegia gene products in formation of axonal ER, and ...

The developing brain in health and disease: Scientific Meeting

Posted by , on 8 October 2018

The Academy of Medical Sciences is convening a scientific meeting on the 19 and 20 March 2019, in Oxford. Abstract submission deadline: 5 November 2018. This meeting will explore key areas ...

Staying in shape

Posted by , on 5 October 2018

If you’re into developmental biology, chances are you’ve spent some time in your life thinking about how cells change the shapes of tissues. What would cells need to do in ...

Faculty Positions | The Francis Crick Institute

Posted by , on 4 October 2018

The Francis Crick Institute is recruiting Early Career Researchers who wish to set up their first independent research programme at the Crick in any area related to biomedicine. We welcome applications from those who ...

Travel Grants: To Conferences of Your Choice

Posted by , on 4 October 2018

Antibodies.com is proud to support researchers with travel grants up to £500. The Award: Each quarter, Antibodies.com offers a travel grant up to £500 to help cover the cost of ...

September in preprints

Posted by , on 3 October 2018

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental biology (and related) preprints.  Another month, another net full of exciting science. Look out for WNT vampires, regenerating lampreys, polarising ctenophores, plus investigations ...

National Museum of Brazil Disaster: What did we learn and what should we do differently?

Posted by , on 3 October 2018

  On the Sunday night of 2nd September of 2018, one month ago, most Brazilians were watching TV shows while a large part of our national story was burning out ...

Clone Wars: A New Model

Posted by , on 1 October 2018

From the MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine blog.   Stem cell turnover and tissue maintenance is a stochastic process. This means that a randomly occurring mutation has an unknown ...

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