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Senior Laboratory Research Scientist at the Crick Institute

Posted by , on 22 November 2017

We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Laboratory Scientist to join the quantitative cell biology laboratory headed by Dr Silvia Santos. The lab is a new addition to The ...

Looking back on the adventure: exploring cell fate conversion with single cell RNA-seq

Posted by , on 21 November 2017

The story behind our recent paper: Liu Z*, Wang L*, Welch JD*, Ma H, Zhou Y, Vaseghi HR, Yu S, Wall JB, Alimohamadi S, Zheng M, Yin CY, Shen WN, ...

Cell adhesion, cytoskeletal regulation, or Wnt signaling

Posted by , on 21 November 2017

Interested in exploring cell adhesion, cytoskeletal regulation, or Wnt signaling & their roles in development and oncogenesis, as a graduate student or postdoc? The Peifer lab at UNC-Chapel Hill is ...

The 30th HEAD GROUP MEETING (HGM) - Understanding Normal and Abnormal Development of Head Structures

Posted by , on 20 November 2017

Join invited speakers and showcase your work to celebrate the 30th HGM. We particularly welcome presentations from budding scientists to foster networking and collaboration opportunities. This 2-day meeting will end ...

The people behind the papers - Qiang Shao, Stephanie Herrlinger & Jian-Fu (Jeff) Chen

Posted by , on 16 November 2017

Zika infection in humans is associated with birth defects including microcephaly. Zika has two major lineages – the Asian lineage, which has been associated with birth defects, and the African lineage, ...

Positions available: Regulation of cytoskeletal networks during tubular organ formation

Posted by , on 14 November 2017

We are recruiting 1-2 PhD students (to begin Fall 2018) and a postdoctoral fellow (position immediately available) to study cell shape changes and rearrangement and underlying cytoskeletal regulation during organ ...

In Development this week (Vol. 144, Issue 22)

Posted by , on 14 November 2017

Here are the highlights form the current issue of Development:   Cross-border control of stem cell behaviour Cell identity and proliferation differs between organs, raising the question of how cells ...

Addgene Resources to Grow Your Developmental Biology Toolkit

Posted by , on 8 November 2017

Addgene is a global, nonprofit repository that was created to help scientists share plasmids. Before we go over the developmental biology resources available at Addgene, here’s a little background on ...

Musings of an accidental scientist

Posted by , on 6 November 2017

As we sat together at a farewell dinner after I graduated from Princeton University, my advisers asked me, “What got you into science?”. Although a simple, straightforward question on the ...

Research Assistant in Developmental and Regenerative Medicine - University of Oxford

Posted by , on 6 November 2017

Research Assistant in Developmental and Regenerative Medicine Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics & Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford Grade 6: £28,098 p.a. Applications are invited for an ...

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