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The people behind the papers - David Turner & Peter Baillie-Johnson

Posted by , on 6 November 2017

Embryonic patterning is dependent on the establishment of the anteroposterior (AP) and dorsoventral axes early in development. In mammals this occurs by a breaking of symmetry in the epiblast, however ...

28th Mammalian Genetics & Development Workshop

Posted by , on 6 November 2017

Date: 30th November 2017 Venue: UCL Institute of Child Health, Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH Organisers: Nick Greene (UCL), Cynthia Andoniadou (KCL), Andy Copp (UCL)   https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ich/research/developmental-biology-cancer/developmental-biology-birth-defects/mgdw   The Mammalian ...

An interview with Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

Posted by , on 3 November 2017

This interview by Katherine Brown originally appeared in Development, Vol 144 Issue 21 Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is Director Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany. In ...

PhD position studying Development of the Innate Immune System - University of Bonn

Posted by , on 3 November 2017

The research group of Dr. Elvira Mass is looking to recruit a highly motivated PhD student to join her group Developmental Biology of the Innate Immune System. Our research focuses ...

October in preprints

Posted by , on 2 November 2017

Our latest monthly trawl for developmental biology (and other cool) preprints. Let us know if we missed anything.   October was a monster month for preprinting (a burst of post-summer ...

Christmas Confetti lights to understand the embryonic origins of blood

Posted by , on 1 November 2017

My PhD focused in deciphering molecular mechanisms implicated in cell cycle regulation in embryonic and adult tissues. As many others in this field I became fascinated by the experiments by ...

BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship Report (15)

Posted by , on 1 November 2017

Established  by the British Society for Developmental Biology in 2014, The Gurdon/The Company of Biologists Summer Studentship scheme provides financial support to allow highly motivated undergraduate students an opportunity to engage ...

BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship Report (14)

Posted by , on 31 October 2017

Established  by the British Society for Developmental Biology in 2014, The Gurdon/The Company of Biologists Summer Studentship scheme provides financial support to allow highly motivated undergraduate students an opportunity to engage ...

In Development this week (Vol. 144, Issue 21)

Posted by , on 31 October 2017

Here are the highlights form the current issue of Development:   Making matrix in the inner ear The tectorial membrane (TM) is an extracellular matrix (ECM) that overlies the organ ...

[NEUBIAS] Bioimage Analyst School, Jan 2018

Posted by , on 31 October 2017

Dear Colleagues, The 2nd NEUBIAS school for Bioimage Analysts will be organized in Jan. 2018 in Szeged, Hungary, and the registration is now open (Organizers: Jean-Yves Tinevez & Kota Miura). ...

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