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The people behind the papers: Alaa Hachem & John Parrington

Posted by , on 16 August 2017

Embryogenesis begins with fertilisation, and defective activation of the egg by the sperm is implicated in human infertility. Today’s paper, published in the most recent issue of Development, investigates the ...

Biocurator position at Xenbase

Posted by , on 9 August 2017

Curator position at Xenbase, the Xenopus Model Organism database Xenbase (www.xenbase.org) is the Xenopus bioinformatics and genomics resource. Xenopus is a major model for fundamental cell and developmental biology and ...

Discovery Through Collaboration: Brain Lymphatic Endothelial Cells

Posted by , on 8 August 2017

Looking back on the journey: Intracellular uptake of macromolecules by brain lymphatic endothelial cells during zebrafish embryonic development eLife van Lessen et al., 2017   Just over two years ago, while ...

Cluster Hire in Quantitative and Computational Developmental Biology at NC State University

Posted by , on 8 August 2017

Cluster Hire in Quantitative and Computational Developmental Biology, North Carolina State University As part of the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program, NC State University seeks three outstanding faculty at any rank to ...

Making time matter: how hormone pulses direct chromatin accessibility during development

Posted by , on 8 August 2017

Each of our cells has the same genetic information and thus the same potential to become a part of a heart, brain, or a finger. Somehow though, during development our ...

Scales in scientific images

Posted by , on 6 August 2017

I recently saw drawings by Maria Sybilla Merian at Kupferstichkabinett Berlin and the University Library Dresden. Merian, who lived from 1647 to 1717, is renowned for her exceptional illustrations of ...

Behind the scene of Embryology 2017: not just about the science

Posted by , on 3 August 2017

Blog post written by Isabelle Vea – 2017 Embryology Student   All 24 of the 2017 Embryology students came to Woods Hole to learn from the best scientists in the ...

Research assistant in Development Biology, Sheffield University

Posted by , on 3 August 2017

A Wellcome Trust/Royal Society funded Research Assistant position is available in Dr Kyra Campbell’s research group. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Campbell group, who are focused on ...

An interview with Jim Smith

Posted by , on 3 August 2017

To interview Jim Smith I took a train to London and visited the Francis Crick Institute for the first time. The building had opened in 2016 and, by the time ...

The people behind the papers – Giri Dahal, Sarala Pradhan & Emily Bates

Posted by , on 2 August 2017

Ion channels are famous for their roles in neurons and muscles, but the spectrum of phenotypes seen in ion channel mutants indicate a diversity of roles in development; the underlying ...

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