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The human sex ratio at conception and the conception of scientific “facts”

Posted by , on 9 June 2015

Few things interest many people more than sex. For some, this means interest in practices and partners. For others, it means producing a son. There is an ocean of claims ...

8th International PhD School in Plant Development

Posted by , on 9 June 2015

On behalf of the organizing committee I would like to draw your attention to the 8th International PhD School Plant Development (IPSPD VIII) (www.plant-development.org). The meeting will take place October ...

Young Embryologist Network USA: Mouse livers and stem cell fate conversion

Posted by , on 4 June 2015

The next Boston Young Embryologist Network talks event will be held in the Warren Alpert Building at Harvard Medical School Thursday June 18th, 6-8pm. Food and drink will be provided for ...

Tenure-Track Position, NIDCR

Posted by , on 3 June 2015

A tenure track position is available for a dental-oral-craniofacial (DOC) developmental biologist to establish an independent research program in the Craniofacial and Skeletal Diseases Branch, NIDCR, NIH. Outstanding individuals working ...

Anatomy Head of Department, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Posted by , on 3 June 2015

The National University of Singapore (NUS) invites applications for faculty appointment as Head of the Department of Anatomy. The Department’s mission is to enhance the international stature of the School and ...

This month on the Node- May 2015

Posted by , on 1 June 2015

May was one of the busiest months in the history of the Node, with over 40 new posts! Here are some of the highlights:   Research: – Briana discussed how she ...

Finding Collaborators: from London to Stuttgart

Posted by , on 28 May 2015

I’m Dr Rie Saba, a postdoc at Translational Cardiovascular Therapeutics, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London (UK), studying the role of endocardium in the mammalian heart development. ...

Question of the month- lab size

Posted by , on 28 May 2015

Lab sizes vary considerably, from small groups that include only the lab head and maybe a student or postdoc, to huge enterprises of several dozen people, including senior postdocs that manage smaller sub-groups ...

Molecular Control of Embryonic Development

Posted by , on 22 May 2015

On the twentieth anniversary of the Nobel Prize for research in fly embryonic development By Peng Kate Gao 2015 marks the twentieth year since developmental biologists Edward B. Lewis, Christiane ...

A day in the life of a lizard lab

Posted by , on 22 May 2015

Welcome to the Eublephosphere! Eublephosphere (noun) – A place in which those who study the leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius) reside. Our names are Noeline Subramaniam and Kathy Jacyniak and we ...

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