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In Development this week (Vol. 142, Issue 1)

Posted by , on 16 December 2014

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Planar cell polarity squeezes in on the action The planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway regulates the polarization of epithelial ...

Travelling Fellowship deadline approaching!

Posted by , on 10 December 2014

Are you a postdoc or student planning to visit a collaborator’s lab? Then apply for a Development travelling fellowship! You can be awarded up to £2,500 (or currency equivalent) to offset travel costs ...

A Day in the Life of a Turtle lab

Posted by , on 9 December 2014

We are Juan Pascual-Anaya and Tatsuya Hirasawa, two postdoctoral fellows at RIKEN (Kobe, Japan), in the laboratory of Shigeru Kuratani. We both have been working for the last 4-5 years ...

A day in the life of a cnidarian lab

Posted by , on 4 December 2014

I presume the first question that comes into people’s mind when they read the title would be “What are cnidarians?” I also presume a logical follow-up question would be “Why ...

New Reviews Editor at Development!

Posted by , on 2 December 2014

Dear Node readers, My name is Andrea Aguilar and I am replacing Caroline Hendry, Development‘s stem cells reviews editor, during her maternity leave. To spice things up a bit, I figured ...

This month on the Node- November 2014

Posted by , on 1 December 2014

Our jobs page was busy this month, with jobs advertised in the UK, France, Brazil, Finland and the USA! Here are the other highlights:   Research: – Patrick told us the ...

A cuddly science outreach project

Posted by , on 27 November 2014

2010 was declared the International Year of Biodiversity by the UN. At the Science & Culture Department of Montpellier University, which has designed science outreach and public engagement projects since ...

Reviews Editor for the Journal of Experimental Biology

Posted by , on 19 November 2014

Applications are sought for the role of Reviews Editor on The Journal of Experimental Biology, based in Cambridge, UK. Joining an experienced and successful team, this newly created role is an exciting ...

An interview with Christopher Wylie and Janet Heasman

Posted by , on 18 November 2014

This interview first appeared in Development.   The 2014 Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) Lifetime Achievement Award was jointly awarded to Christopher Wylie and Janet Heasman in recognition of their outstanding and sustained contributions ...

In Development this week (Vol. 141, Issue 23)

Posted by , on 18 November 2014

Here are the highlights from the new issue of Development:   Akt acts to reprogram germ cells Primordial germ cells (PGCs) are unipotent – they go on to form germline ...

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