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Coordination Officer

Posted by , on 10 June 2014

Department/Location: Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Salary: £28,132-£36,661 Reference: PS03564 Closing date: 22 July 2014 Limited funding: The funds for this post are available until ...

In Development this week (Vol. 141, Issue 12)

Posted by , on 10 June 2014

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Insights into familial dysautonomia Familial dysautonomia (FD) is a germline autosomal recessive disease that is characterized by impaired peripheral ...

Development Travelling Fellowship: a node connecting Woods Hole with the Stowers Institute

Posted by , on 10 June 2014

June 1st, 2014: Exactly one year after my departure flight from Bologna to Boston to attend the 2013 MBL Embryology course held at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, ...

Gastrulation: Local actions, global movements and self-organisation

Posted by , on 6 June 2014

Cells move in (still) mysterious ways to achieve morphogenesis. Prominently, cells of an early vertebrate embryo (blastula, a mass of undifferentiated cells) move extensively during gastrulation to generate the three ...

The PHD movie- support the sequel!

Posted by , on 6 June 2014

If you are doing a PhD (or involved in research in any way), you probably take a lot of humour, procrastination and comfort from PHD comics. The comic strip ‘Piled Higher ...

This month on the Node- May 2014

Posted by , on 1 June 2014

Our jobs page has been very busy again, including several positions in publishing. Here are some of the other highlights:   Research: – Néstor discussed his recent paper in Developmental Cell on ...

Research assistant - Electron microscopy

Posted by , on 28 May 2014

We are looking for a Research Assistant to join the Electron Microscope (EM) Facility based in the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at the University of Oxford. The successful ...

It's decision time!

Posted by , on 27 May 2014

Decisions, decisions…aren’t those one of our main worries? It is certainly the everyday worry of a stem cell! Understanding stem cell decisions is a central question in the field: how ...

Researchers identify a new suppressor of breast metastasis to the lung

Posted by , on 27 May 2014

The research headed by Roger Gomis at IRB Barcelona, with the collaboration of Joan Massagué, describes that the loss of the suppressor RARRES3 promotes the colonization of breast cancer cells ...

Reviews editor at Development - maternity cover position

Posted by , on 22 May 2014

Development: Associate Reviews Editor (Stem Cells) (Maternity Cover) Based in Cambridge, UK We are currently seeking applications for the role of Associate Reviews Editor for the stem cell field at ...

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