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Principal Technician

Posted by , on 31 October 2013

The Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute draws together outstanding researchers from 25 stem cell laboratories in Cambridge to form a world-leading centre for stem cell biology ...

Conflicts of Interest

Posted by , on 28 October 2013

‘‘None of the scientists would comment on the record, for fear that it would affect their funding or that of their postdocs and graduate students’’ Nature, September 2012 ‘Is science ...

A day in the life of a Drosophila lab

Posted by , on 28 October 2013

My name is Nana and I’m a third year PhD student at the MRC National Institute for Medical Research in London. Our lab is in the Division of Molecular Neurobiology—so ...

Evolution of the Human Neocortex: How Unique Are We?

Posted by , on 28 October 2013

“Evolution of the Human Neocortex: How Unique Are We?” was the question asked at the Wiston House in West Sussex from 22-25 September 2013.  Although we were hardly the first to ...

BSDB Axon Guidance and Regeneration

Posted by , on 28 October 2013

This article was first published in the BSDB Summer newsletter   The Autumn Meeting of the BSDB on ‘Axon Guidance and Regeneration’, held on the  28th – 30th August, 2013 ...

I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here!

Posted by , on 25 October 2013

For those of you who haven’t heard of it before, ‘I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here!‘ is an online event that aims to connect school children with real ...

PhD Scholarship in Developmental and Regenerative Dermatology Laboratory at UNSW, Sydney, Australia

Posted by , on 22 October 2013

          Developmental and Regenerative Dermatology Laboratory School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales   PhD Scholarship The Developmental and Regenerative Dermatology Unit is seeking ...

Evo Devo Art

Posted by , on 21 October 2013

I make art that brings together music, animation, and performance to explore evolutionary and developmental biology themes. I aim to illuminate the magic of the biological world for a broad ...

Neocortex evolution and human uniqueness

Posted by , on 20 October 2013

“So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the ...

An interview with Janet Rossant

Posted by , on 18 October 2013

This interview first appeared in Development.   Janet Rossant is a developmental biologist who has worked for many years on the mouse blastocyst, the derivation of stem cell lines and on ...

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