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This month on the Node- January 2014

Posted by , on 3 February 2014

January was a busy month on the Node, particularly our jobs page, which included several new postdoctoral positions, as well as PhD studentships, group leader and technician positions. Here are ...

Of non-existent black holes and pickled stem cells

Posted by , on 2 February 2014

Physics and Biology were the media darlings last week. Earlier, one of my favorite physicists Professor Stephen Hawking claimed through his paper that there are no black holes! Well… later ...

Young Group Leader Positions in Stem Cell Biology - Institut Pasteur, Paris

Posted by , on 31 January 2014

Young Group Leader Positions in Stem Cell Biology The Institut Pasteur (Paris, France) announces an international call for candidates wishing to establish independent research groups. The recruitments are part of ...

A day in the life of a Parhyale Lab

Posted by , on 27 January 2014

A typical day spent in our lab’s aquarium room will find me soaked, top-to-bottom, in seawater. The other members of my lab seem not to have this issue, but I’ve ...

Writing tips for Node bloggers

Posted by , on 26 January 2014

We realise that a lot of the people who register for an account with the Node are not experienced bloggers. It can be hard to write your first blog post: ...

In Development this week (Vol. 141, Issue 3)

Posted by , on 21 January 2014

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Hoxb1b gets the neural tube into shape Hox genes are classically known for their roles in patterning the anterior-posterior ...

(Developmental) Biology around the internet- January 2014

Posted by , on 15 January 2014

Here is our monthly round-up of some of the interesting content that we spotted around the internet:   News & Research: – Nature revealed their list of 10 people that mattered ...

Rewiring the brain

Posted by , on 3 January 2014

Watching animals, with their vast diversity of complex behaviours, can never be boring. In the animals around us, ants, spiders, lizards, dogs, cats, fish, birds…, we see so many different ...

Eastern approach

Posted by , on 2 January 2014

In a vague sense it was a move that was planned all along. After all I did tell my friends and family when I left in 2001 for UPenn to ...

In Development this week (Vol. 141, Issue 2)

Posted by , on 31 December 2013

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Peri important role for Notch Pericytes are specialised cells that wrap around the endothelial cells of the vasculature to ...

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