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Repulsive signals: bad breath, rude manners, and ephrin ligands

Posted by , on 7 December 2011

Satellite cells are muscle stem cells that regenerate injured muscle (remember this earlier post?).  They are highly motile cells that may be able to travel in order to repair injured ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 1)

Posted by , on 6 December 2011

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Notching up pancreas development According to the lateral inhibition model, during early pancreas development, Neurog3 expression in multipotent progenitor cells ...

Book review: We hold these principles to be self-evident

Posted by , on 1 December 2011

This book review originally appeared in Development. Richard Harland reviews the latest edition of “Principles of Development” (by Lewis Wolpert and Cheryll Tickle). Book info: Principles of Development By Lewis ...

This month on the Node – November 2011

Posted by , on 30 November 2011

What was new on the Node this month? Here are a few of the highlights from November: New Research: Several exciting new research papers were discussed on the Node this ...

Book review: Fast-forward: the fourth dimension in development

Posted by , on 23 November 2011

Development issue 24 features several book reviews. Over the next few weeks, these book reviews will also appear here on the Node. In this first one, Elaine Dzierzak and Catherine ...

In Development this week (Vol. 138, Issue 24)

Posted by , on 22 November 2011

Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development: Getting to the heart of Flk1 expression The Flk1 gene, which encodes a VEGF-A receptor, is expressed in the ...

PHD Comics on the big screen

Posted by , on 17 November 2011

The web comic Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD) has been commiserating with graduate students since 1997. And now you can watch the comics come to live on the big screen, ...

Dates for your calendar

Posted by , on 7 November 2011

Dates for your calendar This is a selection of upcoming dates of interest, but it’s by no means an exhaustive list. We’ll try to do these once in a while, ...

Assistant Professor - Universidade de São Paulo

Posted by , on 7 November 2011

Assistant Professor Universidade de São Paulo Tenured Faculty position in Evo-Devo The Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil invites applicants for a tenured appointment in ...

Assistant/Associate Professor position in epigenetics, chromatin, and small RNA biology

Posted by , on 5 November 2011

The Department of Biology at Syracuse University (SU) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor position to support ongoing interests in epigenetics, chromatin, and small RNA biology at SU. We ...

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