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An interview with George Daley

Posted by , on 22 September 2017

This interview by Aidan Maartens appeared in Development, Vol 144 Issue 18 George Daley is Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, and Caroline ...

The people behind the papers – Diane Shakes & friends

Posted by , on 20 September 2017

Development often involves the asymmetric partitioning of cellular components to daughters, and this process is crucial for successful gametogenesis. Today’s paper, published in the current issue of Development, explores the cytoskeletal ...

Postdoc position in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-based Cell Therapy in Type 1 Diabetes

Posted by , on 19 September 2017

The goal of this project is to engineer therapeutically active islet-like aggregates for future cell therapy phase 1 trials in Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). Job Description: We are looking for ...

Mechanical control of the inner ear development

Posted by , on 14 September 2017

Prologue Molecular biological approaches to understanding the complex gene networks regulating development often resemble attempts to understand a Monet painting by looking at it up close. We find the links within ...

2017 FASEB Mechanisms in Plant Development Meeting Summary

Posted by , on 5 September 2017

Written By: Margaret Frank, Ora Hazak, Samuel Leiboff, Heike Lindner, Concepcion Manzano, Lena Mueller, Michael Raissig, Annis Richardson, Adam Runions, Sebastian Soyk   A systems biology approach to understanding development ...

The evolution from mouse to human models of lung development

Posted by , on 4 September 2017

The story behind our eLife paper: Nikolić, M. Z., Caritg, O., Jeng, Q., Johnson, J.-A., Sun, D., Howell, K. J., Brady, J. L., Laresgoiti, U., Allen, G., Butler, R., Zilbauer, ...

An interview with Jenny Nichols

Posted by , on 17 August 2017

This interview by Aidan Maartens originally appeared in Development, Volume 143, Issue 16. Jennifer Nichols is a Principal Investigator at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience ...

The people behind the papers: Alaa Hachem & John Parrington

Posted by , on 16 August 2017

Embryogenesis begins with fertilisation, and defective activation of the egg by the sperm is implicated in human infertility. Today’s paper, published in the most recent issue of Development, investigates the ...

Cluster Hire in Quantitative and Computational Developmental Biology at NC State University

Posted by , on 8 August 2017

Cluster Hire in Quantitative and Computational Developmental Biology, North Carolina State University As part of the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program, NC State University seeks three outstanding faculty at any rank to ...

Making time matter: how hormone pulses direct chromatin accessibility during development

Posted by , on 8 August 2017

Each of our cells has the same genetic information and thus the same potential to become a part of a heart, brain, or a finger. Somehow though, during development our ...

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