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PLM10: the Physics of Living Matter is coming of age

Posted by , on 27 September 2015

This week, Cambridge (UK) hosted the 10th Symposium on the Physics of Living Matter (PLM10) (http://www.plm-symposium.org/). For those of us who were at PLM1, it is surprising to see that ...

"Eppur (non) si muove": why cellular movements may not be essential to the formation of Turing patterns in biology.

Posted by , on 23 September 2015

D. Bullara* and Y. De Decker *domenico.bullara@mail.com   When Catarina Vicente (Community Manager of “The Node”) proposed us to write a post about our recent paper on pattern formation in ...

Research Technician

Posted by , on 8 September 2015

The Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Muenster, Germany has an opening for a   Research Technician (position-code 11-2015)   in the DFG Emmy Noether junior group of Dr. Ivan Bedzhov. ...

PhD student

Posted by , on 8 September 2015

The Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Muenster, Germany has an opening for a   PhD student (position-code 10-2015) The position is available in the DFG Emmy Noether junior group of ...

Meeting Report: Zebrafish Disease Model Conference 8 in Boston

Posted by , on 4 September 2015

I was fortunate to attend the 8th annual Zebrafish Disease Model (ZDM) meeting in Boston (24th Aug-27th Aug) organized by the Zebrafish Disease Models Society (ZDMS). The aim of the ...

FASEB Mechanisms in Plant Development Meeting Summary

Posted by , on 3 September 2015

August 2-7, 2015, Saxtons River, VT Written by: Tonni Anderson, Michelle Facette, Margaret Frank, Cara Haney, Nathanaël Prunet, Michael Raissig, Jose Sebastian, Nidhi Sharma, and Wanpeng Wang   On the ...

The case of philanthropy: bringing scientists and philanthropic donors together, for good

Posted by , on 28 August 2015

This editorial by Olivia Flatto was first published in Disease Models & Mechanisms.   Wealth is not new. Neither is charity. But the idea of using private wealth imaginatively, constructively, and systematically ...

On progressing your career and communicating your science- Advice from the SDB meeting

Posted by , on 17 August 2015

Last month I attended the SDB annual meeting in Utah, an excellent conference that featured great scientific talks and additional educative sessions covering outreach, inclusiveness and more. I tweeted extensively from ...

Research Associate x3

Posted by , on 20 July 2015

Salary: £28,695-£37,394 Reference: PS06656 Closing date: 31 August 2015 We are looking for three motivated, ambitious and independent post-doctoral researchers to join an interdisciplinary research project on Alzheimer’s disease, developing ...

An interview with Brigid Hogan

Posted by , on 11 July 2015

This interview was first published in Development.   Brigid Hogan is a developmental biologist who has worked extensively on the early stages of mouse development and is now unravelling the mysteries ...

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