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the community site for and by developmental biologists
Posted by prugg_gunn on June 18th, 2019
Location: Babraham Institute Starting salary: £36,500 to £45,500 per annum Contract type: Permanent Closing date: 10 July 2019 We are seeking a proactive and highly motivated individual to deliver gene targeting capabilities at the Babraham Institute. The successful applicant will work closely with scientific staff and will be embedded in the Epigenetics Programme in order to[…]
Posted by the Node on February 8th, 2019
This article by Robin Lovell-Badge, published this week in Development, gives a front-row view of the CRISPR babies scandal from last year. When the story broke, we collated reactions from the field – be sure to check them out too. Towards the end of November 2018, news broke that the Chinese researcher He Jiankui had[…]
Posted by the Node on November 29th, 2018
One scientific story has dominated the news this week: the first report of CRISPR-edited human babies being born. In an associated Node post, we’ve collected the most useful links we could find surrounding the story, and here we reached out to members of the community for their perspectives. Some responses are hopefully still coming in[…]
Posted by the Node on November 29th, 2018
One scientific story has dominated the news this week: the first report of CRISPR-edited human babies being born. The story’s scientific and ethical aspects stirred up heated debate, as did its means of delivery: rather than a published paper, the story broke with reports of clinical trial documents and then a YouTube video from lead[…]
Posted by Aidan Maartens on January 16th, 2018
The impact of developmental biology on society is particularly acute when it comes to reproduction – research informs efforts to assist reproduction and understand what happens when pregnancy goes wrong. Recent developments in stem cells, culturing conditions, gene editing and sequencing are also revealing aspects of human embryonic development previously hidden from us. Here at[…]
