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Posted by Gemma Anderson on March 19th, 2019
An artist and a cultural historian of science visiting the European Molecular Biology Lab (EMBL) Gemma Anderson (University of Exeter) and Janina Wellmann (MECS, Leuphana University Lüneburg) Since Steve Woolgar’s and Bruno Latour’s study Laboratory Life was published in 1979 it has become part of the repertoire of STS scholars and anthropologists to visit the[…]
Posted by Joachim Goedhart on December 12th, 2018
When we examined the kinetics of Rho GTPase activity in endothelial cells in response to receptor stimulation (Reinhard, 2017), we noticed considerable cell-to-cell heterogeneity. In the original work we published graphs with the average response, reflecting the response of the whole cell population. However, these graphs fail to show the cellular heterogeneity. What is the[…]
Posted by Christian Lehner on April 19th, 2018
We seek candidates interested in completing a PhD thesis within the framework of a research project (46 months) funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF). Chromosome reorganization during spermatogenesis is dramatic. Beyond meiosis, it includes chromosome compaction into an elongated sperm nucleus which is accompanied by an almost complete exchange of histones with sperm[…]
Posted by luschnig on April 3rd, 2018
The newly established Collaborative Research Center 1348 “Dynamic Cellular Interfaces: Formation and Function” at the University of Münster, Germany, invites applications for a PhD Position (salary level 13 TV-L, 65%) in the area of Membrane trafficking dynamics during epithelial polarization This fixed-term position is available from the earliest possible date for three years. The[…]
Posted by The Francis Crick Institute on September 27th, 2017
SUMMARY An exciting interdisciplinary opportunity has come up in the newly established Quantitative Cell Biology laboratory headed by Dr Silvia Santos. We are seeking a creative, highly motivated postdoc with a strong quantitative background, who enjoys working in a collaborative research environment, to investigate how cells decode signals and irreversibly commit to different cell[…]
Posted by luschnig on March 25th, 2017
The Cluster of Excellence ”Cells in Motion“ (CiM) at the University of Münster invites applications for a PhD student position (Salary Scale 13 TV-L / 65%) on Dynamics of tricellular junctions in Drosophila in the group of Prof. Stefan Luschnig at the Institute of Neurobiology. The position will start at the earliest[…]
Posted by luschnig on November 22nd, 2016
The group of Stefan Luschnig at the Cluster of Excellence “Cells in Motion” (CiM) and the Institute of Neurobiology, University of Münster, invites applications for a PhD student and postdoc position The positions are available from February 2017 for three years. The Luschnig group investigates developmental, cellular, and molecular aspects of epithelial biology using a[…]
Posted by Gary McDowell on August 20th, 2014
I previously wrote a post about the development of a 4-D X-Ray Tomography technique for imaging early Xenopus embryos. Frog embryos are opaque due to their yolky composition and this has proved a challenge for traditional optical microscopy of events in the early stages of Xenopus embryo development. However Julian Moosmann, Ralf Hofmann and Jubin[…]
Posted by the Node on September 5th, 2013
For the last round of Woods Hole images this year we have an exciting development- the last round is a movie round! Below are 4 great movies from last year’s Woods Hole embryology course, and you can vote for your favourite. The most voted movie will be featured in the homepage of Development and a still[…]
Posted by Stefano De Renzis on August 22nd, 2013
A major challenge when studying the cell biological bases underlying morphogenesis is represented by the gap between the sub-cellular and the tissue-organ scale (Figure 1). Ideally, one would like to follow tissue dynamics with sub-cellular resolution and obtain ultra-structural details about the organization of specific plasma membrane domains, cytoskeletal structures, intracellular compartments and vesicular carriers[…]
