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Open study hopes to put STAP in the past

Posted by , on 12 May 2014

This article is a re-post of an article published at the F1000Research blog on the 8th of May, 2014. Eva Amsen is the outreach director of F1000Research.     Many of ...

Stone Soup Eyes

Posted by , on 16 April 2014

Another installment from the Developmental Neurobiology Students at Reed College. Hope you enjoy! It’s not often that you get to recount the classic tale of Stone Soup when thinking about ...

Planarians…the key to regenerative medicine?

Posted by , on 31 March 2014

  Of all the animal models used in biology, the freshwater planarian flatworm is one of the most fascinating: first because roughly 10% of all planarian cells are stem cells, ...

Mapping the Embryo for Developmental Biologists & Stem Cell Researchers; LifeMap Discovery® - a Roadmap of Mammalian Cell Ontology

Posted by , on 30 March 2014

Understanding how cells differentiate during embryonic development is invaluable for the in vitro derivation of functional cells from stem cells. However, mapping the human embryo, including characterization of all the ...

The SDB-BSDB Interview Chain: Kara Nordin interviews Zarah Löf-Öhlin

Posted by , on 26 March 2014

Last year we interviewed Kara Nordin, who won the SDB poster prize at the ISDB meeting in Cancun. Kara’s prize was to travel to Warwick to attend this year’s BSCB/BSDB ...

The Company of Biologists Workshop: From Stem Cells to Human Development

Posted by , on 18 February 2014

As you may know, the Company of Biologists runs a fantastic series of small Workshops on diverse topics across the life sciences (more details on our website). I’m excited to ...

The pivotal role of the stem cell environment

Posted by , on 7 February 2014

Why iodine deficiency during pregnancy may have disastrous consequences   Higher mammals, such as humans, have markedly larger brains than other mammals. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular ...

2nd Advances in Stem Cell Biology course - June 30-July 12, 2014 - Institut Pasteur, Paris (Labex Revive)

Posted by , on 31 January 2014

    This two-week course combines lectures and practical sessions to leading edge technologies and questions in stem cells biology in the context of organogenesis and regeneration in different organisms. ...

Cancer stem cells: quite beautiful, mainly scary...

Posted by , on 31 January 2014

Of all the types of stem cells, there is a kind than can be a lot more scary than beautiful: the cancer stem cell. Although the concept of cancer stem ...

Young Group Leader Positions in Stem Cell Biology - Institut Pasteur, Paris

Posted by , on 31 January 2014

Young Group Leader Positions in Stem Cell Biology The Institut Pasteur (Paris, France) announces an international call for candidates wishing to establish independent research groups. The recruitments are part of ...

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