Hoxful Monsters

I’M Back

Nagraj — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:50:45 +0000

Finally i am back here on Hoxful Monsters after being away for almost two months. These 60 days were hectic as i was busy with my thesis writing and later with defense, which took place on December 10, 2009. I am really happy to inform you all that i successfully defended my thesis and subsequently awarded PhD by Université de la Méditerranée. I take this opportunity to thank entire group of Yacine Graba and Jacques Pradel ( Marseille Ibdml) .I owe a lot to entire team of ( 2001-2005) of ...

How To Give a Good Talk

Nagraj — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:27:10 +0000

Apologies for this long absence from the Blog and this will continue till 10th December , the day of my thesis defence. Today just dropped in to give some small information about two nice articles in Forums section of Molecular Cell. These articles by Uri Alon ,from Weizmann Institute of Science, are well written and might be helpful for many budding scientists. First one deals with How one should go about in giving a good talk and another one explain how to choose a scientific problem. We depend on ...

Postdoc position to study neural tube and notochord formation in ascidians

Nagraj — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:11:07 +0000

A postdoctoral position is open in the research group of Hitoyoshi YASUO. The group focuses on developmental events shaping the chordate body plan, in particular on the mechanisms leading to the generation of the neural tube and notochord, two defining structures of chordates. We are using ascidian embryos as a model system and our research topics include cell fate specifications, cell lineages, cell shape changes and the orientation of cell divisions. Applicants for this position should have a strong interest in developmental biology and a solid background in molecular and/or ...

College instructors, become an advisor to Understanding Evolution!

Nagraj — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:09:31 +0000

UCMP is seeking applicants to serve on a Teacher Advisory Board to develop an Undergraduate Library of evolution resources! **** The University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP), in partnership with the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) has received NSF funding to expand the highly successful Understanding Evolution website (UE) with the aim of improving evolution education at the college level. UE’s Undergraduate Library would target college instructors of introductory biology to help them clarify evolutionary concepts in pedagogically sound ways, integrate evolution throughout their ...

Ardi on Discovery

Nagraj — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:07:35 +0000

This is the preview of the two-hour special shown this Sunday October 11th on Discovery channel. Following publication in the journal Science on the discovery and study of a 4.4 million-year-old female partial skeleton nicknamed “Ardi,” Discovery Channel presented a world premiere special, DISCOVERING ARDI, Sunday October 11 documenting the sustained, intensive investigation leading up to this landmark publication of the Ardipithecus ramidus fossils. Check ARDI coverage of Discovery Channel