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Node update
Posted by the Node on July 29th, 2010
A few bits of news and reminders about the Node, just to keep you all up to date: -We’ll be interviewing Jorge Cham, creator of the grad student comic Piled Higher and Deeper (PHD), this weekend. Do you have any questions you’d like to ask him? I asked for input via our Twitter account, and […]
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Embryological Discovery in Woods Hole : Vertebrates
Posted by Sorrel Bickley on July 27th, 2010
We are in our last week of the Embryology Course at Wood’s Hole now, and currently working on annelid and squid embryos. Things are still going at a frenetic pace but I’d like to take this chance to talk a little more about some of the work we did using vertebrates. The course covers many […]
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In Development this week (Volume 137, Issue 16)
Posted by Seema Grewal on July 27th, 2010
Here are the highlights from this week’s issue of Development: Lymphatic networks follow arterial lead The vertebrate lymphatic system consists of lymphatic vessels, which collect fluid from the tissues and return it to the blood, and lymph nodes, which are involved in immune defence. Lymphatic vessels, like blood vessels, form a complex vascular network, but what guides the development of […]
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The Maggot Meeting-2010
Posted by Tetyana on July 26th, 2010
Greetings! It’s been an overcast, windy and gloomy Monsoon here in Bangalore, but the past few weeks at NCBS have been bright and exciting! The “Maggot Meeting - 2010”: Neural Circuits and Behaviour is currently on till the 27th of July and I look forward to the seminars and interactive discussions with eminent scientists. Early […]
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Too many postdocs and PhD students?
Posted by Eva Amsen on July 23rd, 2010
There was a nice piece on the Naturejobs site this week, written by postdoc Katherine Sixt. She describes how she started to realize that not every postdoc will eventually become a professor. There simply aren’t enough positions available, so postdocs should look at other careers. But as a postdoc, and even as a PhD student, […]
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Science on Screen
Posted by Eva Amsen on July 20th, 2010
If you’re annoyed by the unconvincing lab work on shows like CSI, and would like to show the world what real scientists are like, why not make a film yourself? You’d be surprised to find out how many films by or with scientists there are, both fiction and non-fiction. This month alone, two organizations involved […]
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Development Editors Meeting
Posted by Eva Amsen on July 19th, 2010
On July 9, the editors of Development met in Strasbourg (or joined over the phone) for a meeting. Because Development’s editors are spread out all over the world, these meetings are a rare opportunity to get everyone together to discuss the journal. Editors all get a chance to share ideas they have for the journal, […]
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An interview with Thomas Lecuit
Posted by Eva Amsen on July 16th, 2010
(This interview by Kathryn Senior originally appeared in Development on July 13) Thomas Lecuit heads up a multidisciplinary team of 10 scientists at the Developmental Biology Institute of Marseilles (IBDML) in France. He is deeply interested in how the tissues that form our organs acquire and maintain their proper architecture and has special expertise in […]
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Embryological Discovery in Woods Hole
Posted by Ann Grosse on July 14th, 2010
Three weeks ago, we joined a group of twenty-four students from around the world arriving in the small town of Woods Hole, Massachusetts. We were strangers from all sorts of backgrounds, but we were drawn together by one commonality – a deep interest in developmental biology. We are all here to participate in the Marine […]
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Some tips for reading the Node
Posted by the Node on July 14th, 2010
The Node has been officially live for almost four weeks now, and we’ve seen visitor numbers and registrations go steadily up. As with most websites, there are far more silent readers than people who are actively writing, so here are a few tips on keeping up to date with the Node: If you don’t want […]
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- Invadosomes: aiding axonal invasion [IN THIS ISSUE]
- Taking the strain out of stem cell renewal [IN THIS ISSUE]
- Reporting on {beta}-catenin in the vasculature [IN THIS ISSUE]
- PUB4 calls time on root cell division [IN THIS ISSUE]
- Reaching out - the many faces of science outreach [SPOTLIGHT]
- Mathematically guided approaches to distinguish models of periodic patterning [HYPOTHESIS]
- Building a plant: cell fate specification in the early Arabidopsis embryo [REVIEW]
- Regulation of ECM degradation and axon guidance by growth cone invadosomes [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- {beta}-catenin-dependent transcription is central to Bmp-mediated formation of venous vessels [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- DNA hypomethylation induces a DNA replication-associated cell cycle arrest to block hepatic outgrowth in uhrf1 mutant zebrafish embryos [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- ERBB3-mediated regulation of Bergmann glia proliferation in cerebellar lamination [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- A transient wave of BMP signaling in the retina is necessary for Muller glial differentiation [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Surrounding tissues canalize motile cardiopharyngeal progenitors towards collective polarity and directed migration [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Ciliary proteins Bbs8 and Ift20 promote planar cell polarity in the cochlea [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- A dynamic Shh expression pattern, regulated by SHH and BMP signaling, coordinates fusion of primordia in the amniote face [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- SMAD2 and p38 signaling pathways act in concert to determine XY primordial germ cell fate in mice [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Selective synaptic targeting of the excitatory and inhibitory presynaptic organizers FGF22 and FGF7 [Articles of interest in other COB journals]
- The microRNA miR-17-3p inhibits mouse cardiac fibroblast senescence by targeting Par4 [Articles of interest in other COB journals]
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- Editorial Board
- Differential pleiotropy and HOX functional organization
- A method for using direct injection of plasmid DNA to study cis-regulatory element activity in F0 Xenopus embryos and tadpoles
- Developmental alterations of the C. elegans male anal depressor morphology and function require sex-specific cell autonomous and cell non-autonomous interactions
- PLR-1, a putative E3 ubiquitin ligase, controls cell polarity and axonal extensions in C. elegans
- Mechanics of blastopore closure during amphibian gastrulation
- CSN maintains the germline cellular microenvironment and controls the level of stem cell genes via distinct CRLs in testes of Drosophila melanogaster
- Wnt5a and Wnt11 inhibit the canonical Wnt pathway and promote cardiac progenitor development via the Caspase-dependent degradation of AKT
- Nf2–Yap signaling controls the expansion of DRG progenitors and glia during DRG development
- Three-dimensional cultures of trophoblast stem cells autonomously develop vascular-like spaces lined by trophoblast giant cells
- Molecular characterization of the apical organ of the anthozoan Nematostella vectensis
- Fgf10 is required for specification of non-sensory regions of the cochlear epithelium
- Ecdysone response gene E78 controls ovarian germline stem cell niche formation and follicle survival in Drosophila
- Gene expression ontogeny of spermatogenesis in the marmoset uncovers primate characteristics during testicular development
- Pluripotent stem cell derived cardiovascular progenitors – a developmental perspective
- Evidence for intermediate mesoderm and kidney progenitor cell specification by Pax2 and PTIP dependent mechanisms
- RhoGAP68F controls transport of adhesion proteins in Rab4 endosomes to modulate epithelial morphogenesis of Drosophila leg discs
- The heparan sulfate-modifying enzyme glucuronyl C5-epimerase HSE-5 controls Caenorhabditis elegans Q neuroblast polarization during migration
- Loss of function of the yellow-e gene causes dehydration-induced mortality of adult Tribolium castaneum
- Co-expression of the transcription factors CEH-14 and TTX-1 regulates AFD neuron-specific genes gcy-8 and gcy-18 in C. elegans
- microRNAs regulate β-catenin of the Wnt signaling pathway in early sea urchin development
- Ontogeny of the mouse vocal fold epithelium
- Semi-solid tumor model in Xenopus laevis/gilli cloned tadpoles for intravital study of neovascularization, immune cells and melanophore infiltration
- The organizer in evolution–gastrulation and organizer gene expression highlight the importance of brachyury during development of the coral, Acropora millepora
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- The BED finger domain protein MIG-39 halts migration of distal tip cells in Caenorhabditis elegans
- Pox neuro control of cell lineages that give rise to larval poly-innervated external sensory organs in Drosophila
- Pax8 and Pax2 are specifically required at different steps of Xenopus pronephros development
- Ptch2 shares overlapping functions with Ptch1 in Smo regulation and limb development
- The ABC transporter, AbcB3, mediates cAMP export in D. discoideum development
- Zebrafish Rab5 proteins and a role for Rab5ab in nodal signalling
- A function for the Joubert syndrome protein Arl13b in ciliary membrane extension and ciliary length regulation
- Sox21 regulates the progression of neuronal differentiation in a dose-dependent manner
- Stochasticity and stereotypy in the Ciona notochord
- Huntingtin interacting proteins 14 and 14-like are required for chorioallantoic fusion during early placental development
- Nucleolus-like bodies of fully-grown mouse oocytes contain key nucleolar proteins but are impoverished for rRNA
- Evolutionarily conserved role for SoxC genes in neural crest specification and neuronal differentiation
- A gene expression map of the larval Xenopus laevis head reveals developmental changes underlying the evolution of new skeletal elements
- Embryonic development of the nervous system in the planarian Schmidtea polychroa
- Pentimento: Neural Crest and the origin of mesectoderm
- The many faces of cell adhesion during Drosophila muscle development
- Lizard tail regeneration: regulation of two distinct cartilage regions by Indian hedgehog
- Loss of cftr function leads to pancreatic destruction in larval zebrafish
- Hanging on for the ride: Adhesion to the extracellular matrix mediates cellular responses in skeletal muscle morphogenesis and disease
- The boule gene is essential for spermatogenesis of haploid insect male
- The cochlear sensory epithelium derives from Wnt responsive cells in the dorsomedial otic cup
- Diverse ETS transcription factors mediate FGF signaling in the Ciona anterior neural plate
- Tie1 is required for lymphatic valve and collecting vessel development
- Insulin-independent role of adiponectin receptor signaling in Drosophila germline stem cell maintenance
- Wnt7b is required for epithelial progenitor growth and operates during epithelial-to-mesenchymal signaling in pancreatic development
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- From equator to pole: splitting chromosomes in mitosis and meiosis [Reviews]
- A phosphorylation switch on RbBP5 regulates histone H3 Lys4 methylation [Research Communications]
- The transcription factor Nerfin-1 prevents reversion of neurons into neural stem cells [Research Papers]
- Terminal epidermal differentiation is regulated by the interaction of Fra-2/AP-1 with Ezh2 and ERK1/2 [Research Papers]
- Poly-ADP ribosylation of PTEN by tankyrases promotes PTEN degradation and tumor growth [Research Papers]
- ATDC induces an invasive switch in KRAS-induced pancreatic tumorigenesis [Research Papers]
- FBXL20-mediated Vps34 ubiquitination as a p53 controlled checkpoint in regulating autophagy and receptor degradation [Research Papers]
- Screen identifies bromodomain protein ZMYND8 in chromatin recognition of transcription-associated DNA damage that promotes homologous recombination [Research Papers]
- Genome-wide chromatin footprinting reveals changes in replication origin architecture induced by pre-RC assembly [Research Papers]
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- A Role for the Ancient SNARE Syntaxin 17 in Regulating Mitochondrial Division
- Endocytosis of Hedgehog through Dispatched Regulates Long-Range Signaling
- Actin-Delimited Adhesion-Independent Clustering of E-Cadherin Forms the Nanoscale Building Blocks of Adherens Junctions
- Interkinetic Nuclear Migration Is Centrosome Independent and Ensures Apical Cell Division to Maintain Tissue Integrity
- Salvador-Warts-Hippo Pathway in a Developmental Checkpoint Monitoring Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins
- Phosphorylation of Cohesin Rec11/SA3 by Casein Kinase 1 Promotes Homologous Recombination by Assembling the Meiotic Chromosome Axis
