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Exhausted but satisfied
Posted by Kim Cooper on March 31st, 2012
The breakfast bell rang early this morning, so I’ve only just gotten my shower this evening which is a good thing since I was filthy and covered in sand. We headed back to the spot where we set traps last night, and lo and behold I think we only lost one. And I could be […]
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Stairway to Learning
Posted by Smrithi on March 30th, 2012
When I stepped into the Institute of Genetics, Mainz, I stepped into the world of neural development - I was like Aladdin in the Cave of Wonders! It was all so new to me - so exciting, and so much to learn! Prof. Gerhard Technau’s group worked on different aspects of Drosophila neural development - […]
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This Month on the Node – March 2012
Posted by Eva Amsen on March 30th, 2012
Money appears to have been the main topic of conversation this month. In the past few weeks, we’ve had a glimpse into the status of science funding in countries around the world. Paul O’Neill shared some news about the current funding situation in Japan, where government advisors recommended amalgamation of the main science bodies to […]
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Wildlife abounds, but jerboas?
Posted by Kim Cooper on March 29th, 2012
This morning after a breakfast of fermented tofu on steamed buns, boiled peanut and rice soup, spicy strands of seaweed, and a plate of mixed onion, peppers, and tomato in vinegar, we headed off in the jeep in search of the right kind of desert for jerboas. I knew one of the places where we’d […]
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Banners
Posted by the Node on March 28th, 2012
If you’ve recently visited our Facebook page, you may have already seen them, but we have some new banners - of both the physical and digital kind. First of all, we have a new banner to take to conferences. If you’re going to some of the conferences where The Company of Biologists has a stand, […]
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Nihao from Xinjiang
Posted by Kim Cooper on March 28th, 2012
I have sprung up again in China. It’s time for another field collection of jerboa embryos in far northwestern China (Xinjiang), and since this is the reason Eva invited me to contribute to the Node, I figure it is finally time for me to oblige. The last couple of days were eventful. Friday morning I […]
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Post-doctoral position in Drosophila hematopoiesis: deciphering the niche function
Posted by vincent on March 20th, 2012
A 3 years post-doctoral position is immediately available in the laboratory of Michèle Crozatier and Alain Vincent, at the Centre de Biologie du Développement CNRS/Toulouse University, France. One main topic of the lab concerns Drosophila hematopoiesis, the hematopoietic niche and the plasticity of cell fates in the lymph gland (http://www-cbd.ups-tlse.fr/spip.php?rubrique53). The candidate will further explore […]
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In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 8)
Posted by Seema Grewal on March 20th, 2012
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Chewing the Fat over PCP and growth The Drosophila protocadherin Fat (Ft) affects planar cell polarity (PCP) but also inhibits the overgrowth of imaginal discs by activating the Hippo pathway. The intracellular domain (ICD) mediates much of Ft activity, but are its PCP and Hippo […]
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FlyBase 2012 User Survey
Posted by Josh Goodman on March 20th, 2012
Dear Colleagues, FlyBase has begun to plan for the competitive renewal of FlyBase funding, which will be submitted to NIH in several months. EXTENSIVE INPUT from the community of FlyBase users is invaluable in two ways. (1) It is a crucial source of input to help us determine our priorities for the next five year period. (2) The […]
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An interview with José Xavier Neto
Posted by Eva Amsen on March 20th, 2012
(This interview originally appeared in Development.) The Latin American Society for Developmental Biology (LASDB) is getting ready for their Sixth International Meeting, which will be held in Montevideo, Uruguay, from April 26th to 29th, 2012. To find out more about the society, and about developmental biology in Latin America, we talked to LASDB president José […]
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- pancRNAs in early development [IN THIS ISSUE]
- Uncovering neurogenic potential of striatal astrocytes [IN THIS ISSUE]
- Timing degradation to tune development [IN THIS ISSUE]
- Getting to the heart of heart cell identity [IN THIS ISSUE]
- Asymmetric division and fate in the retina [IN THIS ISSUE]
- Neural development and regeneration: it's all in your spinal cord [MEETING REVIEW]
- A pathway to bone: signaling molecules and transcription factors involved in chondrocyte development and maturation [REVIEW]
- Auxin-induced degradation dynamics set the pace for lateral root development [RESEARCH REPORT]
- Gene activation-associated long noncoding RNAs function in mouse preimplantation development [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- A MEIG1/PACRG complex in the manchette is essential for building the sperm flagella [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Contributions of Costal 2-Fused interactions to Hedgehog signaling in Drosophila [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Late Alk4/5/7 signaling is required for anterior skeletal patterning in sea urchin embryos [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Geometric control of ciliated band regulatory states in the sea urchin embryo [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- The cytoplasmic domain of the gamete membrane fusion protein HAP2 targets the protein to the fusion site in Chlamydomonas and regulates the fusion reaction [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Wnt ligands from the embryonic surface ectoderm regulate 'bimetallic strip' optic cup morphogenesis in mouse [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Muscle composition is regulated by a Lox-TGF{beta} feedback loop [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Drosophila small heat shock protein CryAB ensures structural integrity of developing muscles, and proper muscle and heart performance [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Extramacrochaetae functions in dorsal-ventral patterning of Drosophila imaginal discs [RESEARCH ARTICLES]
- Cell competition in mouse NIH3T3 embryonic fibroblasts is controlled by the activity of Tead family proteins and Myc [Articles of interest in other COB journals]
- miR-145 suppresses embryo-epithelial juxtacrine communication at implantation by modulating maternal IGF1R [Articles of interest in other COB journals]
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- Editorial Board
- Letter from the editor – issue 399/1–1 March 2015
- Loss of Npn1 from motor neurons causes postnatal deficits independent from Sema3A signaling
- Asymmetric expression of connexins between luminal epithelial- and myoepithelial- cells is essential for contractile function of the mammary gland
- A dual epimorphic and compensatory mode of heart regeneration in zebrafish
- p120 Catenin is required for normal tubulogenesis but not epithelial integrity in developing mouse pancreas
- Mice lacking the transcription factor SHOX2 display impaired cerebellar development and deficits in motor coordination
- Motor neuron cell bodies are actively positioned by Slit/Robo repulsion and Netrin/DCC attraction
- A diffusible signal derived from hematopoietic cells supports the survival and proliferation of regenerative cells during zebrafish fin fold regeneration
- Differential regenerative capacity of neonatal mouse hearts after cryoinjury
- Nephron proximal tubule patterning and corpuscles of Stannius formation are regulated by the sim1a transcription factor and retinoic acid in zebrafish
- Tie1 is required for lymphatic valve and collecting vessel development
- A requirement for Gch1 and tetrahydrobiopterin in embryonic development
- Sox4 regulates choroid fissure closure by limiting Hedgehog signaling during ocular morphogenesis
- The boule gene is essential for spermatogenesis of haploid insect male
- The requirement of histone modification by PRDM12 and Kdm4a for the development of pre-placodal ectoderm and neural crest in Xenopus
- The cochlear sensory epithelium derives from Wnt responsive cells in the dorsomedial otic cup
- A 190 base pair, TGF-β responsive tooth and fin enhancer is required for stickleback Bmp6 expression
- A genetic interactome of the let-7 microRNA in C. elegans
- Mesenchymal Wnt signaling Promotes formation of sternum and thoracic body wall
- Xenopus pax6 mutants affect eye development and other organ systems, and have phenotypic similarities to human aniridia patients
- Cre recombinase-regulated Endothelin1 transgenic mouse lines: Novel tools for analysis of embryonic and adult disorders
- IFT46 plays an essential role in cilia development
- Integration of comprehensive 3D microCT and signaling analysis reveals differential regulatory mechanisms of craniofacial bone development
- BMP signaling mediated by constitutively active Activin type 1 receptor (ACVR1) results in ectopic bone formation localized to distal extremity joints
- The myogenic repressor gene Holes in muscles is a direct transcriptional target of Twist and Tinman in the Drosophila embryonic mesoderm
- BMP-dependent gene repression cascade in Drosophila eggshell patterning
- Bark beetle controls epithelial morphogenesis by septate junction maturation in Drosophila
- An oncologist׳s friend: How Xenopus contributes to cancer research
- Editorial Board
- From classical to current: Analyzing peripheral nervous system and spinal cord lineage and fate
- Maternal-zygotic knockout reveals a critical role of Cdx2 in the morula to blastocyst transition
- Comprehensive single cell-resolution analysis of the role of chromatin regulators in early C. elegans embryogenesis
- Ecdysone regulates morphogenesis and function of malpighian tubules in Drosophila melanogaster through EcR-B2 isoform
- Mapping the dynamic expression of Wnt11 and the lineage contribution of Wnt11-expressing cells during early mouse development
- Effects of polysialic acid on sensory innervation of the cornea
- Somatic insulin signaling regulates a germline starvation response in Drosophila egg chambers
- Heixuedian (heix), a potential melanotic tumor suppressor gene, exhibits specific spatial and temporal expression pattern during drosophila hematopoiesis
- Tak1, Smad4 and Trim33 redundantly mediate TGF-β3 signaling during palate development
- Foxp1/2/4 regulate endochondral ossification as a suppresser complex
- C. elegans NIMA-related kinases NEKL-2 and NEKL-3 are required for the completion of molting
- E3 ubiquitin ligases promote progression of differentiation during C. elegans embryogenesis
- Ascl1 and Helt act combinatorially to specify thalamic neuronal identity by repressing Dlxs activation
- DMRT1 is required for Müllerian duct formation in the chicken embryo
- Region-specific regulation of cell proliferation by FGF receptor signaling during the Wolffian duct development
- Lineage and stage specific requirement for Dicer1 in sympathetic ganglia and adrenal medulla formation and maintenance
- Evolutionary variations in the expression of dorso-ventral patterning genes and the conservation of pioneer neurons in Tribolium castaneum
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- 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
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- Nuclear pore proteins and the control of genome functions [Reviews]
- The Ino80 complex prevents invasion of euchromatin into silent chromatin [Research Communications]
- Cas9 function and host genome sampling in Type II-A CRISPR-Cas adaptation [Research Communications]
- Suppression of pervasive noncoding transcription in embryonic stem cells by esBAF [Research Papers]
- Recognition of H3K9 methylation by GLP is required for efficient establishment of H3K9 methylation, rapid target gene repression, and mouse viability [Research Papers]
- A dual cis-regulatory code links IRF8 to constitutive and inducible gene expression in macrophages [Research Papers]
- The E-Id protein axis modulates the activities of the PI3K-AKT-mTORC1-Hif1a and c-myc/p19Arf pathways to suppress innate variant TFH cell development, thymocyte expansion, and lymphomagenesis [Research Papers]
- A high-sensitivity phospho-switch triggered by Cdk1 governs chromosome morphogenesis during cell division [Research Papers]
- Structural basis for corepressor assembly by the orphan nuclear receptor TLX [Research Papers]
- Structures of regulatory machinery reveal novel molecular mechanisms controlling B. subtilis nitrogen homeostasis [Research Papers]
- In vivo investigation of the transcription, processing, endonucleolytic activity, and functional relevance of the spatial distribution of a plant miRNA [Errata]
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- TSC1 Activates TGF-β-Smad2/3 Signaling in Growth Arrest and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
- CENP-A K124 Ubiquitylation Is Required for CENP-A Deposition at the Centromere
- SCML2 Establishes the Male Germline Epigenome through Regulation of Histone H2A Ubiquitination
- Ect2/Pbl Acts via Rho and Polarity Proteins to Direct the Assembly of an Isotropic Actomyosin Cortex upon Mitotic Entry
- Mechanical Tension Drives Cell Membrane Fusion
- Nodal Signaling Range Is Regulated by Proprotein Convertase-Mediated Maturation
- Weaning Triggers a Maturation Step of Pancreatic β Cells
- A Dicer-miR-107 Interaction Regulates Biogenesis of Specific miRNAs Crucial for Neurogenesis
- Puzzling Out Neurodevelopment
- The Evolution of Early Neurogenesis
- Neuronal Aggregates: Formation, Clearance, and Spreading
- Genetic Changes Shaping the Human Brain
- Cellular Functions of the Amyloid Precursor Protein from Development to Dementia
- Programmed Cell Death in Neurodevelopment
- Microglia: Multitasking Specialists of the Brain
- Subcellular Patterning: Axonal Domains with Specialized Structure and Function
- Dynamics and Mechanisms of CNS Myelination
- It Takes a Village: Constructing the Neurogenic Niche
- Evolution of Patterning Systems and Circuit Elements for Locomotion
- Neuronal Regeneration from Ependymo-Radial Glial Cells: Cook, Little Pot, Cook!
