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Posted by Katherine Brown on September 21st, 2016
As you may have seen, we at Development have recently announced a change to our peer review process, introducing a cross-referee commenting step. This should be in place within the next week or two, and we’re hoping it will help us to make better decisions on papers, and to make the revision process easier for[…]
Posted by IRBBarcelona on September 21st, 2016
Changes in body organ morphology have allowed animals to better exploit diverse habitats. As organ morphology is under genetic control, genetic modifications provide the basis for the wide range of morphologies. However, as our knowledge of the genetic basis of phenotypic diversification in evolution has focused mostly on quantitative traits, it is not clear how[…]
Posted by Katherine Brown on August 31st, 2016
This Editorial originally appeared in Development, Vol 143, Issue 17. Olivier Pourquié and Katherine Brown At Development, we are always trying to improve our processes and service – for authors and readers. In April 2015, we made some changes to our peer review process, which aimed at encouraging a more constructive approach to peer review.[…]
Posted by tschwarz-romond on August 26th, 2016
http://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(16)30163-1 Sense & Sensibility: niche signals regulate neural stem cells in an age-dependent manner paper feature by Thomas Schwarz-Romond Tissue specific stem cell niches provide lifelong support for adult stem cells. The cell-biological dissection of (adult neural) stem cell – niche interactions uncovered unexpected regulatory functions. These new results imply that stem cell niches actively[…]
Posted by DMDD on July 14th, 2016
This post was originally published on the DMDD blog. The Zika virus has raised global awareness of birth defects more than at any time in the last 50 years [1]. A recent Nature Editorial explores the opportunities this presents to increase support for vaccination programmes, compulsory fortification of food staples and investment[…]
Posted by Gary McDowell on July 2nd, 2016
I woke up this morning to a Facebook reminder of where I was 5 years ago. I was in Lille, France, on a 2 month sabbatical at Université Lille 1 from my PhD at the University of Cambridge, UK. It was supported by an EU collaborative grant to promote scientific interaction between member states. […]
Posted by Thomas Butts on June 26th, 2016
My informal review of YEN this year is by necessity a bit rushed but, for what it is, here it is. Most reviews are very short and pithy/jealous and only exist for some of the talks where, for a combination of good and bad reasons, I paid attention (I have tried to make this review[…]
Posted by AidanMaartens on June 14th, 2016
I’m happy to introduce myself as the Node’s new Community Manager, taking up the reins from Cat Vicente, who said goodbye recently, and left this unique site in great shape. I’ve come to the Node from the lab bench, recently as a postdoc with Nick Brown in Cambridge, and before that as PhD student with[…]
Posted by alebur on June 14th, 2016
Alexa Burger, Mosimann lab, Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Switzerland. When I first heard about the “new” genome editing method in early 2013 called CRISPR-Cas9, I thought: “Never ever again will I work with targeted nucleases!” Now it’s mid-2016, we published our approaches to maximize Cas9 effectiveness in zebrafish with Development[…]
Posted by Disease Models and Mechanisms on May 31st, 2016
Disease Models & Mechanisms invites you to submit original research for consideration for an upcoming Special Collection ‘Neurodegeneration: From Models to Mechanisms to Therapies‘. This ongoing collection will focus on mechanistic insights into neurodegenerative diseases using model systems, with an emphasis on key translational advances made in recent years. This collection will be launched with[…]
