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3D mini-brain sheds light on Zika Virus in the brain

Posted by , on 10 June 2016

The Zika virus is making headlines as a major world health crisis linked to a host of neurological conditions. In the cases of microcephaly and Guillain-Barre, the evidence that Zika Virus ...
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Improving the design of animal experiments: Introducing the Experimental Design Assistant (EDA)

Posted by , on 7 June 2016

This post was originally published as a Newsletter article from ShARM (Shared Ageing Research Models) Scientists using animals in research have a responsibility to ensure that the studies are appropriately designed, conducted, ...
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Cellular conversations

Posted by , on 7 June 2016

We know that cells are the building blocks of our bodies. But they are not like inert wooden blocks. They are complicated tiny machines that communicate with each other to ...
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In Development this week (Vol. 143, Issue 11)

Posted by , on 31 May 2016

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   A new paradigm for Wnt/β-catenin signalling The Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway is a key pathway involved in a myriad of ...
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Geometrical models of tissue as tools for uncovering rules underlying tissue organization

Posted by , on 27 May 2016

A major challenge in cell and developmental biology is to understand the mechanisms whereby cells interact with each other to form the variety of complex tissue forms present in organisms. ...
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New insights into sex differences in Drosophila development and physiology

Posted by , on 27 May 2016

Bruno Hudry and Elizabeth J. Rideout Male and female fruit flies differ in many aspects of development and physiology. For example, males and females differ in abdominal pigmentation, sex comb ...
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From our sister journals - May 2016

Posted by , on 26 May 2016

Here is some developmental biology related content from other journals published by The Company of Biologists.           Gastrointestinal stem cells in health and disease This Review from ...
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Visualizing our 'gut instinct'

Posted by , on 19 May 2016

How on earth do we turn into a living, breathing, singing, speaking being, from just the fusion of two cells? Development is fascinating and mysterious. Stem cells are one component ...
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In Development this week (Vol. 143, Issue 10)

Posted by , on 17 May 2016

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   How the zebrafish got its tail Posterior axis elongation is a crucial process during metazoan development. In principle, axial ...
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Forgotten classics- Genetic mosaics in Drosophila

Posted by , on 11 May 2016

Bryant, P.J., Schneiderman, H. A. (1969). Cell lineage, growth, and determination in the imaginal leg discs of Drosophila melanogaster. Developmental Biology 20, 263–290   Recommended by Peter Lawrence (University of ...
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