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What do songbirds tell us about ES cells?

Posted by , on 8 January 2016

A running joke amongst avian developmental biologists is that the chicken (Gallus gallus) is the tastiest of the model organisms. A typical response from some of my mouse, frog or ...
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In Development this week (Vol. 143, Issue 1)

Posted by , on 5 January 2016

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Making and shaping the lung epithelium Gas exchange in the lung occurs across the alveolar epithelium, which consists of ...
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When Two Make One: The Uses and Importance of Plant Grafting

Posted by , on 29 December 2015

Used for thousands of years but grafting remains mysterious For millennia, people have cut and joined different plant varieties or species together by a process known as grafting. By grafting ...
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Migratory neuronal progenitors in Tunicates provide insights into Neural Crest evolution

Posted by , on 24 December 2015

Tunicates are the invertebrates most closely related to us, forming a monophyletic clade with the vertebrates, known as Olfactores. Tunicates, often erroneously referred to as “urochordates” (a junior synonym and ...
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Making and re-making the brain

Posted by , on 23 December 2015

  The three-pound lump under our skulls that allows us to speak, run and function in our daily lives is a mass of dozens of types of minuscule cells joined ...
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Rapid electron microscopic detection of GFP-tagged proteins in cells and whole organisms

Posted by , on 23 December 2015

The use of green fluorescent protein (GFP) has revolutionised the study of dynamic cellular processes in cells, tissues, and whole organisms. Laboratories throughout the world have exploited the simplicity of ...
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From our sister journals- December 2015

Posted by , on 17 December 2015

Here is some developmental biology-related content from other journals published by The Company of Biologists.     A mouse model for tuberous sclerosis complex The authors present a mouse model ...
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In Development this week (Vol. 142, Issue 24)

Posted by , on 15 December 2015

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   New markers for human endoderm differentiation The generation of mature cell types from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) relies on ...
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High-speed imaging of entire organisms at sub-cellular, isotropic resolution

Posted by , on 14 December 2015

A microscope has long remained a biologist’s favorite tool, and for obvious reasons, as it has been the tool to continually grant us deeper access into the elusive world that ...
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BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship Report (7)

Posted by , on 4 December 2015

In 2014, the British Society of Developmental Biology (BSDB) has initiated the Gurdon Summer Studentship program with the intention to provide highly motivated students with exceptional qualities and a strong ...
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