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BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship Report (6)

Posted by , on 3 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 ...

BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship Report (5)

Posted by , on 2 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 ...

In Development this week (Vol. 142, Issue 23)

Posted by , on 1 December 2015

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Human embryos: a mixed bag Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) are conventionally derived from embryos that are at the ...

From our sister journals- November 2015

Posted by , on 30 November 2015

Here is some developmental biology related content from other journals published by The Company of Biologists.     Genome-wide lacZ profiling in the mouse Tuck, Estebel and colleagues have produced ...

Stable and bicistronic expression of two genes in somite- and lateral plate-derived tissues to study chick limb development

Posted by , on 27 November 2015

The electroporation technique is widely used in developmental biology to deliver foreign DNA into cells and study gene function. The chick embryos exhibit a remarkable easy access to perform electroporation ...

BSDB Gurdon Summer Studentship Report (4)

Posted by , on 20 November 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 ...

Organ Design 101: Discovering the rules for building a pancreas

Posted by , on 19 November 2015

As we develop from wads of cells to fully formed humans, each of our organs goes through intricate processes to achieve the right combination and number of cells arranged in ...

In Development this week (Vol. 142, Issue 22)

Posted by , on 17 November 2015

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Nodal: sustaining Shh expression Underlying the developing vertebrate forebrain is the prechordal mesoderm, which secretes sonic hedgehog (Shh) at ...

AI tackles variability of metastatic conversion triggered by bioelectric disregulation

Posted by , on 7 November 2015

  One of the most important problems in experimental biology has to do with variability / heterogeneity (Rubin, 1990): why do different organisms react differently to the same perturbation or ...

In Development this week (Vol. 142, Issue 21)

Posted by , on 3 November 2015

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Spatial mapping in the brain Many sensory systems show topographic mapping: the spatial organisation of peripheral receptors is preserved ...

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