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the community site for and by developmental biologists
Posted by Matt Niederhuber on August 8th, 2017
Each of our cells has the same genetic information and thus the same potential to become a part of a heart, brain, or a finger. Somehow though, during development our cells manage to figure out exactly which type of cell they should be and which body parts they should help compose. The key to making[…]
Posted by kyracampbell on August 3rd, 2017
A Wellcome Trust/Royal Society funded Research Assistant position is available in Dr Kyra Campbell’s research group. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Campbell group, who are focused on identifying the molecular mechanisms underlying epithelial cell plasticity during development and disease. We study how this fundamental property is orchestrated during morphogenesis of the Drosophila[…]
Posted by the Node Interviews on August 2nd, 2017
Ion channels are famous for their roles in neurons and muscles, but the spectrum of phenotypes seen in ion channel mutants indicate a diversity of roles in development; the underlying mechanisms, however, have remained opaque. This week we feature a paper published in the latest issue of Development that reveals a link between potassium channels and morphogen[…]
Posted by IRBBarcelona on July 5th, 2017
• Scientists at IRB Barcelona clarify the function of the genes that drive wing development in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. • Published in the journal eLife, this study unveils that the Dpp morphogen is necessary for wing growth but that its gradient does not govern this process. • Understanding the development of limbs in[…]
Posted by areilein on June 16th, 2017
A discussion of “Alternative direct stem cell derivatives defined by stem cell location and graded Wnt signalling,” Nat Cell Biol, 2017. 19(5): p. 433-444. We have recently revised the model of Follicle Stem Cell (FSC) organization in the Drosophila ovary, showing that there is a much larger population of stem cells than formerly realized, that[…]
Posted by Isabel M Palacios on May 24th, 2017
Introduction to the DrosAfrica project The contribution of scientific research in shaping societies is increasingly significant. However, African researchers make up only around two per cent of the world’s academic research community. One of the central problems for African science is poor quality and quantity of research-based education. We believe that basic scientific research could[…]
Posted by the Node on May 18th, 2017
I had started to become a little worried when I didn’t see Eric on the opening day of the conference, but it turned out that his plane to Germany had been delayed by the snowstorms blanketing the Eastern seaboard of the US and he made it in the end. Between sessions later on, we found a slightly[…]
Posted by Mubarak Hussain Syed on May 16th, 2017
http://around.uoregon.edu/content/study-brain-formation-finds-possible-link-human-disease @ http://www.doelab.org/ elife https://elifesciences.org/content/6/e26287 (No Ratings Yet) Loading…
Posted by luschnig on March 25th, 2017
The Cluster of Excellence ”Cells in Motion“ (CiM) at the University of Münster invites applications for a PhD student position (Salary Scale 13 TV-L / 65%) on Dynamics of tricellular junctions in Drosophila in the group of Prof. Stefan Luschnig at the Institute of Neurobiology. The position will start at the earliest[…]
Posted by Hanieh Falahati on March 6th, 2017
Comment on ”Independent active and thermodynamic processes govern nucleolus assembly in vivo”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114 (6), 1335-1340, (2017). Hanieh Falahati, Lewis–Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University. Eric Wieschaus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University. The whole universe is moving toward disorder; this is the[…]
