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Book review: Updated interpretation of the principles of neural development

Posted by , on 20 December 2012

This book review originally appeared in Development. Tatsumi Hirata reviews “Neuronal Guidance: The Biology of Brain Wiring ” (Edited by Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Alex L. Kolodkin). Book info: Neuronal Guidance: ...

December 20

Posted by , on 20 December 2012

Today’s recommended paper is: Growing Microtubules Push the Oocyte Nucleus to Polarize the Drosophila Dorsal-Ventral Axis Tongtong Zhao, Owen S. Graham, Alexandre Raposo and Daniel St Johnston (2012) Science 336 ...

An interview with Roger Barker

Posted by , on 19 December 2012

An interview with Roger Barker Roger Barker is Professor of Clinical Neuroscience at the Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair, and one of the authors on a recent Development paper from ...

December 19

Posted by , on 19 December 2012

Today’s recommended paper is: Transcription in the Absence of Histone H3.2 and H3K4 Methylation Martina Hödl and Konrad Basler (2012) Current Biology 08 November 2012 Submitted by Barry Thompson: “This ...

In Development this week (Vol. 140, Issue 2)

Posted by , on 18 December 2012

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Against the segmentation clock A gene expression oscillator called the segmentation clock controls the periodic formation of somites in ...

December 18

Posted by , on 18 December 2012

Today’s recommended paper is: Cilia at the Node of mouse embryos sense fluid flow for left-right determination via Pkd2 Satoko Yoshiba et al. Science 338 (6104), 226-231 Submitted by Benoit ...

Academic Visit to Oxford University : Thanks to Development Travelling Fellowship

Posted by , on 17 December 2012

I am a second year graduate student in Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University. I got a chance to visit Center for Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Institute, University of ...

Travelling Fellowships

Posted by , on 17 December 2012

Do you need to learn a new technique?  Are you planning a collaborative visit?  If so please have a look at The Compnay of Biologist’s Travelling Fellowships – http://www.biologists.com/fellowships.html.  The ...

December 17

Posted by , on 17 December 2012

Today’s recommended paper is: A system of repressor gradients spatially organizes the boundaries of Bicoid-dependent target genes. Hongtao Chen, Zhe Xu, Constance Mei, Danyang Yu and Stephen Small (2012) Cell ...

December 16

Posted by , on 16 December 2012

Today’s recommended paper is: Specifying and Sustaining Pigmentation Patterns in Domestic and Wild Cats Christopher B. Kaelin, Xiao Xu et al. (2012) Science 337 (6101), 1536-1541 Submitted by Heather Etchevers: ...

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