developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Christele Gonneau, on 1 April 2015
Mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) are by definition cells that can self-renew (make identical copies of themselves) and specialize into any cell type of the body. Since their discovery, scientists ...Posted by Christele Gonneau, on 22 January 2015
Growing organs in vitro is one of the ultimate dreams of any stem cell biologist. As such, it seems obvious that some of these organs will need to ...Posted by Christele Gonneau, on 7 December 2014
Thanks to microscopy, scientists can compete with the most talented photographers and take the most astonishing pictures! Although I have been focusing on microscopy pictures in this blog, microscopy is ...Posted by Christele Gonneau, on 26 October 2014
Starting with the one fertilized egg that we all once were, embryonic development is made of cell divisions and most importantly of cell decisions. These first life decisions are the ...Posted by Christele Gonneau, on 4 September 2014
As for the origin of species, the question of the origin of blood during development has unleashed a lot of passion among the scientific community. As a matter of fact, ...