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The people behind the papers – You Wu & Mineko Kengaku

Posted by , on 12 March 2018

Neuronal migration is critical for mammalian brain development. In many migrating neurons, the nucleus translocates from the trailing to the leading edge of the cell in a manner dependent on ...

The people behind the papers – Marina Matsumiya & Ryoichiro Kageyama

Posted by , on 19 February 2018

Vertebrate segmentation involves the periodic formation of somites from the presomitic mesoderm, in a manner controlled by oscillating gene expression (the oscillations of the segmentation clock must be one of the ...

Updates from DORA - An interview with Stephen Curry

Posted by , on 7 February 2018

The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) was conceived in 2012 at an ASCB meeting, and has since its launch in 2013 has garnered thousands of signatories from individuals and ...

The people behind the papers - Chloé Dominici & Alain Chédotal

Posted by , on 18 January 2018

Vertebrate brain development is characterised by cell migration, as neurons are often born far from where they need to end up. Migration is regulated by guidance cues and their receptors, ...

The people behind the papers – Alok Javali, Aritra Misra & Ramkumar Sambasivan

Posted by , on 20 December 2017

Neuromesoderm progenitors are a population of stem cells that contribute to the neural tube and somite-forming paraxial mesoderm, and promote axial growth of the vertebrate embryo. In the latest issue ...