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The people behind the papers - Wael Noor El-Nachef and Marianne Bronner

Posted by , on 19 December 2020

This interview, the 85th in our series, was published in Development earlier this year.  The enteric nervous system (ENS) derives from the neural crest and innervates the gastrointestinal system, in which it ...

The people behind the papers – Priyanka Govindaraju and Enrico Scarpella

Posted by , on 12 December 2020

This interview, the 84th in our series, was published in Development earlier this year.  The veins are the vascular networks of plant leaves, functioning as channels for transport of signals and nutrients. ...

The people behind the papers – Olga Zaytseva and Leonie Quinn

Posted by , on 1 December 2020

This interview, the 83rd in our series, was published in Development earlier this year.  Unregulated cell proliferation can be disastrous for development and underlies the progression of cancers throughout the lifespan. A ...

The people behind the papers – Agnes Cheong and Jesse Mager

Posted by , on 21 November 2020

This interview, the 82nd in our series, was published in Development earlier this year.  Nuclear-encoded mitochondrial ribosomal proteins (MRPs) are crucial for mitochondrial function and hence cellular energy production. A new paper ...

The people behind the papers – Daniel Osborn, Kuoyu Li and Simon Hughes

Posted by , on 10 November 2020

This interview, the 81st in our series, was published in Development earlier this year.  A crucial step in vertebrate muscle development is the activation of myogenic regulatory factors (MRFs) that direct myogenesis. ...