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Now we need arrest… A long journey into the end-of-flowering

Posted by , on 29 June 2020

By Tom Bennett & Catriona Walker   25th May 2020: Publication TB: The joy of seeing an article finally published is always slightly tempered by the long-drawn out process of ...

The story of my heart, from the bottom of my heart (says the Zebrafish)

Posted by , on 23 June 2020

I started off as quite little—just one cell, in fact. No heart, no brain, no blood flowed in me and yet, somehow I found the motivation in me to divide. ...

Pregnancy complications in assisted reproduction linked to a specific process

Posted by , on 9 June 2020

A Press Release from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine – see the Development paper by Lisa Vrooman, Marisa Bartolomei and colleagues here. An experimental study from researchers in ...

Research Highlight #5: Leukemic stem cells from iPSCs

Posted by , on 9 June 2020

Today let’s delve into a curious case involving induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and leukemic stem cells (LSCs). Most blood cells derived from iPSCs are unable to engraft in immunodeficient ...

Catch Me if You Can: An elusive underpinning for Arx(GCG)10+7-mediated apoptosis in X-linked infantile spasms syndrome

Posted by , on 3 June 2020

This post highlights the approach and finding of a new research article published by Disease Models and Mechanisms (DMM). This feature is written by Olivia Howell as apart of a ...

Stripe by stripe, zebrafish model provides transparent look into Fibrolamellar Carcinoma mechanism

Posted by , on 3 June 2020

This post highlights the approach and finding of a new research article published by Disease Models and Mechanisms (DMM). This feature is written by Joseph I. Kaluzny as apart of ...

May in preprints

Posted by , on 1 June 2020

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental biology (and related) preprints.    A real monster of a month, May, with masses of preprints uploaded by scientists in various stages of ...

Research Highlight #4: Macrophages in human development

Posted by , on 1 June 2020

Today we return our interest to human development, focusing on a special blood cell: the macrophage. Produced in multiple, stem cell-independent waves, macrophages colonize the developing foetus early on, forming ...

Research Highlight #3: IL-1 regulates haematopoietic stem cell pool size via PU.1

Posted by , on 25 May 2020

Today, we move to mouse adult haematopoiesis, with an elegant work on inflammation and stem cell biology. As always, feedback is more than welcome! Chronic inflammation is one of the ...

Research Highlight #2: Blood stem cells heterogeneity arises from accessible chromatin

Posted by , on 18 May 2020

Hi there! Today’s highlight is focusing on a major question for the haematology community: what is causing blood stem cell heterogeneity? Please do not hesitate to let me know your ...

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