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Catch up on the preLights webinar series: From preprint to publication

Posted by , on 23 January 2024

In line with preLights’ ongoing postLights initiative, one of the preLights Ambassadors, Martin Estermann, has decided to create and host a new webinar series focusing on the journey of the preprint. This ...

Nucleo-transfer in amphibians by Tom Elsdale, 1964

Posted by , on 11 January 2024

A 16mm video filmed in 1964 showing Tom Elsdale demonstrating nucleo-transfer in Xenopus egg.

November in preprints

Posted by , on 8 December 2023

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints.

Conference Alert! The Neural Crest: From Patient to Model System and back again

Posted by , on 9 November 2023

Come join us next year in France to discuss all things Neural Crest: From patient to model system and back agan.This conference is organised by the Ph.D students of the ...

October in preprints

Posted by , on 2 November 2023

Have a look at our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints.

September in preprints

Posted by , on 4 October 2023

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints.

What do microglia do in human neurodevelopmental disorders?

Posted by , on 11 September 2023

In a recent review published in Acta Neuropathologica, Matuleviciute, Akinluyi & co-authors focus on the evidence obtained from humans to examine how microglia, the brain’s macrophages, participate in brain development. ...

A regeneration retrospective: go fish

Posted by , on 8 September 2023

This post is part of the regeneration retrospective series. First, I’d be remiss not to acknowledge that most of my posts have been on vertebrate systems when many invertebrates are ...

A regeneration retrospective: hands-on hard graft

Posted by , on 7 September 2023

This post is part of the regeneration retrospective series. Yesterday, we went through a couple of examples of amphibian tail regeneration. Limb regeneration is another example of epimorphic regeneration, which ...

A regeneration retrospective: a budding tale

Posted by , on 6 September 2023

This post is part of the regeneration retrospective series. Epimorphic regeneration, the process of replacing lost appendages, is probably the most impressive example of tetrapod vertebrate regeneration. Vertebrate appendages, such ...

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