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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by the Node Interviews, on 16 August 2016
In this new series, we interview the people behind some of the most exciting recent papers in developmental biology and related fields, to give context to the work and find out ...Posted by Tomotsune Ameku, on 11 August 2016
Tomotsune Ameku, Ryusuke Niwa’s lab, University of Tsukuba, Japan. Steroid hormones have crucial roles in regulating a broad range of biological processes in most multicellular organisms. They are produced ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 2 August 2016
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Defining Polycomb complexes with AEBP2 Polycomb repressive complex 2 (PRC2) directs methylation of histone H3 K27 (H3K27me), a repressive ...Posted by the Node, on 1 August 2016
In case you missed it, here’s a round up of our July content, with lots of developmental biology research highlights (inc. microfluidics, zebrafinches and 3D retinas), as well as some art, ...Posted by Caroline Dillard, on 12 July 2016
Caroline Dillard and Cédric Maurange (Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IBDM, Marseille) Drosophila neural stem cells as a cancer model Transformation of a cell into a cancer cell is a complex ...Posted by the Node, on 6 July 2016
In this new feature, we conduct a trawl for preprints to find the latest developmental biology and related research from the previous month. Scientists are increasingly using preprints as a way of ...Posted by cdemers, on 5 July 2016
Unraveling Development Embryonic development is a complex and regulated spatiotemporal ensemble of signaling cues that control cell differentiation. Most of what we now know comes from experimenting directly on embryos. ...Posted by the Node, on 1 July 2016
This month we welcomed Aidan to the Node, who took over from Cat as Community Manager, and introduced himself here. He’s been enjoying settling in to the Company of Biologists office, and ...Posted by Dionysus, on 28 June 2016
Optogenetics has been widely used in the study of neural activity and behavior. By using genetic tools to target light-sensitive proteins to one or populations of neurons in specific region ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 14 June 2016
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: A distinct cartilage programme for bone regeneration Bone healing, for example fracture repair in humans, often involves a cartilage ...