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developmental and stem cell biologists
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 ...Posted by alebur, on 14 June 2016
Alexa Burger, Mosimann lab, Institute of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zürich, Switzerland. When I first heard about the “new” genome editing method in early 2013 called CRISPR-Cas9, I ...Posted by the Node, on 1 June 2016
May was most notable for the departure of the Node’s brilliant Community Manager, Cat Vicente. Cat said her goodbyes here, but we’d like to take this opportunity to thank her ...Posted by the Node, on 3 May 2016
Here are some of the posts we featured on the Node in the last month! Research – Chen-Hui wrote about skinbow, a new system to study cell dynamics during epithelial ...Posted by the Node, on 1 April 2016
Focus on organoids Following Development’s call for papers for their upcoming Special Issue on Organoids, we featured an interview with their guest editor Melissa Little, discussing her career and research on ...Posted by the Node, on 1 March 2016
Research – Two different applications of optogenetics were highlighted on the Node this month. Giorgia wrote about how optogenetics can be used to control morphogenesis in Drosophila. Meanwhile, Clare and Rachel described ...Posted by the Node, on 1 February 2016
We’ve had a busy start to 2016 on the Node! Check out this round-up of new content, and remember to check our Jobs page for new opportunities, and our Events ...