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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Kat Arney, on 30 March 2019
In this episode from our series exploring 100 ideas in genetics, we’re telling the often-overlooked stories of four women who helped to shape the science of life: Esther Lederberg, Harriet ...Posted by Kat Arney, on 20 March 2019
In this episode of Genetics Unzipped we have a very special interview with leading geneticist Mary-Claire King.Posted by Kat Arney, on 23 February 2019
In this episode we’re looking at the genetics of failure – why we fail to lose weight thanks to our genes, and why ignoring genetic information and DNA diversity leads ...Posted by Ruben Perez-Carrasco, on 13 February 2019
Every fortnight, between the British Library and the St Pancras station, inside a wooden room in the ground floor of the Francis Crick Institute, four scientists discuss the present breakthroughs ...Posted by Sofia Araújo, on 28 November 2018
Regular meetings of scientists such as annual society conferences can create opportunities for scientists to engage the public without extensive effort, making connections between scientists and public audiences. Under the ...Posted by Katarzyna Kuzmicz-Kowalska, on 7 November 2018
Every year our Institute (IST Austria) opens its doors to the public during an outreach event called Open Campus. Visitors can participate in demonstrations and guided tours of the labs ...Posted by Steffen Scholpp, on 2 October 2018
by Lauren Porter and Steffen Scholpp Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, UK The importance of Wnt signalling in developmental processes, wound healing and stem cell control has long ...Posted by IMPC, on 28 September 2018
The entire genome of many species has now been sequenced, but the function of the majority of genes still remains unknown. This is where the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC) ...Posted by Svend Dahl-Jensen, on 19 September 2018
Water is a fascinating substance. Its behavior sets a lot of interesting constraints on both how the surface of our world is shaped geologically and how life on said surface ...Posted by Zubair, on 29 June 2018
4WH Neurogenesis: What Where Why When and How? Neurogenesis is understood as the process by which neural stem cells (NSCs) produce new neurons. In the adult mammalian brain, this process ...