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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Katherine Brown, on 20 February 2013
In a journal like Development, full of beautiful immunofluorescence images of developing tissues and organisms, it’s quite rare that a picture of stem cells stands out from an aesthetic point ...Posted by the Node, on 19 February 2013
We have a winner! This colourful image quickly took the lead, and stayed there. It will appear on the cover of Development soon. This confocal image (extended focus Z stack) ...Posted by Victoria Hatch, on 18 February 2013
Have you ever thought to yourself ‘Hey, that inanimate object looks just like a xenopus!’ No? Well maybe after reading this you will. I started a PhD in a Xenopus lab ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 15 February 2013
A lot of things cycle in life, even down to the cellular level. In the developing central nervous system, regulators of the cell cycle play important roles in maintaining the ...Posted by the Node, on 30 January 2013
Each year, students of the Woods Hole Embryology course produce some amazing images. Last year, readers of the Node selected four images from the 2011 course to appear on the ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 14 January 2013
Every time a biologist drives pluripotent cells to differentiate into a specialized cell type, patients of all sorts of diseases, disorders, and injuries allow their hope to grow. A research ...Posted by the Node, on 14 December 2012
If you got into the habit of reading the Node on your tea breaks, we’ve got just the thing for you! We now have Node tea bags, custom made for ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 12 December 2012
There are a lot of situations in life where the “middleman” is unnecessary and costly. In cells, that middleman is necessary and fascinating at the same time. The sequence of ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 11 December 2012
Remember the skate image by David Gold, Lynn Kee, and Meghan Morrissey of the 2011 Woods Hole embryology course? It won the cover competition in April, and appeared on the ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 13 November 2012
Most folks think that our brains don’t produce any more neurons after we’re born, but thankfully they do! A small subset of stem cells within the hippocampus gives rise to ...