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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 ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 30 October 2012
Last Thursday, Development organized a one-day symposium, “Past, Present and Future”, to mark the 25th anniversary of the journal. All speakers were past or present editors of Development, and the ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 10 October 2012
To me, the stem cells within a germline are a perfect storm of fascination. Stem cells are, of course, intriguing in their ability to self-renew and differentiate, and a germline ...Posted by Teisha Rowland, on 30 September 2012
International Stem Cell Awareness Day is October 3, 2012, so on this day please help spread the word about the importance of stem cell research! For more information on this ...