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Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Meeting

Posted by , on 15 August 2012

I’ve just returned from this year’s Santa Cruz Developmental Biology meeting. Some of you may have seen the tweets I was sending out from there (see Storify for the collected ...

A stem cell needs REST

Posted by , on 14 August 2012

Decisions, decisions.  Stem cells face the task to self-renew or differentiate, a decision made out of the combination and coordination of numerous regulators.  With the activation or suppression of transcriptional ...

Colouring the Mouse Embryo

Posted by , on 13 August 2012

48 anatomical structures of the presented mouse embryo atlas are shown in 3D. Here is the backdrop for our recent paper in Development, “A novel 3D mouse embryo atlas based ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 17)

Posted by , on 7 August 2012

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   eIF4E-3 puts a cap on spermatogenesis Gene expression is translationally regulated during many developmental processes. Translation is mainly controlled ...

What's in the culture medium in IVF labs?

Posted by , on 1 August 2012

British researchers working with human embryos for IVF have been wondering about the effects of components of the culture medium they use. In the UK, culture media used for IVF ...

Uncovering the unexpected: New visions from the 3’ end of squint

Posted by , on 31 July 2012

Here I share the background story on my graduate work that was recently published in Development, “Dorsal activity of maternal squint is mediated by a non-coding function of the RNA”: ...

Piecing together the squint puzzle

Posted by , on 27 July 2012

Here is the backdrop for our recent paper in Development, “Dorsal activity of maternal squint is mediated by a non-coding function of the RNA”:  This work follows up a previous ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 16)

Posted by , on 24 July 2012

Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development:   Less air, more muscle repair Oxygen levels in stem cell niches are often lower than those in surrounding ...

Essay nominee 2 - There'll be dragons?

Posted by , on 18 July 2012

Below is the second of two essays nominated in our essay competition “Developments in development”. The other nominated essay appeared on the Node yesterday. Please read both essays, and come ...

Essay nominee 1 - An Excitingly Predictable ‘Omic Future

Posted by , on 17 July 2012

Below is the first of two essays nominated in our essay competition “Developments in development”. The other nominated essay will appear on the Node tomorrow. Please read both essays, and ...

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