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Yukiko Yamashita, a developmental biologist at U-M, named one of this year's MacArthur fellows

Posted by , on 13 October 2011

What would you do if you were given $500,000 to fund your research for five years, with no strings attached –– no proposals to write, no progress reports to submit? ...
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Aging stem cells

Posted by , on 12 October 2011

There are so many factors for a stem cell to consider when deciding cell fates.  A recent paper from Development discusses how the age of a stem cell can affect ...
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In Development this week (Vol. 138, Issue 21)

Posted by , on 11 October 2011

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: New blood: vasculature restrains pancreas growth Although the primary function of blood vessels is to provide organs with the oxygen ...
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Company of Biologists Workshop - Growth, Division, Differentiation - Day 4

Posted by , on 9 October 2011

The final day of the meeting continued with vivid discussion and scientific exchange during the presentation sessions as well as during the breaks. Coming back to the initial focus of ...
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Company of Biologists Workshop - Growth, Division and Differentiation - Day 3 – afternoon

Posted by , on 7 October 2011

As a follow up to Ben Martynoga’s post from yesterday, here is some more information on the topics covered in this excellent workshop that took place a couple of weeks ...
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Company of Biologists Workshop – Growth, Division and Differentiation – Day 3, morning session

Posted by , on 5 October 2011

Better late than never! This excellent workshop took place a couple of weeks ago, but it is still nice to have a record of what was discussed, here on The ...
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Today's Nobel Prize is not immune to developmental biology

Posted by , on 3 October 2011

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has just been announced, and the winners are Bruce Beutler (The Scripps Research Institute), Jules Hoffmann (University of Strasbourg) and Ralph Steinman ...
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Company of Biologists Workshop – Growth, Division and Differentiation – Day 2

Posted by , on 26 September 2011

-By Nitin Sabherwal, Eugen Nacu, Heike Laman, Irene Gutierrez Vallejo and Anna Kicheva The second day of the workshop has finished and it is the reporting time now. We had ...
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A Discussion between Eric Wieschaus and Marcos González-Gaitán

Posted by , on 22 September 2011

Eric Wieschaus is a Professor at Princeton University, USA. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995, together with Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and the late Edward B. ...
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In Development this week (Vol. 138, Issue 20)

Posted by , on 22 September 2011

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: ApoE: a role in neurogenesis Hippocampal neurodegeneration occurs in most forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. There is, therefore, intense ...
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