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December 3

Posted by , on 3 December 2012

Today’s recommended paper is: Bimodal control of Hoxd gene transcription in the spinal cord defines two regulatory subclusters Patrick Tschopp, Alix J. Christen and Denis Duboule (2012) Development 139 (5), ...

December 2

Posted by , on 2 December 2012

Today’s recommended paper is: Polyploidization of glia in neural development links tissue growth to blood–brain barrier integrity Yingdee Unhavaithaya and Terry L. Orr-Weaver (2012) Genes & Development 26, 31-36 Submitted ...

December 1

Posted by , on 1 December 2012

Today’s recommended paper is: The accessible chromatin landscape of the human genome Robert E. Thurman, Eric Rynes, Richard Humbert, et al. (2012) Nature 489, 75–82 Submitted by Nishal Patel: “Whilst ...

Coming Soon

Posted by , on 29 November 2012

We recently asked you what your favourite papers of 2012 were. From December 1 to 24, you’ll be able to see 24 of these papers behind the virtual doors of ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 24)

Posted by , on 21 November 2012

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Translating Apc1 loss into intestinal proliferation Most colorectal cancers carry inactivating mutations in adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), a negative ...

Remember this: Sox1 marks neural stem cells in the hippocampus

Posted by , 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 ...

Favourite papers advent calendar

Posted by , on 8 November 2012

What was your favourite paper in the fields of developmental or stem cell biology this past year? We’re preparing a little feature on the Node for the month of December: ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 23)

Posted by , on 6 November 2012

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Dishevelled: the Notch-Wnt go-between The Notch and Wnt signalling pathways are used during animal development to generate a diverse ...

Celebrating stem cells

Posted by , on 1 November 2012

Last month was an exciting one for stem cell research. I’m sure you all saw how stem cells hit international headlines with the announcement of a Nobel Prize for John ...

The embryonic cell lineage of C. elegans, revisited and revisualized

Posted by , on 26 October 2012

On my desk sits a tattered photocopy of one of the pinnacles of modern developmental biology, the “embryonic lineage” paper by John Sulston, et al. (1983). In this paper, Sulston ...

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