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"You have problems with gene regulation, you say?" "Then get rid of the genes!"

Posted by , on 23 August 2012

The purpose of this summary is to present to “The Node” readers a recent update to the story which, in my opinion, is a quite interesting example of the phenomenon ...

In Development this week (Vol. 139, Issue 18)

Posted by , on 21 August 2012

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   Retinoic acid’s developmental role illuminated The role of all-trans retinoic acid (RA) in hindbrain development and other developmental processes ...

Virtual nanoscopy

Posted by , on 21 August 2012

Let’s take a very close look at the inside of a fish! A recent paper in the Journal of Cell Biology describes a technique for generating large, composite, images from ...

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 ...

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