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Posted by sallan, on 26 April 2012
The sophistication of genetic tools and the relative ease of breeding and housing mean that the mouse is the most widely used mammalian organism for basic and biomedical research. The ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 23 April 2012
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: A TOR de force in the haematopoietic niche During development and homeostasis, it is essential to coordinate growth with the ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 12 April 2012
We depend on our own comfort zones to keep us grounded, and stem cells are no different. A recent paper in Development describes how the adhesion that keeps a stem ...Posted by Kim Cooper, on 6 April 2012
All is well. The Kazakh family is unbelievable. They have been catching more than 20 females each night although almost every one of them died the first two nights. We ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 3 April 2012
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Haematopoiesis to knock your SOX7 off During vertebrate development, haematopoietic and endothelial cells emerge from a common mesodermal progenitor, ...Posted by Philip Washbourne, on 3 April 2012
In the study of the roles of genes during development, one problem that is often faced by researchers examining ‘late’ roles of genes is one of obscuration by temporal pleiotropy. ...Posted by Kim Cooper, on 28 March 2012
I have sprung up again in China. It’s time for another field collection of jerboa embryos in far northwestern China (Xinjiang), and since this is the reason Eva invited me ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 20 March 2012
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Chewing the Fat over PCP and growth The Drosophila protocadherin Fat (Ft) affects planar cell polarity (PCP) but also inhibits ...Posted by Josh Goodman, on 20 March 2012
Dear Colleagues, FlyBase has begun to plan for the competitive renewal of FlyBase funding, which will be submitted to NIH in several months. EXTENSIVE INPUT from the community of FlyBase users ...Posted by __Deleted user__, on 15 March 2012
Biology has been revolutionized by the impact of physical forces on cell behaviour as in vivo cells are exposed to a combination of biochemical and physical cues that regulate their ...