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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 8 March 2012
The progress of stem cell research depends on the ability to grow stem cells in culture. Embryonic stem (ES) cells from some organisms, such as humans, have proven difficult to ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 6 March 2012
Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development: miR-125 seals hESC neural fate MicroRNAs, small non-coding RNAs, have recently emerged as key regulators of embryonic development. In ...Posted by Nishal Patel, on 5 March 2012
I recently saw a documentary about graduate students called Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist (available to watch here). It’s hour long movie follows several PhD students from Lawrence ...Posted by Thomas Butts, on 1 March 2012
Progress in understanding how cells interpret their genome has gathered significant momentum in recent years. Of course, the (now historical) catalyst to this was the entry into the genomic age, ...Posted by Tracy Chong, on 22 February 2012
In 1999, twenty-nine planarians, courtesy of Dr. Maria Pala made the journey across the Atlantic from the beautiful mediterranean island of Sardinia, to Baltimore, Maryland, into the hands of my ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 21 February 2012
Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development: Neural circuit building During development, sensory neurons form neural circuits with motoneurons. Although the anatomical details of these circuits ...Posted by Victoria Hatch, on 13 February 2012
The ability to learn and form memories are cognitive functions associated with the brains ability to produce and co-ordinate new neurons effectively. These cognitive abilities are well known to degenerate ...Posted by Michael Barresi, on 10 February 2012
Dear Developmental biology community, I would like to bring to your attention a potentially valuable resource for your teaching and research endeavors. I am a neurodevelopmental biologist at Smith College. ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 10 February 2012
A fully differentiated cell took a fascinating journey to become its present self. For every cell, a precursor cell existed that gave rise to it. And for every precursor cell, ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 8 February 2012
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: ROCKed to the heart Noonan syndrome – a common cause of congenital heart disease – is often associated with missense ...