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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Paul O'Neill, on 13 November 2011
A new Nature study has again demonstrated the power of ES cells as a model system for recapitulating developmental processes in vitro. Following on from the amazing self-assembly of differentiated ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 10 November 2011
Next time you curse your hair for your bad hair day, consider thanking it instead. The hair follicle has populations of stem cells that aid in skin regeneration after injury, ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 8 November 2011
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Skin-deep dermal niches Hair follicle formation in the epidermis depends on signals from the underlying dermis and normally only occurs ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 25 October 2011
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: The skin-healing touch of Lhx2 Skin repair after injury involves the recruitment of undifferentiated progenitor cells from nearby hair follicles ...Posted by Sasha Terashima, 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? ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, 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 ...Posted by Seema Grewal, 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 ...Posted by GrowthDivDiff, 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 ...Posted by Christian Schröter, 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 ...Posted by Ben Martynoga, 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 ...