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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 ...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 ...