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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 ...Posted by Katherine Brown, on 6 February 2012
A couple of weeks ago, around 70 stem cell scientists gathered in the beautiful ski resort of Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, for the sixth meeting organised by the European Stem Cell ...Posted by Filipa Simões, on 26 January 2012
EU Initial Training Network searches for 1 PhD Student CardioNeT – Our Initial Training Network in Cardiovascular Research offers 1 PhD student position at the British Heart Foundation Regenerative ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 24 January 2012
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Neuronal cell fate: windows of opportunity It is becoming increasingly evident that both vertebrate and invertebrate neural progenitor cells exhibit ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 12 January 2012
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: CycA takes control of endoreplication Endocycles – repeated rounds of DNA replication without intervening mitoses – are involved in ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 10 January 2012
Our intestinal tissue doesn’t need a New Year’s resolution to keep up its amazing productivity. Our intestinal epithelium is replenished at breakneck speed in an assembly line that begins with ...Posted by Hillel Kugler, on 23 December 2011
Many tissues and organs contain self-renewing stem cell populations that are crucial for their maintenance. Synthesizing the relative effects of anatomical constraints, cell proliferation dynamics and cell fate specification on ...