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Posted by nathanhunkapiller, on 21 June 2011
Nathan M. Hunkapiller and Susan J. Fisher To accompany our research article in issue 138 (14) of Development, “A role for Notch signaling in trophoblast endovascular invasion and in the ...Posted by Natascha Bushati, on 20 June 2011
Here is part 3 of my report on the 2011 BSCB-BSDB Spring Conference this April in Canterbury. In the first part, I covered Mark Krasnow’s amazing opening lecture on lung ...Posted by Jonathan Lawson, on 20 June 2011
The 3D spatial arrangement of DNA within the nucleus is tightly controlled and has great functional significance. Each chromosome has been shown to occupy a defined nuclear territory and the ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 13 June 2011
The Drosophila ovary is stunningly beautiful, and a playground of wonderful biological questions. Within the germarium alone, developmental biologists can look at asymmetric division, stem cells and their niches, cell ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 9 June 2011
After a heart attack, heart muscle is irreparably damaged, but a paper in Nature now reports that adult mouse hearts have a source of progenitor cells that can form new ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 7 June 2011
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Mutant Xist merely muffles X chromosome In XX female mammals, inactivation of one X chromosome during development equalises the levels ...Posted by Natascha Bushati, on 31 May 2011
Each year, three medals to honour extraordinary research achievements in cell and developmental biology are awarded at the joint conference of the British Societies for Cell Biology (BSCB) and Developmental ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 24 May 2011
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: How transcriptional silencing goes into reverse The Polycomb group (PcG) machinery silences terminal differentiation genes in stem cell lineages. Reversal ...Posted by Melinda, on 23 May 2011
Hi there! My name is Melinda, and I’m a postdoctoral researcher at Cambridge University in the UK in the lab of Dr. Clare Baker (http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/baker/). I’ve just wrapped up my ...Posted by Natascha Bushati, on 20 May 2011
BSCB-BSDB Spring meeting April 27 – 30, 2011 Canterbury University Since I very much enjoyed last year’s joint conference of the British Societies for Developmental Biology (BSDB) and Cell Biology ...