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Turtles in a nutshell

Posted by , on 7 September 2011

Turtles are peculiar vertebrates. They have a compact skull with no temporal openings, a beak instead of teeth, a contractible neck, and a shell covering its trunk. The famous turtle ...

In Development this week (Vol. 138, Issue 19)

Posted by , on 6 September 2011

Here are the research highlights form the current issue of Development: Modelling liver development with ES cells: HNF4A is key Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs), via their ability to differentiate ...

Better late than never… 70th SDB meeting report

Posted by , on 31 August 2011

Thanks to the support from the Company of Biologists I had the opportunity to attend the 70th SDB meeting that was held last month in the hot but wonderful city ...

The Cell: An Image Library http://www.cellimagelibrary.org

Posted by , on 29 August 2011

The Cell: An Image Library Help us reach our goal of 1000 members in our LinkedIn group. Join us at http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=3733425. The Cell: An Image Library http://www.cellimagelibrary.org

In Development this week (Vol. 138, Issue 18)

Posted by , on 23 August 2011

Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development: Shaping up the Hippo pathway The Hippo pathway, which regulates cell proliferation, is regulated by cell density: low cell ...

Embryonic stem cells – keeping a clean slate

Posted by , on 15 August 2011

Do your ears perk up when you hear about embryonic stem cells?  We all have heard and/or participated in the controversy surrounding the use of them, yet there is no ...

Waves of early transcriptional activation and pluripotency program initiation during human preimplantation development

Posted by , on 9 August 2011

Since I was an undergraduate student at the Veterinary School in Milan, and throughout the rest of my scientific career, I have been fascinated with the complexities of mammalian preimplantation ...

In Development this week (Vol. 138, Issue 17)

Posted by , on 9 August 2011

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Human embryos make an early transcriptional start Human preimplantation development is a highly dynamic process that lasts about 6 days. ...

Live imaging of stem cell maintenance, loss, and renewal in the Drosophila testis

Posted by , on 28 July 2011

Stem cells have often been imaged live in culture, but very few stem cell systems are conducive to live imaging within their native tissues.  An essential property of adult stem ...

In Development this week (Vol. 138, Issue 16)

Posted by , on 26 July 2011

Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development: Pushing the nuclear envelope Not all nuclei are regular spheres as is often shown in textbooks. For example, in ...

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