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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Kim Cooper, on 10 September 2010
Hello Node folks. My name is Kim Cooper, and I’m a postdoctoral fellow with Cliff Tabin at Harvard Medical School. I recently spoke at the SDB meeting in Albuquerque, and ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 7 September 2010
Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development: Nr5a receptors reset EpiSC pluripotency Rodent embryonic stem (ES) cells that are derived from blastocysts self-renew without mitogenic growth ...Posted by Natascha Bushati, on 6 September 2010
Recently a paper in Science caught my attention since its title combines the words mitotic recombination with patients and Ichthyosis. Having worked with Drosophila during my PhD and now being ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 2 September 2010
In a paper published today in Cell, Detlev Arendt, Raju Tomer and colleagues reveal evidence that the cerebral cortex evolved much earlier than previously believed. Using a new technique to ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 1 September 2010
“You’re probably wondering why I’m here”, were the first words of Edward Marcotte’s talk at the SDB meeting last month. After all, he was about to speak about systems biology ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 24 August 2010
Non-muscle myosin II translates cilia polarity In the brain, cilia on the multiciliated ependymal cells that line the brain ventricles circulate cerebrospinal fluid over the brain surface. To generate this ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 10 August 2010
The Bicoid gradient, epigenetic control of BMP signalling, haematopoietic stem cells and more…here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: The Bicoid gradient gets into shape without nuclei ...Posted by Natascha Bushati, on 9 August 2010
I’ve just come back from a lab retreat in a country house in Sussex, UK. The weather was good and we had our scientific sessions, ranging from discussions on Sonic ...Posted by Laurel Hiebert, on 3 August 2010
Imagine an ordinary louse. You might be thinking of the small insects that infest the human scalp and cause intense itching. What you may not know: lice actually exist on ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 2 August 2010
It’s not often that the introductory part of a research talk is beautiful as well as informative, but Hans Clevers achieves both by using this video about the intestinal crypt ...