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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Seema Grewal, on 12 October 2010
Here are the research highlights from the current issue of Development: Oct1: essential for trophoblast development Most POU family transcription factors are temporally and spatially restricted during development and play ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 6 October 2010
Hello to all of you Node readers! My name is Erin Campbell and I’m the blogger behind HighMag Blog, a blog that features cell biology images a few times a ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 28 September 2010
A fateful look at early mouse lineage specification The first cell lineages specified in the mouse embryo are the trophectoderm (TE), which generates the embryonic portion of the placenta, and ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 27 September 2010
A recent paper in PNAS describes the development of MiniPromoters: human DNA promoters of less than 4 kb, designed to drive gene expression in specific areas of the brain. The ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 21 September 2010
Today, the Lasker Foundation announced the winners of their 65th annual Lasker Awards, celebrating biomedical research. The winners all contributed to scientific research with strong implications for medical advancements: Albert ...Posted by Kim Cooper, on 17 September 2010
I’m going to collect dates from my travel journal and batch post the most interesting bits. See this post for my introduction and an explanation for all of this. Enjoy! ...Posted by Shreeharsha T Tarikere, on 14 September 2010
I am a graduate student from Indian Institute for Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India. I wish to share some of my work and life experiences in Japan from ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 13 September 2010
Here’s an uplifting story about how a farmer and a developmental biologist met online and started a collaboration. Earlier this month, I attended the annual Science Online conference in London. ...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 ...