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developmental and stem cell biologists
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 ...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 ...