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July in preprints

Posted by , on 9 August 2022

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental biology (and related) preprints.

From China to the UK - an interview with Chengting Zhang

Posted by , on 28 July 2022

Chengting Zhang is a PhD student in the laboratory of Professor Steffen Scholpp at the Living Systems Institute, UK. Originally from China, Chengting came to the UK in 2018 after ...

Zika evades early pregnancy protections, MSU research shows

Posted by , on 28 July 2022

A new paper in Development, from Jennifer Watts and Amy Ralston, dissects the impact of Zika virus on mouse preimplantation embryos and find that the virus can infect all three ...

An embryo-maternal dialogue in Arabidopsis

Posted by , on 20 July 2022

In our recent paper, we uncovered a WIP-mediated embryo-maternal communication in Arabidopsis, which specifically regulates embryonic root development (Fig. 1). WIP2, WIP4 and WIP5 expression in the embryonic root is ...

Behind the Story: Immunity, Involution and Indefatigable Women

Posted by , on 19 July 2022

A behind the paper story from Christine Watson about the role of immune cells in mammary gland involution and the women who worked on the project.

Research Highlight: Understanding the Key Role of a EMT Master Regulator, Twist1, during Mouse NCC Delamination and EMT.

Posted by , on 11 July 2022

Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) is an essential process in multiple steps of embryogenic morphogenesis and various pathological conditions. As an example, EMT is involved in gastrulation and neural crest ...

Research Highlight: Decipher the Relationship between Cell Cycle Patterns and Fate Determination in Trunk Migratory Neural Crest Cells

Posted by , on 29 June 2022

On June 8th 2022, a paper titled “Trunk Neural Crest Migratory Position and Asymmetric Division Predict Terminal Differentiation” was published on Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. This is the ...

Featured resource: Human Developmental Biology Resource (HDBR) Atlas

Posted by , on 13 June 2022

In our latest 'Featured resource' article, we hear from Steve Lisgo and Janet Kerwin, who describes the work of the Human Developmental Biology Resource (HDBR) Atlas.

An open letter to Claudio Stern

Posted by , on 25 May 2022

Dear Claudio, I read your article just now, it is so perceptive of where things have gone in ‘Embryology’. The problem with us oldies is that we compare approaches, but ...

Basement membrane mechanical properties

Posted by , on 20 May 2022

Extrinsic forces have an underestimated impact on shaping tissues and organs. Extracellular matrixes surround tissues and provide the cells with mechanical stimuli to drive morphogenetic processes.  A specialized extracellular matrix ...

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