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Canine Somatic Cell Reprogramming and Its Facilitation through Inhibition of Endogenous p53

Posted by , on 15 November 2021

Numerous efforts have been made to establish bona fide iPSCs from companion animals such dogs and cats. Generation of iPSCs from companion animals would provide useful unrestricted cell resources with a vast ...

New Insights into Kidney Disease with Tropical Frog Models

Posted by , on 5 November 2021

A press release from Universität Zürich on Lienkamp lab paper, published in Development

October in preprints

Posted by , on 4 November 2021

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmentall and stem cell biology (and related) preprints.

When one Workshop closes, a Webinar opens...

Posted by , on 15 October 2021

Workshop vs. Webinar In April 2020, I should have attended The Company of Biologists Workshop “The Cytoskeletal Road to Neuronal Function”. If only there was not the beginning of the ...

Roles of amino-acid transporters in the developing brain

Posted by , on 11 October 2021

After a year of lockdowns and virtual classes at Bangor University, the opportunity to do a real lab project this summer at the Francis Crick Institute was definitely not one ...

Testing constructs for CRISPR/Cas9 genetic modulation

Posted by , on 11 October 2021

This summer, I was given the opportunity to conduct research at the Francis Crick Institute in the Znamenskiy lab. The aim of the Znamenskiy lab is to understand the relationship ...

Cannabis causes birth defects in susceptible mice

Posted by , on 6 October 2021

A chemical found in cannabis, a common recreational drug, has now been shown to cause birth defects in mice. Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA, ...

Shining a Light on Adult Neural Stem Cells

Posted by , on 2 October 2021

Adult Neural Stem Cells (NSCs) have a remarkable capacity to produce new neurons and glia cells that integrate into pre-existing neural networks. Adult NSCs are found in all mammals, including humans, giving us hope of using the pool of adult ...

Development presents... September webinar videos

Posted by , on 27 September 2021

On Wednesday 22 September Development hosted two researchers with interests in genes and development for our tenth Development presents... webinar

Genetics Unzipped podcast: Meet the Robinson Crusoe Islanders - the genetic roots of speech and language development

Posted by , on 9 September 2021

We drop in on the Robinson Crusoe islanders to learn about their story and discover what their genes can teach us about speech and language development.

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