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Posted by feiyue.lu92, on 24 April 2019
Feiyue Lu and David Gilmour tell the story behind their recent paper in Molecular Cell RNA polymerase II (Pol II) is the enzyme responsible for transcribing most genes in eukaryotes. The ...Posted by MiquelSendra, on 23 April 2019
One of the things I learned during my stay in another lab is that you can’t succeed completely by yourself. You can try, sure, but a relevant unanswered question in ...Posted by the Node, on 23 April 2019
Press release from Development. You can also read the Research Highlight for this article. Researchers have identified the hormone that causes sex reversal of medaka fish growing in high temperatures. ...Posted by joshua.finkelstein, on 16 April 2019
A fundamental question in biology is how cells communicate to fashion and repair complex biological structures and tissues. It is well established that cells communicate through biochemical cues. However, compelling ...Posted by Jonathan Rodenfels, on 10 April 2019
The story behind our recent paper “Heat Oscillations Driven by the Embryonic Cell Cycle Reveal the Energetic Costs of Signaling” Developmental Cell, 48(5), pp.646–658.e6. At the end of 2014, a ...Posted by aaron_savage, on 2 April 2019
The correct patterning of embryonic tissues is essential for normal development. Aberrant patterning can lead to developmental abnormalities and pathogenic defects. Therefore, studying developmental patterning is important to better understand ...Posted by Sudipto, on 1 April 2019
With air pollution on the rise, our respiratory system is continually abused by a barrage of harmful substances that we breathe in with each inhalation. Fortunately, we are equipped with ...Posted by CENTURI Living Systems, on 22 February 2019
The Turing Centre for Living Systems (CENTURI) wishes to attract talented postdoctoral fellows to the Luminy campus. To do so, CENTURI will fund up to 5 postdoctoral positions to start in 2019, ...Posted by Vicki Metzis, on 19 February 2019
On the 4th and 5th of February, the Crick hosted its first Developmental Biology Symposium in honour of Rosa Beddington FRS (1956-2001). Covering themes from embryonic growth to metabolism and ...Posted by the Node, on 15 February 2019
Press Release from the John Innes Centre (link) New evidence has emerged about the agriculturally important process of vernalization in a development that could help farmers deal with financially damaging ...