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The International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium is creating an encyclopaedia of mammalian gene function, from embryo to adult

Posted by , on 28 September 2018

The entire genome of many species has now been sequenced, but the function of the majority of genes still remains unknown. This is where the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium (IMPC) ...

A study using Drosophila sheds light on the metastatic behaviour of human tumours

Posted by , on 26 September 2018

Most solid tumours with metastatic potential show a high degree of chromosomal instability. A study published in the journal Developmental Cell demonstrates that chromosomal instability itself promotes invasive behaviour. The ...

An odyssey through the genesis of hematopoietic stem cells

Posted by , on 21 September 2018

Here, Mylène Lancino and myself will introduce our motivation to investigate and delve deeper into one essential and very peculiar process of Stem Cell Biology: the de novo genesis of hematopoietic ...

Revisiting an old puzzle with high-resolution, three-dimensional eyes

Posted by , on 19 September 2018

Sha Wang, Deborah Gumucio This article shares the story behind our recent Developmental Cell paper. It tells the history of this project and how three-dimensional (3D) observations at the individual ...

Organ plumbing

Posted by , on 19 September 2018

Water is a fascinating substance. Its behavior sets a lot of interesting constraints on both how the surface of our world is shaped geologically and how life on said surface ...

EMBL GROUP LEADER POSITION - Developmental Biology Unit

Posted by , on 5 September 2018

The Developmental Biology Unit seeks to understand the general principles and mechanisms underlying the development of multicellular organisms. Researchers in the unit combine the power of genetic model organisms with ...

Dating with cells – finding the right match

Posted by , on 23 August 2018

It’s an age-old mystery of the heart: do opposites attract, or will like do better with like? We can now answer this pressing question, at least for Drosophila cardioblasts: cells ...

Fat to the forefront of histone regulation

Posted by , on 21 August 2018

All life requires energy. For early metazoan development, demand is especially high, as the transition from a single cell to a complex, multicellular organism requires a massive energetic input. In ...

The Age-Long Quest for Bone Length Regulation

Posted by , on 9 August 2018

About a decade ago I came to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to work with my mentor, Jeff Baron, to study childhood growth and to tackle one of the ...

Postdoctoral Position in Developmental Biology and Human Disease, University of Oregon

Posted by , on 7 August 2018

https://www.grimes-lab.com Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Daniel T. Grimes, Institute of Molecular Biology and Department of Biology at the University of Oregon. The laboratory focuses on symmetry ...

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