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Deep into the developmental origins of neural tumours with Drosophila

Posted by , on 12 July 2016

Caroline Dillard and Cédric Maurange (Aix-Marseille University, CNRS, IBDM, Marseille)   Drosophila neural stem cells as a cancer model Transformation of a cell into a cancer cell is a complex ...

Patterning in scale: a lesson from avian embryos

Posted by , on 7 July 2016

A fundamental property of all organisms is the remarkable consistency within the formation of the body plan during development. A handful of conserved molecular pathways are responsible for morphological patterning in ...

June in preprints

Posted by , on 6 July 2016

In this new feature, we conduct a trawl for preprints to find the latest developmental biology and related research from the previous month. Scientists are increasingly using preprints as a way of ...

In Development this week (Vol. 143, Issue 13)

Posted by , on 5 July 2016

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   A pioneer role for PBX1 in neurogenesis The adult rodent subventricular zone (SVZ) is a neurogenic niche that provides ...

Replicating spinal cord development with microfluidics

Posted by , on 5 July 2016

Unraveling Development Embryonic development is a complex and regulated spatiotemporal ensemble of signaling cues that control cell differentiation. Most of what we now know comes from experimenting directly on embryos. ...

“People in this country have had enough of experts”

Posted by , on 2 July 2016

I woke up this morning to a Facebook reminder of where I was 5 years ago. I was in Lille, France, on a 2 month sabbatical at Université Lille 1 ...

Postdoctoral position in chromatin and epigenetic control of Drosophila development

Posted by , on 30 June 2016

Stockholm University, Sweden, invites applications for one postdoctoral position in the laboratory of Professor Mattias Mannervik at the Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute (http://www.su.se/mbw). The position is scheduled ...

YEN does it again

Posted by , on 29 June 2016

Last month saw the return of the Young Embryologist Network annual meeting held this year at the UCL Institute of Child Health. To settle into the long weekend, a number ...

From our sister journals - June 2016

Posted by , on 29 June 2016

Here is some developmental biology related content from other journals published by The Company of Biologists.   Cartilage development downstream of Notch Notch signalling regulates various aspects of vertebrate cartilage development, and Hilton ...

Plant “Velcro” holds it all together

Posted by , on 27 June 2016

  Plant hairs or trichomes mean little to most people until they bite into a furry skinned peach or prick their finger on a rose bush thorn, but in the ...

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