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Friendly hello and a bit about stress & adult hippocampal neurogenesis

Posted by , on 27 June 2015

This is my first post for the Node, so I thought I would introduce myself a little bit… I just finished my MSc in Experimental Psychology (Behavioural Neuroscience) and now ...

From our sister journals- June 2015

Posted by , on 22 June 2015

Here is some developmental biology related content from other journals published by The Company of Biologists.       Elucidating pulmonary hypoplasia in ciliopathies Ciliopathies are developmental disorders caused by ...

In Development this week (Vol. 142, Issue 12)

Posted by , on 16 June 2015

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   New tool for myelin formation in vitro The myelination of axons by oligodendrocytes in the nervous system is crucial for ...

MorphoGraphX: A platform for quantifying morphogenesis in 4D

Posted by , on 15 June 2015

Quantifying shape, growth and gene expression at the cellular level are key to understanding morphogenesis, i.e. how organs are shaped. Many image processing tools have been developed towards this goal ...

Active hematopoietic sites in Drosophila Adult

Posted by , on 11 June 2015

Studies in the last decade have established Drosophila as the best invertebrate model to study hematopoiesis. Blood cell development in the fruitfly has been shown to have similarities to that ...

Cortical Microcircuit Assembly: The Migratory Path Matters

Posted by , on 10 June 2015

By Peng Kate Gao Developmental neuroscience has traditionally focused on understanding the structural assembly of the nervous system. However, recently it has increasingly been recognized that development also plays a key role ...

The human sex ratio at conception and the conception of scientific “facts”

Posted by , on 9 June 2015

Few things interest many people more than sex. For some, this means interest in practices and partners. For others, it means producing a son. There is an ocean of claims ...

When Basic Science Intersects with Disease, and Patients

Posted by , on 29 May 2015

Developmental biologist Gabrielle Kardon, Ph.D., never thought that she would be explaining morphogenesis to patient support groups, but that’s where her science led her. And instead of shying away, she ...

Finding Collaborators: from London to Stuttgart

Posted by , on 28 May 2015

I’m Dr Rie Saba, a postdoc at Translational Cardiovascular Therapeutics, William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London (UK), studying the role of endocardium in the mammalian heart development. ...

How The Bird Got Its Beak

Posted by , on 28 May 2015

Nature’s most interesting secrets can sometimes be found in our own backyards. One such secret is related to all birds, those pigeons, thrushes and sparrows that we see everyday. This ...

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