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In Development this week (Vol. 140, Issue 17)

Posted by , on 13 August 2013

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: GDNF’s got a nerve Innervation of the mammalian pancreas is crucial for endocrine and exocrine function. Neural crest cells that ...

Remembrance of Brains Past

Posted by , on 30 July 2013

What would happen to your memories and personality if, after decades of adult life, some portion of your brain was replaced with the progeny of fresh stem cells (as might ...

In Development this week (Vol. 140, Issue 16)

Posted by , on 30 July 2013

Here are the highlights form the current issue of Development:   Nf2 regulates neural progenitor proliferation Mutation of neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) results in nervous system tumours. Molecularly, Nf2 has diverse ...

Synchronicity: Laser-targeted ablation timed with zebrafish embryonic heart cycle

Posted by , on 29 July 2013

Matrone G, Taylor JM, Wilson KS, Baily J, Love GD, Girkin JM, Mullins JJ, Tucker CS, Denvir MA. Laser-targeted ablation of the zebrafish embryonic ventricle: A novel model of cardiac ...

Sex-reversal in adult fish

Posted by , on 27 July 2013

Dranow DB, Tucker RP and Draper BW. Germ cells are required to maintain a stable sexual phenotype in adult zebrafish. Developmental Biology 376: 43-50. Adult sex-reversal  –  the change of ...

Alcohol, genes, and fish faces

Posted by , on 26 July 2013

Like me, when you were a kid many of you probably puckered your lips and placed your hands on the side of you neck to make believe that you were ...

Wave at the frogs - they're waving at you

Posted by , on 26 July 2013

  Perhaps, like me, you’ve been microinjecting Xenopus embryos for so long that you start seeing strange things – maybe that they’re waving at you.  But perhaps that’s not so ...

A fantastic trip in Sydney, supported by a Travelling Fellowship

Posted by , on 16 July 2013

With the support from The Company of Biologists, I was lucky to obtain the opportunity to visit Macquaire University in Australia for approximately two months. It was a fantastic trip, ...

In Development this week, Vol. 140, Issue 15

Posted by , on 16 July 2013

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   From hPSC to mature hepatocyte Liver development entails induction of definitive endoderm, specification of the endoderm to a hepatic ...

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