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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Seema Grewal, on 21 January 2014
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Hoxb1b gets the neural tube into shape Hox genes are classically known for their roles in patterning the anterior-posterior ...Posted by Yan YUN, on 4 January 2014
Currently, more and more women delay having children because of pursuing higher educational and career aspirations, as well as changing cultural norms. Unfortunately their eggs become susceptible to chromosome mis-segregation ...Posted by soniasen, on 3 January 2014
Watching animals, with their vast diversity of complex behaviours, can never be boring. In the animals around us, ants, spiders, lizards, dogs, cats, fish, birds…, we see so many different ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 31 December 2013
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: Peri important role for Notch Pericytes are specialised cells that wrap around the endothelial cells of the vasculature to ...Posted by ama, on 27 December 2013
In time of revision: of Wingless and morphogens Alfonso Martinez Arias The recent publication of the important work of C. Alexandre, LA. Baena and JP. Vincent on the molecular requirements ...Posted by Thibaut Brunet, on 27 December 2013
I am a former diploma student in Emmanuel Farge’s team “Mechanics and genetics of embryonic and tumoral development” (Paris). Watching embryos could only convince me of Lewis Wolpert’s famous claim ...Posted by Christele Gonneau, on 20 December 2013
With the pre-festive season and the long winter darkness that accompanies it, it is appropriate to wonder how daylight/darkness cycles affect our biology. Regular daily variations such as daylight/darkness cycles ...Posted by Rob Fordham, on 18 December 2013
My name is Rob Fordham and I’ve just finished my PhD at the Wellcome Trust/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, supervised by Dr Kim Jensen (now Associate Professor ...Posted by Gabe Musso, on 18 December 2013
Those of us who are of a certain age can remember standing overwhelmed at the video store, agonizing over which movie to rent. Of course today video stores in the ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 17 December 2013
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: GABAB inhibits neural stem cell proliferation Neurotransmitter functions are typically associated with neural function rather than with development, but ...