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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by the Node, on 7 October 2013
This post was first published in Development. Jonathan Bard, long-time colleague and friend in Edinburgh, recalls the life and work of the mouse developmental anatomist Matt Kaufman, who died in ...Posted by Mate Varga, on 3 October 2013
To the inspecting eyes of a budding scienziato the Reggian countryside was not simply teeming with life, it also posed myriad of intriguing questions. How do bug wings work and ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 1 October 2013
Here are the highlights from the new issue of Development: Coordinating stem cell and niche development The Drosophila ovary provides an accessible system for analysing the interactions between stem ...Posted by IRBBarcelona, on 30 September 2013
A team at IRB Barcelona identifies an essential protein for embryonic viability during the first cell divisions in the fly Drosophila. This protein, called dBigH1, which is a variant of ...Posted by Christele Gonneau, on 17 September 2013
Stem cell beauty…yes they are so beautiful, they have amazing properties, they bring a lot of hope for future therapies…well, yes they are the stars! However, like in ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 17 September 2013
Here are the highlights from the new issue of Development: Roadmap for human trophoblast model Correct trophoblast development is essential for placenta function and embryogenesis. In humans, the early ...Posted by nmercader, on 12 September 2013
The epicardium, the layer of cells covering the myocardium, plays an essential role in heart maturation and formation of the heart valves and coronary vasculature. It derives from the proepicardium ...Posted by ac270, on 12 September 2013
We are trying to encourage scientists and journals to work together to improve reporting of antibody experiments which is often poor. See our comment article; http://f1000research.com/articles/2-153/v2 We would really appreciate ...Posted by Karuna Sampath, on 11 September 2013
The maternal squint puzzle – part 2 Karuna Sampath Here is the background story for a recent paper from my lab in eLife, “An Essential Role ...Posted by Gary McDowell, on 3 September 2013
After fertilization, embryos undergo rapid, synchronous cell divisions until the point of the midblastula transition (MBT) where the cell cycle lengthens. This transition is also known as the maternal-zygotic ...