Developing news
Posted by the Node, on 24 May 2022
In the past week, #devbio twitter has been discussing an opinion article from Claudio Stern, published in Developmental Biology. In the article, Claudio discusses progress in developmental biology from a historical perspective before focussing on the present-day and future challenges for the field. In response the article, starting with a twitter thread from Alex Schier, many in the community disagreed with Claudio’s bleak outlook, some even going so far as to say that it is a golden age for developmental biology. We pick out a few of our favourite tweets (click on the link for the full thread). Let us know what you think about the current outlook for #devbio.
Just for fun
preLights in #devbio
All cells need to asymmetrically divide is a clustered Par complex
Hox has got the nerves. Hox genes maintain neurotransmitter identity from development to adulthood.
Playing tug-of-war with chromosomes to generate specific aneuploidies
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