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Interviews

All our (and Development’s) interviews in one place.

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An interview with Dawei Sun

Posted by , on 24 November 2020

  Dawei Sun has just finished his PhD in Dr Emma Rawlins’ lab at The Gurdon Institute here in Cambridge, UK. He has remained in the city with his wife …

The people behind the papers – Agnes Cheong and Jesse Mager

Posted by , on 21 November 2020

This interview, the 82nd in our series, was published in Development earlier this year.  Nuclear-encoded mitochondrial ribosomal proteins (MRPs) are crucial for mitochondrial function and hence cellular energy production. A new paper …

The people behind the papers – Daniel Osborn, Kuoyu Li and Simon Hughes

Posted by , on 10 November 2020

This interview, the 81st in our series, was published in Development earlier this year.  A crucial step in vertebrate muscle development is the activation of myogenic regulatory factors (MRFs) that direct myogenesis. …

The people behind the papers – Megha Agarwal, Akashi Sharma, Pankaj Kumar, Amit Kumar and Sam Mathew

Posted by , on 24 October 2020

This interview, the 80th in our series, was published in Development earlier this year.  Myosin is a major component of the sarcomeres of muscle, but its roles during muscle development are still …

The people behind the papers – Caroline Johnson and Troy Ghashghaei

Posted by , on 15 October 2020

This interview, the 79th in our series, was published in Development earlier this year.  Cortical development involves a switch from the self-amplification of stem cells to the generation of neuron and glia …

The people behind the papers – Chase Bryan and Kristen Kwan

Posted by , on 30 September 2020

This interview, the 78th in our series, was published in Development earlier this year.  Optic cup development involves a series of intricate cell and tissue movements, and cells’ interaction with the extracellular …

In 2019 we met Vilaiwan Fernandes, who had recently been awared the Santa Cruz Developmental Biology Young Investigator Award

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