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In Development this week (Vol. 144, Issue 2)

Posted by , on 17 January 2017

Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development:   ECM: bridging the gap between germ layers The extracellular matrix (ECM) plays crucial roles during morphogenesis but how it ...

A fine balance: tuning adult neurogenesis in the freshwater planarian

Posted by , on 12 January 2017

Comment on “Neuronal sources of hedgehog modulate neurogenesis in the adult planarian brain”, eLife 2016;5:e19735. Currie et al., eLife (2016)   Ko W. Currie, Cellular Neurobiology, Institut de recherches cliniques de ...

Honouring developmental biology

Posted by , on 12 January 2017

The New Year’s honours list recognises citizens who have made achievements in public life and committed themselves to serving and helping Britain. This year three prominent developmental and stem cell biologists ...

From Stem Cells to Human Development: video and gallery

Posted by , on 11 January 2017

In September 2016, Development held its second meeting dedicated to human development. You can read about the meeting in a review by April Craft and Matthew Johnson in this week’s issue, ...

Principal Technician

Posted by , on 9 January 2017

Department/Location: Wellcome Trust – Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Salary: £34,956-£46,924 Reference: PS11107 Closing date: 08 February 2017 Applications are invited for the position of Principal Technician to ...

A Place where ECM biology and lymphangiogenesis flow together

Posted by , on 9 January 2017

This is the latest dispatch from a recipient of a Company of Biologists Travelling Fellowship. Learn more about the scheme, including how to apply, here, and read more stories from ...

The fly reveals a new signal involved in limb growth

Posted by , on 9 January 2017

Researchers at IRB Barcelona identify a fundamental role of the JAK/STAT signalling pathway in the development and growth regulation of limbs in Drosophila. Published in Nature Communications, the study paves ...

December in preprints

Posted by , on 6 January 2017

Our latest monthly trawl for developmental biology (and other cool) preprints. See June’s introductory post for background, and let us know if we missed anything   2016 saw preprints in the life ...

A day in the life of a mayfly lab

Posted by , on 5 January 2017

I am Isabel Almudi, a postdoctoral researcher in Fernando Casares’ lab, at the Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD) in Seville, Spain. In the lab we are focused on studying ...

The home of the implanting embryo: A 3D perspective

Posted by , on 5 January 2017

Comment on “Insights from imaging the implanting embryo and the uterine environment in three dimensions”, Arora et al, Development 143(24):4749-4754 (2016).   More than 2000 years ago, Hippocrates (460-377BC) and Aristotle ...

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