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Visualizing data with R/ggplot2 - One more time

Posted by , on 26 June 2018

Experiments are rarely performed in isolation. Usually, several conditions are compared in parallel or sequential experiments. This experimental strategy also applies to time-dependent data, e.g. from timelapse imaging. So, naturally, ...

Unraveling tissue interactions coordinating neuromuscular morphogenesis: a journey through serendipity

Posted by , on 20 June 2018

An emerging trend in developmental biology focuses on the role of cell adhesion in modulating tissue morphogenesis. Spectacular advances have shed light on how modulation of adhesion between equivalent cells ...

Lighting Up the Central Dogma in Development

Posted by , on 19 June 2018

We recently published a manuscript in Cell that describes a method to image transcription factor concentration dynamics in real time, in living embryos, using a nanobody-based protein tag that we ...

Gene Regulatory Networks for Development

Posted by , on 19 June 2018

Applications are now open for this year’s Gene Regulatory Networks for Development which will be at The Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, USA from October 14- 27.  The application deadline is July 20.  ...

Polarizing morphogenesis: epithelia dance the polonaise

Posted by , on 13 June 2018

The story behind our recent paper: Counter-rotational cell flows drive morphological and cell fate asymmetries in mammalian hair follicles. Maureen Cetera, Liliya Leybova, Bradley Joyce & Danelle Devenport, Nature Cell Biology.  ...

Lessons from the 11th Annual NIH Career Symposium

Posted by , on 12 June 2018

For a Ph.D. holder, the idea that any career can be classified as “alternative” is obsolete. With a smaller percentage of postdocs going on to tenure-track positions every year, universities ...

The people behind the papers - Kana Ishimatsu, Tom Hiscock & Sean Megason

Posted by , on 12 June 2018

Somites are segmented structures  which give rise to numerous tissues in the vertebrate body. It has long been observed that somites scale in size with the overall size of the ...

Call for new preLighters

Posted by , on 6 June 2018

preLights, The Company of Biologist’s new preprint highlighting service, has now been running for more than three months. At the heart of preLights is the community of early-career researchers who ...

Rare is Everywhere

Posted by , on 5 June 2018

The story behind FOXL1+ telocytes You can find our recently published Nature paper here   Our story began two decades ago when my mentor, Klaus H. Kaestner, identified and cloned ...

Evolution of Sensation, 6th GOEvol Meeting - Registration until July 15th 2018!

Posted by , on 4 June 2018

Dear Colleagues and students, the GOEvol consortium proudly presents its 6th meeting #Sensation @GOEEvolution 2018 taking place in Göttingen from September 27th to 28th 2018. The perception of environmental stimuli, ...

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