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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by the Node Interviews, on 15 March 2017
The use of organoids – which can be defined as artificially grown masses of cells or tissue that resemble organs – in basic and clinical research has snowballed in recent years, providing ...Posted by Kenny Bogaert, on 14 March 2017
Comment on “Two-step cell polarization in algal zygotes”, Nature Plants, 3, 16221, (2017). Department of Biology, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281 S8, 9000 Ghent, Belgium VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 14 March 2017
The current issue of Development – our Special Issue on Organoids – features a collection of review- and research-based articles focusing on organoids. Here are some of the highlights. Happy ...Posted by the Node, on 6 March 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 Another month, another bumper crop ...Posted by StJude, on 1 March 2017
Jamie R. Genthe and Wilson K. Clements When blood goes bad, a replacement is often needed. Each year, thousands of patients in the US receive bone marrow transplants to treat ...Posted by the Node, on 28 February 2017
Reviews Editor: biomedical and life sciences journals Based in Cambridge, UK Applications are sought for the role of Reviews Editor for The Company of Biologists’ journals: Development, Journal of ...Posted by Alana Mendelsohn, on 24 February 2017
Comment on “Divergent Hox Coding and Evasion of Retinoid Signaling Specifies Motor Neurons Innervating Digit Muscles” Neuron 93, 1–14, February 22, 2017. Alana I. Mendelsohn, Departments of Neuroscience and Biochemistry ...Posted by the Node Interviews, on 21 February 2017
Conjoined twins have fascinated biologists for centuries. In twins joined at the thorax, left-right patterning is disrupted, but only in one half of the right hand twins. Today’s paper, from ...Posted by DMDD, on 21 February 2017
A new paper published in Journal of Anatomy shows that measuring the amount of inter-digital webbing in mouse embryos between 14 and 15 days gestation is the best way to find ...Posted by OIST, on 20 February 2017
There are many different structures in our eyes that work in conjunction to allow us to see. These structures are strikingly similar between different species, from zebrafish to humans. The ...