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the community site for and by developmental biologists
Posted by jorgetorrespaz on December 6th, 2019
The discipline “Evo-devo” studies the developmental basis of morphological evolution. In the field, some original animal models are emerging as interesting model organisms, enriching the knowledge in the field more and more. In the DECA team (Développement et évolution du cerveau antérieur, in French) we use an Evo-devo approach to study the developmental mechanisms responsible[…]
Posted by andrewklawton on October 3rd, 2019
The Lawton Lab is seeking a talented and motivated graduate student to study the cell and tissue mechanics regulating cerebellar morphogenesis and brain folding. The beautiful and robust folds of the human cerebral cortex and the cerebellum increase the synaptic volume and compartmentalize the neural circuits. We have previously shown that the murine cerebellum[…]
Posted by the Node on April 23rd, 2019
Press release from Development. You can also read the Research Highlight for this article. Researchers have identified the hormone that causes sex reversal of medaka fish growing in high temperatures. This study from the Instituto Tecnologico de Chascomus (INTECH) in Argentina is the first to report that the brain is involved in the masculinization of[…]
Posted by beckymcintosh on October 30th, 2015
Chris Puhl and Rebecca McIntosh As a part of a team of students from the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Kings College London we commissioned and edited an issue of The Biochemical Society’s magazine, The Biochemist. The issue is entitled ‘What makes us human’ and is a discussion of the evolutionary steps that lead to[…]
Posted by Hiroki Ueda on October 23rd, 2015
Dimitri Perrin3, Shimpei I. Kubota1,2, Kazuki Tainaka1,2 & Hiroki R. Ueda1,2,4* 1Department of Systems Pharmacology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. 2CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan. 3School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. 4Laboratory for Synthetic Biology, RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center, Osaka,[…]
Posted by Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme on January 8th, 2015
Applications from independent thinkers with curiosity, creativity and drive are sought to join the Champalimaud Foundation’s International Neuroscience Doctoral Programme (INDP). The INDP aims to provide students of diverse backgrounds with a foundation to perform innovative and interdisciplinary work in basic or applied neuroscience at an international level. The Programme is hosted at the Champalimaud[…]
Posted by Daniel Ríos on December 15th, 2013
My name is Daniel Ríos and I am a grad student at the ‘Instituto de Neurobiología (INB)’ from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. However, during this past October I was part of the ‘Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante (INA)’, from the Miguel Hernandez University, in Spain. Ok, I was there just for a short time working[…]
Posted by Katherine Brown on October 3rd, 2013
Last week, The Company of Biologists hosted a workshop on “The Evolution of the Neocortex: How Unique are We?”. Some of the people who attended that meeting will be writing about it on the Node in the near future, so I won’t steal their thunder by telling you all about it. Suffice to say it[…]
Posted by the Node on August 20th, 2013
As you may be aware, The Company of Biologists launched its own series of Workshops in 2010. Coming up this September is the workshop ‘Evolution of the human neocortex- how unique are we?’ Taking place at the beautiful Wiston House in Sussex, this workshop will bring together researchers from the fields of developmental and molecular[…]
Posted by Erin M Campbell on May 10th, 2012
The WNT pathway functions in so many processes during development that it is easy to be jealous of its multi-tasking abilities. A recent paper in Development describes the role of WNT signaling in neural stem cell proliferation. WNT signaling plays an important role in neural development, axon guidance, cell polarity, and stem cell biology. WNT[…]
