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Allometry in a Simple Cell Network

Posted by , on 19 September 2017

A post by Jasmin Imran Alsous, on work done in collaboration with Paul Villoutreix and Alexander M. Berezhkovskii in the Shvartsman lab. I started working on Drosophila egg chambers from the ...

Internal mechanism found to be responsible for the limitless growth potential of epithelial tumours

Posted by , on 8 September 2017

Researchers from the Development and Growth Control Laboratory at IRB Barcelona have identified the cell types and molecular mechanism responsible for the unlimited growth potential of epithelial tumours (carcinomas) and ...

Making time matter: how hormone pulses direct chromatin accessibility during development

Posted by , on 8 August 2017

Each of our cells has the same genetic information and thus the same potential to become a part of a heart, brain, or a finger. Somehow though, during development our ...

Research assistant in Development Biology, Sheffield University

Posted by , on 3 August 2017

A Wellcome Trust/Royal Society funded Research Assistant position is available in Dr Kyra Campbell’s research group. This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Campbell group, who are focused on ...

The people behind the papers – Giri Dahal, Sarala Pradhan & Emily Bates

Posted by , on 2 August 2017

Ion channels are famous for their roles in neurons and muscles, but the spectrum of phenotypes seen in ion channel mutants indicate a diversity of roles in development; the underlying ...

The Drosophila fly brings to light the role of morphogens in limb growth

Posted by , on 5 July 2017

• Scientists at IRB Barcelona clarify the function of the genes that drive wing development in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. • Published in the journal eLife, this study unveils ...

Multiple stem cells, population asymmetry and position-dependent heterogeneity emerge as common features of a niche for Drosophila Follicle Stem Cells and mammalian Intestinal Stem Cells

Posted by , on 16 June 2017

A discussion of “Alternative direct stem cell derivatives defined by stem cell location and graded Wnt signalling,” Nat Cell Biol, 2017. 19(5): p. 433-444.   We have recently revised the model ...

DrosAfrica: Background and Workshops

Posted by , on 24 May 2017

Introduction to the DrosAfrica project The contribution of scientific research in shaping societies is increasingly significant. However, African researchers make up only around two per cent of the world’s academic ...

An interview with Eric Wieschaus

Posted by , on 18 May 2017

I had started to become a little worried when I didn’t see Eric on the opening day of the conference, but it turned out that his plane to Germany had been delayed ...

Our latest research on Hormonal regulation of temporal gene expression in neural stem cells

Posted by , on 16 May 2017

http://around.uoregon.edu/content/study-brain-formation-finds-possible-link-human-disease @ http://www.doelab.org/ elife https://elifesciences.org/content/6/e26287  

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