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Nominate your Drosophila genes of interest for CRISPR fly stock production

Posted by , on 13 February 2018

The DRSC/TRiP-Functional Genomics Resources is a Drosophila community resource with three main focus areas: (1) cell-based Drosophila cell screening, (2) fly stock production, and (3) bioinformatics. Our TRiP fly stock production ...

A fly on the wall account of scicomm in action

Posted by , on 18 December 2017

My name is Charlotte Blackburn; I am a Zoology graduate currently studying at the University of Edinburgh for an MSc in Science Communication and Public Engagement … yes, that is ...

A community approach to science communication

Posted by , on 14 December 2017

Science communication (scicomm) has become a buzz term in the current science landscape. I fully support its importance and have been a scicomm “activist” for over 6 years. My initiatives ...

It’s in the head: How male and female fruit flies grow apart

Posted by , on 7 December 2017

A discussion of our recent paper: Annick Sawala & Alex P. Gould (2017). The sex of specific neurons controls female body growth in Drosophila. PLoS Biology, October 4 2017.   In ...

Embryonic development inspires regenerative medicine

Posted by , on 27 November 2017

The European Molecular Biology Lab (EMBL) in Barcelona and IRB Barcelona bring together leading scientists in the conference “Morphogenetic Engineering”, an event supported by the BBVA Foundation. The merge of ...

An interview with Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

Posted by , on 3 November 2017

This interview by Katherine Brown originally appeared in Development, Vol 144 Issue 21 Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is Director Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, Germany. In ...

Manchester PhD position on neuronal development, ageing & degeneration

Posted by , on 17 October 2017

The University of Manchester, 2018/19 BBSRC DTP PhD Project Understanding tubulin regulation during neuronal development, ageing and degeneration Axons are slender, up-to-a-meter long, cable-like extensions of neurons which form the ...

Adhesion and signaling by Collagen IV intercellular concentrations (CIVICs)

Posted by , on 16 October 2017

The Great Wall of Collagen IV During the long history of evolution, the key innovation that gave rise to animals with true tissues was the extracellular matrix, very conserved from ...

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 ...

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