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Posted by the Node, on 1 February 2021
On Friday we learned of the death of Lewis Wolpert, a huge figure in developmental biology, a popular science writer and communicator. Here we’ve gathered some memories of Wolpert from ...Posted by Holley Lab, on 25 June 2019
By Dörthe Jülich & Scott Holley Organizers pattern surrounding tissues via secreted morphogens that specify different cell states as a function of concentration. Wolpert’s French Flag model is commonly ...Posted by Steffen Scholpp, on 2 October 2018
by Lauren Porter and Steffen Scholpp Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter, UK The importance of Wnt signalling in developmental processes, wound healing and stem cell control has long ...Posted by IRBBarcelona, 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 ...Posted by ama, on 27 December 2013
In time of revision: of Wingless and morphogens Alfonso Martinez Arias The recent publication of the important work of C. Alexandre, LA. Baena and JP. Vincent on the molecular requirements ...Posted by Natascha Bushati, on 22 September 2011
Eric Wieschaus is a Professor at Princeton University, USA. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995, together with Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and the late Edward B. ...Posted by Natascha Bushati, on 14 September 2011
The famous Richard Axel kicked off the last day in Vienna by presenting new data on how olfactory information is projected from the olfactory bulb to the cortex. After his ...