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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by Alex Neaverson, on 19 August 2024
Congratulations to Millie Race, who won this year’s ‘Sammy Lee Award for Research in Embryology’ at the Young Embryologist Network (YEN) meeting 2024! This medal is given annually to someone ...Posted by the Node, on 1 May 2024
Meet the Welshhans Lab at the University of South Carolina. The lab uses mouse models and hiPSC-derived neurons and brain organoids to study neural development.Posted by Laura Pellegrini, on 21 September 2020
Our brain is immersed in a clear, colourless, nutrient-rich fluid called the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which provides mechanical support to the brain and helps to circulate important molecules for brain ...Posted by the Node Interviews, on 27 May 2020
This interview, the 76th in our series, was published in Development earlier this year. Interneurons are crucial to cortical function and their dysregulation has been implicated in various neurological pathologies, ...Posted by BSDB, on 18 December 2018
Established by the British Society for Developmental Biology in 2014, The Gurdon/The Company of Biologists Summer Studentship scheme provides financial support to allow highly motivated undergraduate students an opportunity to engage ...Posted by Sara Wilson, on 18 January 2018
Applications are invited from highly motivated individuals who are interested in fundamental mechanisms of neuronal migration and axon guidance. The main focus of our research is to understand the molecular ...Posted by the Node Interviews, on 16 November 2017
Zika infection in humans is associated with birth defects including microcephaly. Zika has two major lineages – the Asian lineage, which has been associated with birth defects, and the African lineage, ...Posted by Raman Das, on 13 October 2017
Applications are invited from highly motivated and enthusiastic individuals for an MRC funded PhD position in the laboratory of Dr. Raman Das at the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health at ...Posted by Gabriel Galea, on 7 July 2017
Introduction to the biomechanics of neurulation Those of us who go to the gym are accustomed to thinking of mechanical forces shaping our bodies. Physiological (e.g. determination of bone mass ...Posted by Debra Silver, on 22 December 2016
Debby Silver and Louis-Jan Pilaz Comment on Pilaz, at al. Current Biology. 26(24): 3383-3392 Neurons and glia of the developing brain are produced from an elegant cell cell type called radial ...