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From basic questions to exciting findings

Posted by , on 21 May 2018

In this post we report the backstories behind our recently published paper. It was an enjoyable research adventure driven by discussions, readings, exciting experiments and unexpected discoveries. As a result, ...

Laboratory Technician Position - Millman Lab

Posted by , on 23 April 2018

We are looking for someone to join our team in a NIH R01-funded laboratory technician position. The Millman lab is located at Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, MO) ...

YEN Conference 2018: Abstract submission and registration is open!

Posted by , on 11 April 2018

***Abstract Deadline is Saturday, 14th April!*** Young Embryologist Network Conference 2018 14th May 2018 The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK   This year we are pleased to announce Professor Wolf Reik as ...

Abcam & the Node meeting reporter competition winner: Zubair Nizamudeen

Posted by , on 20 March 2018

Earlier in the year we and Abcam ran a competition to find a meeting reporter for the upcoming Abcam Adult Neurogenesis meeting to be held in Dresden in May. Today we ...

In vivo profiling of chromatin accessibility with CATaDa

Posted by , on 13 March 2018

The following post is an introduction into the technnique described in our recent paper: Aughey, G.N., et al., CATaDa reveals global remodelling of chromatin accessibility during stem cell differentiation in ...

Stem cell fate choice: determined in an instant

Posted by , on 6 March 2018

Jun Chen National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing A discussion of our recent paper: Chen J, Xu N, Wang C, Huang P, Huang H, Jin Z, Yu Z, Cai T, ...

Using human development to improve myogenesis from human pluripotent stem cells

Posted by , on 21 February 2018

A discussion of our recent paper: Hicks et al., ERBB3 and NGFR mark a distinct skeletal muscle progenitor cell in human development and hPSCs. Nature Cell Biology, January 1 2018 ...

The people behind the papers – Marina Matsumiya & Ryoichiro Kageyama

Posted by , on 19 February 2018

Vertebrate segmentation involves the periodic formation of somites from the presomitic mesoderm, in a manner controlled by oscillating gene expression (the oscillations of the segmentation clock must be one of the ...

Uncovering the early origins of Huntington’s disease

Posted by , on 29 January 2018

With new findings, scientists may be poised to break a long impasse in research on Huntington’s disease, a fatal hereditary disorder for which there is currently no treatment.     ...

The future of human reproduction: Stepping back from visions of Gattaca

Posted by , on 16 January 2018

The impact of developmental biology on society is particularly acute when it comes to reproduction – research informs efforts to assist reproduction and understand what happens when pregnancy goes wrong. ...

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