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developmental and stem cell biologists
Posted by katja.linssen, on 1 March 2011
10 – 13 September 2011, Vienna, Austria Featuring more than 120 world-class scientific speakers, including: Richard Axel, Susan Lindquist, Eric Wieschaus and Giacomo Rizzolatti. Three plenary lecture sessions: microbiology of ...Posted by Teisha Rowland, on 13 February 2011
With so much research focusing on stem cells, I’ve been wondering lately whether researchers are overlooking other important, multipotent cell groups, specifically what are called “progenitor” cells. But then another ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 9 February 2011
What I love about developmental biology is the collaborative nature of the field. The vast majority of biologists feel that by sharing ideas, data, and reagents, we can learn more ...Posted by Seema Grewal, on 8 February 2011
Here are the highlights from the current issue of Development: From pluripotent to pancreatic fates A reliable method for generating insulin-producing β-cells from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) would provide ...Posted by Emma Kemp, on 3 February 2011
I’m one of a team of science communicators, scientists, clinicians and social scientists involved in a project called EuroStemCell. It’s an EU-funded project that unites more than 90 European stem ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 27 January 2011
Last week (January 19), stem cell pioneer Ernest McCulloch died at the age of 84. Together with James Till, McCulloch discovered stem cells in the 1960s. For their work, the ...Posted by Heather, on 19 January 2011
Announcement for the Advances in stem cell research: Development, Regeneration & Disease conference at the Pasteur Institute, Paris, April 6-8, 2011.Posted by Eva Amsen, on 11 January 2011
The Royal Society has uploaded audio files of almost all the talks of their Discussion Meeting last October: “2010: What Next for Stem Cell Biology?”. Unfortunately there are no slides ...Posted by Erin M Campbell, on 5 January 2011
Cancer and stem cells are two very loaded biology concepts, and more frequently can be found in the same discussion. Stem cells within tumors are able to divide and provide ...Posted by Eva Amsen, on 30 December 2010
Each year in early December, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute hosts a series of educational seminars, called the Holiday Lectures, in which researchers explain the very basic concepts of their ...