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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. ...

Post Doctoral Position on Pancreas Development and Stem Cells

Posted by , on 15 January 2018

Post Doctoral Researcher  German Centre for Diabetes Research Dresden A post-doctoral position is available in the research group of Dr Anthony Gavalas. The group investigates the role of signaling pathways ...

PhD student position -  Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine

Posted by , on 15 December 2017

TheMax-Planck-Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Muenster, Germany has an opening for a PhD student (position-code 15-2017). The position The position is available in the group of Dr. Ivan Bedzhov that is focused on ...

Synthetic Materials for Human Organoid Generation and Wound Healing (The Journey)

Posted by , on 20 November 2017

Looking back on the journey of: Ricardo Cruz-Acuña and Miguel Quirós et al. Nature Cell Biology (2017) The Start  On August 2013, I took my first one-way trip departing from ...

Silencing transposons during epigenetic reprogramming

Posted by , on 8 November 2017

Molecules called endosiRNAs help us avoid genetic chaos, according to a new study from a team at the Babraham Institute. Much of the human genome contains pieces of DNA called ...

Christmas Confetti lights to understand the embryonic origins of blood

Posted by , on 1 November 2017

My PhD focused in deciphering molecular mechanisms implicated in cell cycle regulation in embryonic and adult tissues. As many others in this field I became fascinated by the experiments by ...

A glimpse of a dynamic cell fate decision

Posted by , on 27 October 2017

Andras Paldi, Daniel Stockholm, Alice Moussy How do phenotypic differences between cells of the same clonal origin emerge? How exactly does the transition between the initial and final phenotypes occur? ...

An interview with Jayaraj Rajagopal

Posted by , on 5 October 2017

This interview by Aidan Maartens appeared in Development, Vol 144 Issue 19   Jayaraj (Jay) Rajagopal is a Principal Investigator at the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and ...

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