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SciCommConnect three-minute talks — Interview with Rachel Mckeown

Posted by , on 20 August 2024

In June, the Node, preLights and FocalPlane organised SciCommConnect, an online event all about science writing and presentation. As part of the day, we hosted a three-minute research talk competition. ...

Lab meeting with the Harnoš lab

Posted by , on 12 August 2024

Meet the Harnoš lab, based in Brno, Czech Republic. The lab is interested in the role of planar polarity in neural tube formation and cell migration in Xenopus.

Poorly coiled frog guts help scientists unravel prevalent human birth anomaly

Posted by , on 22 February 2024

Scientists from North Carolina State University have used a herbicide to discover that disrupting metabolism could derail a series of cellular events required for proper elongation and rotation of the ...

Nucleo-transfer in amphibians by Tom Elsdale, 1964

Posted by , on 11 January 2024

A 16mm video filmed in 1964 showing Tom Elsdale demonstrating nucleo-transfer in Xenopus egg.

Featured Resource: Xenbase

Posted by , on 7 December 2023

Find out more about the key features on Xenbase and how the community can contribute to the mission of the database.

More Than a Powerhouse: How Mitochondria Help to Build an Embryo

Posted by , on 16 October 2023

Find out the story behind the paper "Mitochondrial leak metabolism induces the Spemann-Mangold Organizer via Hif-1α in Xenopus".

A regeneration retrospective: a budding tale

Posted by , on 6 September 2023

This post is part of the regeneration retrospective series. Epimorphic regeneration, the process of replacing lost appendages, is probably the most impressive example of tetrapod vertebrate regeneration. Vertebrate appendages, such ...

MCC loss during mucociliary epithelium remodeling: new insight into a debated topic and a decade mystery.

Posted by , on 29 March 2021

Introduction In mucociliary epithelia, such as the mammalian airway epithelium or the embryonic epidermis of Xenopus tadpoles, the correct balance between multiciliated cells (MCCs) and secretory cells provides the functional ...

Development presents... November webinar videos

Posted by , on 12 November 2020

Yesterday we held the second webinar in our new series, this time coinciding with the publication of our Special Issue on The Origins and Mechanisms of Developmental Disorders and featuring ...

Transcriptional Regulation of Stem Cell Fate-postdoctoral position Philpott lab

Posted by , on 26 August 2020

A postdoctoral Research Associate position is currently available for an individual to work in the laboratory of Prof. Anna Philpott within the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute (https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/research/pis/philpott). The Philpott lab ...

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