Editor's choice in developmental biology
With an eye to understanding animal regeneration, Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado has turned a freshwater planarian into a model system to watch.
For the first time researchers have demonstrated the molecular tango that gives rise to repeating patterns in developing animal embryos.
Imaging cell cytoskeletons during early embryonic development leads researchers to uncover a new regulator of cell shape
Researchers find a way to determine the sequence of a single species from metagenomics data of entire microbial communities.
Brain imaging and gene analyses in twins reveal that white matter integrity is linked to an iron homeostasis gene.
There is definitely no shortage of technological innovation in the life sciences.
Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario. Age: 34
After 6 months in orbit, Caenorhabditis elegans return to Earth—alive and well.
Researchers find that newts are capable of regenerating body parts well into old age.