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A Simple Twist of Fate: Genetic Analysis of Neural Crest Cell Fate Determination
Single cell approaches are causing biologists to re-evaluate classical ideas of cell types and how they arise during embryonic development. One population of particular interest is the neural crest, because it migrates throughout the body to give rise to a huge variety of derivatives such as peripheral neurons, pigment cells and bones of the skull. How do such migratory cells navigate through ever-changing environments yet reliably acquire these diverse fates? Our single cell transcriptomic studies in zebrafish suggest that they do so through a series of lineage bifurcations.
Leaders from Biology Endowed Lecture: Mapping the neural circuits that control precision timing in behavior
Timing is crucial to the nervous system; the ability to rapidly detect and process subtle disturbances in the environment determines whether an animal can attain its next meal or successfully navigate complex, unpredictable terrain.
UW team including Tom Daniel developed tiny battery-free devices that float in the wind like dandelion seeds
Horacio de la Iglesia in The Seattle Times: year-round daylight saving time ‘would be like Monday morning every day’
Jeff Riffell featured in UW News for new research on which colors attract mosquitoes
Osteoblasts pattern endothelium and somatosensory axons during zebrafish caudal fin organogenesis
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Yan Wang quoted in The Scientist on postdoc struggles in the pandemic
Yan Wang named Allen Institute Next Generation Leader and National Postdoctoral Association IMPACT Fellow
Horacio de la Iglesia in UW News on the benefits of standard time (VIDEO)
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