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May 22, 2023

Video: Embryo-like models help map early stages of development

An organism’s body plan arises through a process called gastrulation, during which the embryo forms three distinct layers of cells that will later give rise to all organs. Now, FMI researchers have mapped the development of three-dimensional clusters of cells that mimic aspects of gastrulation, providing important insights into the molecular mechanisms that regulate early embryonic development and cell fate determination.

May 02, 2023

Revealing how an embryo’s cells sync up
Apr 25, 2023

The double-helix 70 years on: five FMI studies that helped decipher the DNA

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The Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), based in Basel, Switzerland, is a world-class biomedical research institute, affiliated with the University of Basel and the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research.

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Maternal modulation of Polycomb function during mouse embryonic development

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Control of cell fate in adult tissue: Polycomb, gastro-intestinal homeostasis and oncogenesis

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May 11, 2023

Multimodal characterization of murine gastruloid development.

Suppinger S, Zinner M, Aizarani N, Lukonin I, Ortiz R, Azzi C, Stadler MB, Vianello S, Palla G, Kohler H, Mayran A, Lutolf MP, Liberali P

Cell Stem Cell
May 3, 2023

Mouse Nuclear RNAi-defective 2 Promotes Splicing of Weak 5' Splice Sites.

Flemr M, Schwaiger M, Hess D, Iesmantavicius V, Ahel J, Tuck AC, Mohn F, Buhler M

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Apr 24, 2023

Shaping faces: genetic and epigenetic control of craniofacial morphogenesis.

Selleri L, Rijli FM

Nat Rev Genet
Apr 21, 2023

Unidirectional and phase-gated signaling synchronizes murine presomitic mesoderm cells.

Roth G, Misailidis G, Pappa M, Ferralli J, Tsiairis CD

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