embryo Archives | EMBL
Tracing the origins of cells
Researchers from the Sharpe group at EMBL Barcelona have published a method to track the developmental history of a cell using the gene editing tool CRISPR–Cas9, but without the need to create transgenic organisms.
Unprecedented single-cell studies in virtual embryo
Researchers from EMBL Heidelberg have created a complete description of early embryo development, accounting for every single cell in the embryo.
The zebrafish earned its stripes
Despite missing the characteristic stripes one would expect from a zebra – or a zebrafish – the fractals in this Picture of the Week show a zebrafish; or at least some cells in a zebrafish embryo, a few hours after fertilisation. Zebrafish are not only popular aquarium fish, they are also an important and widely […]
An in silico hope for biology: machine learning
How EMBL scientists are using machine learning to advance biology
Controlling organ growth with light
The De Renzis group investigated invagination, the first step of organ development in embryos.
Welcome: Vikas Trivedi
An engineer’s approach to understanding morphogenesis
Parental chromosomes kept apart during first division
Mammalian life begins differently than we thought
Without a trace
Migrating cells, it seems, cover their tracks not for fear of being followed, but to keep moving forward. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have now shown that cells in a zebrafish embryo determine which direction they move in by effectively erasing the path behind them. The findings, published online […]
Cells eat themselves into shape
The process cells use to ‘swallow’ up nutrients, hormones and other signals from their environment – called endocytosis – can play a crucial role in shaping the cells themselves, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have found. The study, published today in Nature Communications, could help explain how the cells on […]
Sync to grow
In a nutshell: The size of pre-vertebrae in a mammalian embryo is controlled by a wave-like gene expression pattern along its back The size of each pre-vertebra is proportional to the speed of the wave: the faster the wave, the bigger the vertebra Embryonic cells coordinate gene activities with each other to adapt the size […]
