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Genetics with a bite
A Finnish child with braces We hear a lot of about genome-wide association studies (GWAS) these days, but not so much about teeth. However, as those who’ve had to wear braces will testify, tooth...
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Guest post: Awakening stem cells in the brain – glia sound the alarm
Drosophila neural stem cells in the central nervous system are labelled in green (membrane-targeted green fluorescent protein, GFP). Their large nucleoli (involved in cell growth) are shown in blue...
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PhD: Procrastination, hallucination, dissertation – The life of a PhD student
Jonathan Lawson in the lab In the first in a series of guest posts, Jonathan Lawson introduces himself and his first year as a Wellcome Trust PhD student. Everyone likes a good reality show, right?...
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Q&A: What can physics teach biology?
Ben Simons Dr Ben Simons, of the Gurdon Institute, comes from a different world. He’s applying analytical methods developed for physics to work out how stem cells regulate themselves, including...
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75th stories: Helen and Kate Storey – science and art engaging the public
Kate (left) and Helen (right) Storey To mark the 75th anniversary of the death of Henry Wellcome and the founding of the Wellcome Trust, we are publishing a series of 14 features on people who have...
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PhD: Procrastination, hallucination, Dissertation – Lab 3: Pigs that fly
A Drosophila wing disc, the structure in the larva that will form the adult wings, showing normal cells (green) and cells without pigs (dark), stained for surface markers (blue) and cytoskeleton (red)....
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Bites: Arm’s length research
Anatomical drawing showing ligaments and muscles of the arm, 1804 What’s at the end of your arm? Yes, of course, your hand, your fingers – your fingernails, if you want to get picky. But what about the...
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The Portrait of a Fly (part 1): Come fly with me
For more than a hundred years, scientists have used the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) to study the fundamentals of developmental biology and genetics. But as biological understanding and...
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Tubular belle: Q&A with Dr Helen Weavers
In March, Helen Weavers was awarded the 2013 Beddington Medal for the best developmental biology thesis, which she produced at the end of her Trust-funded PhD. I asked her about her research and plans...
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Image of the Week: Fruit fly nervous system
Are you a scientist, photographer or artist? Submit your images now for the 2016 Wellcome Image Awards and they could reach a global audience. The winning images will go on display at science centres...
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