Apr 9, 20191 min22nd European Nephrogenesis WorkshopThe 22nd European Nephrogenesis Workshop will be held on 14 June 2019 at the UCL – Institute of Child Health in London. Registration is...
Feb 18, 20186 minFrom Stem (cell) to Branch: growing a renal treeSignificant strides have been made in the last few years towards the goal of engineering human renal tissue. Protocols to differentiate...
Aug 2, 20175 minA question of identityThe mammalian Pax genes are homologues of the Drosophila gene paired, and are a family of transcription factors harbouring a highly...
May 24, 20171 minThe easiest kidney research fundraising you’ve ever done…Not directly linked to kidney development, but still pretty close… On 22 June the International Kidney Cancer Coalition is organising the...
May 24, 20171 minMore information on the 20th UK/EU nephrogenesis workshopRegistration for the nephrogenesis workshop on 22 June in The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh is still open. A preliminary...
Apr 28, 20171 minRegistration UK/EU nephrogenesis workshop now openOn 22 June 2017 the 20th UK/EU nephrogenesis workshop will be held at The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh. Registration is now...
Apr 1, 20171 min15th International Workshop on Developmental NephrologyThe 15th International Workshop on Developmental Nephrology will be held 22-26 April 2018 in the Ein Gedi Hotel at the Dead Sea in...
Mar 16, 20172 minKidney reaggregation and improved kidney imaging in the special issue on organoids in DevelopmentThe journal Development published a special issue this week on organoids. Besides a wide variety of papers on organoid systems for...
Feb 23, 20171 minFirst announcement UK/EU nephrogenesis workshop 2017This years’ UK – and increasingly EU – nephrogenesis workshop will be organised by Derya Ozdemir and Peter Hohenstein from the Hohenstein...
Feb 11, 20174 minSerum-free UB cell maintenance, proliferation and branching in vitroFrom patterning of the vasculature and neuronal networks to the development of diverse organs such as the lungs, mammary glands, and...
Jan 14, 20171 minModelling of kidney branchingAn interesting manuscript on modelling of kidney branching just popped up on the bioRXiv preprint server. Of course, not yet...
Jan 12, 20173 minDirect reprogramming into tubule cellsMany regenerative medicine approaches are based on the reprogramming of somatic cells to iPS cells, followed by directed differentiation...
Aug 26, 20162 minMore NPC culture methodsTwo new developments recently in the culture methods for NPCs. First of all, Tanigawa and colleagues continued on their previous work on...
Feb 14, 20162 minA Wnt gradient visualizedEver since the idea of Wnt molecules as a morphogen gradient emerged, the visualization of that gradient has remained elusive. Antibodies...
Jan 4, 20162 minKidney Development Hopes and Dreams for 2016Happy New Year! So what can we expect or hope for in 2016? Since there were already several NPC culture methods discussed at the IWDN in...
Dec 31, 20151 minKidney Development in 2015There’s no doubt 2015 was a very good year for kidney development research. Many important developments,interesting papers and important...
Dec 31, 20151 minKidney Development Facebook GroupThere is now also a Kidney Development Facebook Group. It’s a closed group so will need my confirmation. Just search for ‘Kidney...
Dec 28, 20151 minA Kidney Development blogDid you ever google ‘kidney development’? Lots of information on kidney development, but not a recent overview of the latest things in...
