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A study in mice has found that the bacteria Bifidobacterium breve in the mother’s gut during pregnancy supports healthy brain development in the fetus. Researchers from the Centre for Trophoblast Research, PDN, have compared the development of the fetal brain in mice whose mothers had no bacteria in their gut, to those...

A new paper shows that astrocyte cells in the brain influence and modify the reproductive axis. Previously, it was thought that only neurons did this. The paper, Kisspeptin signaling in astrocytes modulates the reproductive axis , is published in Journal of Clinical Investigation, and co-authored by members of the Colledge...

It is with great pleasure that we announce this years’ academic promotions in PDN. In the research and teaching track, Emma Rawlins has been promoted to Professor of Developmental Physiology, Milka Sarris and Hannah Clarke have been promoted to Professors. For teaching and scholarship, Cecilia Brasset has been promoted to...

The extension of the ectoderm in gastrulating fruit fly embryos is remarkably robust to a pull in the perpendicular direction caused by the invagination of the neighbouring mesoderm. Embryonic development is both fascinating and visually dramatic. As the embryo takes shape, cells generate forces and tissues undergo...