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Read more at: Four PDN members awarded prizes at BSCB/BSDB/Genetics Society Joint Spring meeting
Four PDN members awarded prizes at BSCB/BSDB/Genetics Society Joint Spring meeting

Four PDN members awarded prizes at BSCB/BSDB/Genetics Society Joint Spring meeting

3 April 2017

Bill Harris, Jenny Nichols, Hadi Boukhatmi and Marcia Kishida have all been awarded prizes in four different categories


Read more at: The soft mechanical signature of glial scars in the central nervous system
The soft mechanical signature of glial scars in the central nervous system

The soft mechanical signature of glial scars in the central nervous system

30 March 2017

New study by Franze lab on Nature Communications reveals possible reasons why neurons do not regenerate after injury in mammals


Read more at: PDN research group featured on cover of RSTB
PDN research group featured on cover of RSTB

PDN research group featured on cover of RSTB

27 March 2017

Guy Blanchard, Stephen Young & Richard Adams image featured on cover Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B


Read more at: Fish electroreceptors development related to inner ear hair cells, study finds
Fish electroreceptors development related to inner ear hair cells, study finds

Fish electroreceptors development related to inner ear hair cells, study finds

23 March 2017

Clare Baker's group reveals how the electroreceptor cells in fish and the inner ear hair cells in other vertebrates are closely related in new paper published on eLife


Read more at: Nick Brown awarded HFSP research grant
Nick Brown awarded HFSP research grant

Nick Brown awarded HFSP research grant

22 March 2017

The 3-year program was jointly awarded for an international collaboration research project.


Read more at: Viagra protects the fetal heart
Viagra protects the fetal heart

Viagra protects the fetal heart

9 March 2017

Sildenafil may be a good candidate for human translational antioxidant therapy to protect fetal the developing cardiovascular system, reveals new study by Dino Giussani featured on the cover of the Journal of Physiology


Read more at: Detect. Lock on. Intercept. The remarkable hunting ability of the robber fly

Detect. Lock on. Intercept. The remarkable hunting ability of the robber fly

9 March 2017

A small fly posseses the remarkable ability to detect and intercept its prey mid-air, changing direction mid-flight if necessary before sweeping round for the kill, new research on Current Biology reveals


Read more at: New study identifies possible early warning signs of Huntington’s disease
New study identifies possible early warning signs of Huntington’s disease

New study identifies possible early warning signs of Huntington’s disease

8 March 2017

Early warning signs of Huntington’s disease have been uncovered in a sheep carrying the human disease-causing genetic variant, providing new insights into this devastating illness, a new study in Scientific Reports has found.


Read more at: Research on the brain’s reward system wins the world’s largest prize for neuroscience
Research on the brain’s reward system wins the world’s largest prize for neuroscience

Research on the brain’s reward system wins the world’s largest prize for neuroscience

6 March 2017

PDN's Wolfram Schultz jointly awarded The 2017 Brain Prize for his analysis of reward recognition and processing.


Read more at: PDN scientists create artificial mouse ‘embryo’ from stem cells for first time
PDN scientists create artificial mouse ‘embryo’ from stem cells for first time

PDN scientists create artificial mouse ‘embryo’ from stem cells for first time

2 March 2017

New tecnique developed by Magda Zernicka-Goetz's group published on Science