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Anne McLaren colour portrait

Remembering Anne McLaren

A new biographical memoir free to read and download.

March 20, 2023
16 weeks post-conception human fetal lung. The branching airway tree is surrounded by bands of developing smooth muscle (green), which also labels the developing vasculature. The epithelial progenitor cells (co expressing SFTPC in white and NOTUM in red) are initiating the process of alveolar epithelial development. Image supplied by co-author Emma Rawlins (University of Cambridge), image credit Dr Kyungtae Lim.

Rawlins

Biggest leap in identified lung health genes paves way for personalised risk score

Over 500 new genes have been linked to lung function for the first time

March 13, 2023
A 3D reconstructed tree of a murine salivary gland lobe showing clones resulting from labelling of individual progenitors that were traced from an early to a final stage of branching morphogenesis.

Simons

Tracing lineage restriction and patterning during branching morphogenesis

Understanding branching morphogenesis

January 23, 2023
C. elegans adult germline expressing a GFP construct. The specific expression of the construct was driven by a TE-co-opted promoter.

Publication

Transposable elements recruited as promoters in the Caenorhabditis germline

Transposon co-option in the Caenorhabditis germline

December 16, 2022
Rawlins group_Human fetal lung tissue staining image showing alveolar development

Rawlins

Novel human lung organoids to study development and disease

Building the human lung

December 8, 2022
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Azim Surani BW portrait v2

Azim Surani

The human germline

September 6, 2021

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