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Developmental Biology (1)Trends in Cell Biology (1)Trends in Genetics (1)Wellcome Open Research (1) Facet Journal Publications Displaying 1 - 20 of 130Last updated : 28 March 2024 03:30 A dynamical perspective: moving towards mechanism in single-cell transcriptomics Authors (1)Rory Maizels Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Published 22 April 2024 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details In preprints: puzzling together roles for glucose metabolism during gastrulation Authors (2)Ashley Libby Teresa Rayon Development Published 15 February 2024 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Assessing the precision of morphogen gradients in neural tube development Authors (7) Marcin Zagorski Nathalie Brandenberg Matthias Lutolf Gasper Tkacik Tobias BollenbachJames Briscoe Anna Kicheva Nature Communications Published 1 February 2024 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Choose Development in 2024: serious science, community connections, progressive publishing Authors (2)James Briscoe Katherine Brown Development Published 1 January 2024 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details From signalling to form: the coordination of neural tube patterning Authors (3)Tom FrithJames BriscoeGiulia Boezio Current Topics in Developmental Biology Published 8 December 2023 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Blimp-1 and c-Maf regulate Il10 and negatively regulate common and unique proinflammatory gene networks in IL-12 plus IL-27-driven T helper-1 cells Authors (8)Luke CoxMarisol Alvarez MartinezXuemei WuLeona Gabrysova Raphaëlle LuisierJames BriscoeNicholas LuscombeAnne O'Garra Wellcome Open Research Published 1 December 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesAnne O’GarraNicholas LuscombeJames BriscoeFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details Optimal control of gene regulatory networks for morphogen-driven tissue patterning Authors (2) Alberto PezzottaJames Briscoe Cell systems Published 15 November 2023 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details scRNA-sequencing in chick suggests a probabilistic model for cell fate allocation at the neural plate border Authors (7) Alexandre P Thiery Ailin Leticia Buzzi Eva HamrudChris CheshireNicholas LuscombeJames Briscoe Andrea Streit eLife Published 2 August 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesNicholas LuscombeJames BriscoeAdvanced SequencingFull details Control of tissue development by morphogens Authors (2) Anna KichevaJames Briscoe Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology Published 1 October 2023 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Development's inaugural outstanding paper prize Authors (3)James Briscoe Katherine Brown Steve Wilson Development Published 1 April 2023 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Optogenetic closed-loop feedback control of the unfolded protein response optimizes protein production Authors (5) Moritz BenischDirk Benzinger Sant Kumar Hanrong Hu Mustafa Khammash Metabolic Engineering Published 1 May 2023 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details New year, new developments: a look back and a look ahead Authors (2)James Briscoe Katherine Brown Development Published 1 January 2023 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Developmental cell fate choice in neural tube progenitors employs two distinct cis-regulatory strategies Authors (10)Joaquina Delas Vives Christos M Kalaitzis Tamara FawziMaddy DemuthIsabel ZhangHannah Stuart Elena CostantiniKenzo Ivanovitch Elly M TanakaJames Briscoe Developmental Cell Published 9 January 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames BriscoeStructural BiologyScientific computingLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details The Pathway to Independence programme: helping postdocs navigate the transition to independence Authors (2)James Briscoe Katherine Brown Development Published 1 December 2022 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details 3D ECM-rich environment sustains the identity of naive human iPSCs Authors (19) Elisa Cesare Anna UrciuoloHannah Stuart Erika Torchio Alessia Gesualdo Cecilia Laterza[...] Riccardo M Betto Graziano Martello Davide Cacchiarelli Camilla Luni Nicola Elvassore Cell Stem Cell Published 1 December 2022 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details ERK1/2 signalling dynamics promote neural differentiation by regulating chromatin accessibility and the polycomb repressive complex Authors (7) Claudia I Semprich Lindsay Davidson Adriana Amorim Torres Harshil PatelJames BriscoeVicki Metzis Kate G Storey PLOS Biology Published 1 December 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames BriscoeBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details Stem cell-derived synthetic embryos self-assemble by exploiting cadherin codes and cortical tension Authors (10) Min Bao Jake Cornwall-Scoones Estefania Sanchez-Vasquez Dong-Yuan ChenJoachim De Jonghe Shahriar Shadkhoo Florian Hollfelder Matt Thomson David M Glover Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz Nature Cell Biology Published 1 September 2022 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details DNGR-1-tracing marks an ependymal cell subset with damage-responsive neural stem cell potential Authors (17)Bruno Frederico Isaura Martins Diana ChapelaFrancesca Gasparrini Probir ChakravartyTobias Ackels[...]James BriscoeFrancois GuillemotAndreas Schaefer Leonor SaúdeCaetano Reis e Sousa Developmental Cell Published 22 August 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferCaetano Reis e SousaFrancois GuillemotJames BriscoeLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyElectron MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details In preprints: morphogens in motion Authors (2) Kristina S StapornwongkulJames Briscoe Development Published 15 July 2022 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Sox8 remodels the cranial ectoderm to generate the ear Authors (5) Ailin Leticia Buzzi Jingchen Chen Alexandre ThieryJulien Delile Andrea Streit Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Published 12 July 2022 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Next page Next Last page Last 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A dynamical perspective: moving towards mechanism in single-cell transcriptomics Authors (1)Rory Maizels Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Published 22 April 2024 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
In preprints: puzzling together roles for glucose metabolism during gastrulation Authors (2)Ashley Libby Teresa Rayon Development Published 15 February 2024 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Assessing the precision of morphogen gradients in neural tube development Authors (7) Marcin Zagorski Nathalie Brandenberg Matthias Lutolf Gasper Tkacik Tobias BollenbachJames Briscoe Anna Kicheva Nature Communications Published 1 February 2024 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Choose Development in 2024: serious science, community connections, progressive publishing Authors (2)James Briscoe Katherine Brown Development Published 1 January 2024 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
From signalling to form: the coordination of neural tube patterning Authors (3)Tom FrithJames BriscoeGiulia Boezio Current Topics in Developmental Biology Published 8 December 2023 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Blimp-1 and c-Maf regulate Il10 and negatively regulate common and unique proinflammatory gene networks in IL-12 plus IL-27-driven T helper-1 cells Authors (8)Luke CoxMarisol Alvarez MartinezXuemei WuLeona Gabrysova Raphaëlle LuisierJames BriscoeNicholas LuscombeAnne O'Garra Wellcome Open Research Published 1 December 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesAnne O’GarraNicholas LuscombeJames BriscoeFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details
Optimal control of gene regulatory networks for morphogen-driven tissue patterning Authors (2) Alberto PezzottaJames Briscoe Cell systems Published 15 November 2023 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
scRNA-sequencing in chick suggests a probabilistic model for cell fate allocation at the neural plate border Authors (7) Alexandre P Thiery Ailin Leticia Buzzi Eva HamrudChris CheshireNicholas LuscombeJames Briscoe Andrea Streit eLife Published 2 August 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesNicholas LuscombeJames BriscoeAdvanced SequencingFull details
Control of tissue development by morphogens Authors (2) Anna KichevaJames Briscoe Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology Published 1 October 2023 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Development's inaugural outstanding paper prize Authors (3)James Briscoe Katherine Brown Steve Wilson Development Published 1 April 2023 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Optogenetic closed-loop feedback control of the unfolded protein response optimizes protein production Authors (5) Moritz BenischDirk Benzinger Sant Kumar Hanrong Hu Mustafa Khammash Metabolic Engineering Published 1 May 2023 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
New year, new developments: a look back and a look ahead Authors (2)James Briscoe Katherine Brown Development Published 1 January 2023 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Developmental cell fate choice in neural tube progenitors employs two distinct cis-regulatory strategies Authors (10)Joaquina Delas Vives Christos M Kalaitzis Tamara FawziMaddy DemuthIsabel ZhangHannah Stuart Elena CostantiniKenzo Ivanovitch Elly M TanakaJames Briscoe Developmental Cell Published 9 January 2023 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames BriscoeStructural BiologyScientific computingLight MicroscopyFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details
The Pathway to Independence programme: helping postdocs navigate the transition to independence Authors (2)James Briscoe Katherine Brown Development Published 1 December 2022 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
3D ECM-rich environment sustains the identity of naive human iPSCs Authors (19) Elisa Cesare Anna UrciuoloHannah Stuart Erika Torchio Alessia Gesualdo Cecilia Laterza[...] Riccardo M Betto Graziano Martello Davide Cacchiarelli Camilla Luni Nicola Elvassore Cell Stem Cell Published 1 December 2022 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
ERK1/2 signalling dynamics promote neural differentiation by regulating chromatin accessibility and the polycomb repressive complex Authors (7) Claudia I Semprich Lindsay Davidson Adriana Amorim Torres Harshil PatelJames BriscoeVicki Metzis Kate G Storey PLOS Biology Published 1 December 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames BriscoeBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
Stem cell-derived synthetic embryos self-assemble by exploiting cadherin codes and cortical tension Authors (10) Min Bao Jake Cornwall-Scoones Estefania Sanchez-Vasquez Dong-Yuan ChenJoachim De Jonghe Shahriar Shadkhoo Florian Hollfelder Matt Thomson David M Glover Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz Nature Cell Biology Published 1 September 2022 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
DNGR-1-tracing marks an ependymal cell subset with damage-responsive neural stem cell potential Authors (17)Bruno Frederico Isaura Martins Diana ChapelaFrancesca Gasparrini Probir ChakravartyTobias Ackels[...]James BriscoeFrancois GuillemotAndreas Schaefer Leonor SaúdeCaetano Reis e Sousa Developmental Cell Published 22 August 2022 Crick labs/ facilitiesAndreas SchaeferCaetano Reis e SousaFrancois GuillemotJames BriscoeLight MicroscopyExperimental HistopathologyElectron MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details
In preprints: morphogens in motion Authors (2) Kristina S StapornwongkulJames Briscoe Development Published 15 July 2022 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Sox8 remodels the cranial ectoderm to generate the ear Authors (5) Ailin Leticia Buzzi Jingchen Chen Alexandre ThieryJulien Delile Andrea Streit Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA Published 12 July 2022 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details