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cell transcriptome profiling of the human developing spinal cord reveals a conserved genetic programme with human specific features Authors (4)Teresa Rayon AlonsoRory Maizels Christopher BarringtonJames Briscoe Development Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames BriscoeBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingExperimental HistopathologyAdvanced SequencingFull details Ventricular, atrial, and outflow tract heart progenitors arise from spatially and molecularly distinct regions of the primitive streak Authors (10)Kenzo Ivanovitch Pablo Soro-Barrio Probir ChakravartyRebecca JonesDonald Bell S Neda Mousavy GharavyDespina StamatakiJulien DelileJim SmithJames Briscoe PLOS Biology Published 17 May 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJim SmithJames BriscoeLight MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details Cross-species comparisons and in vitro models to study tempo in development and homeostasis Authors (2)Teresa Rayon AlonsoJames Briscoe Interface focus Published 6 June 2021 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Human embryo research beyond the primitive streak Authors (5) Insoo Hyun Annelien L BredenoordJames Briscoe Sigal Klipstein Tao Tan Science Published 5 March 2021 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Precision of tissue patterning is controlled by dynamical properties of gene regulatory networks Authors (8)Katherine ExelbyEdgar Herrera Delgado Lorena Garcia Perez Ruben Perez-CarrascoAndreas SagnerVicki Metzis Peter SollichJames Briscoe Development Published 25 February 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames BriscoeScientific computingFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details Virtual meeting, real and sound science: report of the 17th Meeting of the Spanish Society for Developmental Biology (SEBD-2020) Authors (18) Sofia J Araújo Isabel Almudi Laura Bozal-Basterra Fernando Casares Sergio Casas-Tintó Augusto Escalante[...]Teresa Rayon Alonso James Sharpe James D Sutherland Cristina Villa Del Campo Rosa Barrio The International Journal of Developmental Biology Published 22 January 2021 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Zooming into 2021 Authors (2)James Briscoe Katherine Brown Development Published 1 January 2021 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details TRF2-independent chromosome end protection during pluripotency Authors (13)Philip Ruis David Van LyValerie Borel Georgia R KaferAfshan Mccarthy Steven Howell[...]James BriscoeKathy NiakanPaulina Marzec Anthony J CesareSimon Boulton Nature Published 7 January 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesKathy NiakanJames BriscoeSimon BoultonProteomicsBiological Research FacilityFull details The nonlinearity of life Authors (2)Edgar Herrera Delgado Peter Sollich Europhysics News Published 1 September 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Local retinoic acid signaling directs emergence of the extraocular muscle functional unit Authors (20) Glenda Evangelina Comai Markéta Tesařová Valerie Dupé Muriel Rhinn Pedro Vallecillo-García Fabio da Silva[...]James Briscoe Andreas Schedl Norbert B Ghyselinck Ronen Schweitzer Shahragim Tajbakhsh PLOS Biology Published 17 November 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details The PAX-FOXO1s trigger fast trans-differentiation of chick embryonic neural cells into alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with tissue invasive properties limited by S phase entry inhibition Authors (18) Gloria Gonzalez Curto Audrey Der Vartanian Youcef El-Mokhtar Frarma Line Manceau Lorenzo Baldi Selene Prisco[...] Frédéric Relaix Orestis FaklarisJames Briscoe Pascale Gilardi-Hebenstreit Vanessa Ribes PLOS Genetics Published 11 November 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Looking at neurodevelopment through a big data lens Authors (2)James Briscoe Oscar Marín Science Published 18 September 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Species-specific pace of development is associated with differences in protein stability Authors (11)Teresa Rayon AlonsoDespina Stamataki Ruben Perez-CarrascoLorena Garcia-Perez Christopher BarringtonManuela MelchiondaKatherine Exelby Jorge LazaroVictor Tybulewicz Elizabeth MC FisherJames Briscoe Science Published 18 September 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesVictor TybulewiczJames BriscoeBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details An ode to the Node: 10 years in the life of a community blog Authors (3) Aidan Maartens Katherine BrownJames Briscoe Development Published 6 July 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Repressive interactions in gene regulatory networks: When you have no other choice Authors (2) M Joaquina DelásJames Briscoe Current Topics in Developmental Biology Published 4 May 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Developing new associations Authors (2)James Briscoe Katherine Brown Development Published 5 March 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Preface Authors (2) Stephen SmallJames Briscoe Current Topics in Developmental Biology Published 3 March 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Inclusion and diversity in developmental biology: introducing the Node Network Authors (2)James Briscoe Katherine Brown Development Published 23 January 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Neuronal differentiation influences progenitor arrangement in the vertebrate neuroepithelium Authors (7) Pilar Guerrero Ruben Perez-Carrasco Marcin Zagorski David Page Anna KichevaJames Briscoe Karen M Page Development Published 4 December 2019 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Establishing neuronal diversity in the spinal cord: a time and a place Authors (2)Andreas SagnerJames Briscoe Development Published 1 November 2019 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Next page Next Last page Last Share the page Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Email
Single cell transcriptome profiling of the human developing spinal cord reveals a conserved genetic programme with human specific features Authors (4)Teresa Rayon AlonsoRory Maizels Christopher BarringtonJames Briscoe Development Published 16 July 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames BriscoeBioinformatics and BiostatisticsScientific computingExperimental HistopathologyAdvanced SequencingFull details
Ventricular, atrial, and outflow tract heart progenitors arise from spatially and molecularly distinct regions of the primitive streak Authors (10)Kenzo Ivanovitch Pablo Soro-Barrio Probir ChakravartyRebecca JonesDonald Bell S Neda Mousavy GharavyDespina StamatakiJulien DelileJim SmithJames Briscoe PLOS Biology Published 17 May 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJim SmithJames BriscoeLight MicroscopyBioinformatics and BiostatisticsBiological Research FacilityAdvanced SequencingFull details
Cross-species comparisons and in vitro models to study tempo in development and homeostasis Authors (2)Teresa Rayon AlonsoJames Briscoe Interface focus Published 6 June 2021 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Human embryo research beyond the primitive streak Authors (5) Insoo Hyun Annelien L BredenoordJames Briscoe Sigal Klipstein Tao Tan Science Published 5 March 2021 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Precision of tissue patterning is controlled by dynamical properties of gene regulatory networks Authors (8)Katherine ExelbyEdgar Herrera Delgado Lorena Garcia Perez Ruben Perez-CarrascoAndreas SagnerVicki Metzis Peter SollichJames Briscoe Development Published 25 February 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesJames BriscoeScientific computingFlow CytometryBiological Research FacilityFull details
Virtual meeting, real and sound science: report of the 17th Meeting of the Spanish Society for Developmental Biology (SEBD-2020) Authors (18) Sofia J Araújo Isabel Almudi Laura Bozal-Basterra Fernando Casares Sergio Casas-Tintó Augusto Escalante[...]Teresa Rayon Alonso James Sharpe James D Sutherland Cristina Villa Del Campo Rosa Barrio The International Journal of Developmental Biology Published 22 January 2021 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Zooming into 2021 Authors (2)James Briscoe Katherine Brown Development Published 1 January 2021 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
TRF2-independent chromosome end protection during pluripotency Authors (13)Philip Ruis David Van LyValerie Borel Georgia R KaferAfshan Mccarthy Steven Howell[...]James BriscoeKathy NiakanPaulina Marzec Anthony J CesareSimon Boulton Nature Published 7 January 2021 Crick labs/ facilitiesKathy NiakanJames BriscoeSimon BoultonProteomicsBiological Research FacilityFull details
The nonlinearity of life Authors (2)Edgar Herrera Delgado Peter Sollich Europhysics News Published 1 September 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Local retinoic acid signaling directs emergence of the extraocular muscle functional unit Authors (20) Glenda Evangelina Comai Markéta Tesařová Valerie Dupé Muriel Rhinn Pedro Vallecillo-García Fabio da Silva[...]James Briscoe Andreas Schedl Norbert B Ghyselinck Ronen Schweitzer Shahragim Tajbakhsh PLOS Biology Published 17 November 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
The PAX-FOXO1s trigger fast trans-differentiation of chick embryonic neural cells into alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma with tissue invasive properties limited by S phase entry inhibition Authors (18) Gloria Gonzalez Curto Audrey Der Vartanian Youcef El-Mokhtar Frarma Line Manceau Lorenzo Baldi Selene Prisco[...] Frédéric Relaix Orestis FaklarisJames Briscoe Pascale Gilardi-Hebenstreit Vanessa Ribes PLOS Genetics Published 11 November 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Looking at neurodevelopment through a big data lens Authors (2)James Briscoe Oscar Marín Science Published 18 September 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Species-specific pace of development is associated with differences in protein stability Authors (11)Teresa Rayon AlonsoDespina Stamataki Ruben Perez-CarrascoLorena Garcia-Perez Christopher BarringtonManuela MelchiondaKatherine Exelby Jorge LazaroVictor Tybulewicz Elizabeth MC FisherJames Briscoe Science Published 18 September 2020 Crick labs/ facilitiesVictor TybulewiczJames BriscoeBioinformatics and BiostatisticsFull details
An ode to the Node: 10 years in the life of a community blog Authors (3) Aidan Maartens Katherine BrownJames Briscoe Development Published 6 July 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Repressive interactions in gene regulatory networks: When you have no other choice Authors (2) M Joaquina DelásJames Briscoe Current Topics in Developmental Biology Published 4 May 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Developing new associations Authors (2)James Briscoe Katherine Brown Development Published 5 March 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Preface Authors (2) Stephen SmallJames Briscoe Current Topics in Developmental Biology Published 3 March 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Inclusion and diversity in developmental biology: introducing the Node Network Authors (2)James Briscoe Katherine Brown Development Published 23 January 2020 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Neuronal differentiation influences progenitor arrangement in the vertebrate neuroepithelium Authors (7) Pilar Guerrero Ruben Perez-Carrasco Marcin Zagorski David Page Anna KichevaJames Briscoe Karen M Page Development Published 4 December 2019 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
Establishing neuronal diversity in the spinal cord: a time and a place Authors (2)Andreas SagnerJames Briscoe Development Published 1 November 2019 Crick labsJames BriscoeFull details
