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Combinatorial microRNA Activity Is Essential for the Transition of Pluripotent Cells from Proliferation into Dormancy

May 15, 2024

[Genome Research] Investigators showed that microRNA activity, which was otherwise dispensable for preimplantation development, was essential for the adaptation of early mouse embryos to the dormant state of diapause.

Arp2/3 Mediated Dynamic Lamellipodia of the hPSC Colony Edges Promote Liposome-Based DNA Delivery

May 15, 2024

[Stem Cells] Researchers used hPSCs which formed compact colonies consisting of dynamically active cells at the periphery and epithelial-like cells at the core.

A High-Throughput Screen in mESCs to Identify the Cross-Talk between Signaling, Endocytosis, and Pluripotency

May 15, 2024

[Cell Biology International] The authors collated a list of 1141 genes in connection to the term “endocytosis” from Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes and Gene Ontology and examined the effect of their knockdown on the pluripotency of mESCs using levels of green fluorescent protein driven by the Oct4 promoter.

The First Two Blastomeres Contribute Unequally to the Human Embryo

May 15, 2024

[Cell] Investigators performed prospective lineage tracing of human embryos using live imaging, non-invasive cell labeling, and computational predictions to determine the contribution of each 2-cell stage blastomere to the epiblast, hypoblast, and trophectoderm.

Osctillatory Control of Embryonic Developmen

May 15, 2024

[Development] Scientists describe the similarities and differences of the expression pattern in space and in time of mammalian Hes/zebrafish Her genes and their targets in different tissues.

Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission Announces $15.4 Million in Awards to Accelerate Cures

May 15, 2024

[Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission] The Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission announced the next round of awards granting a total of more than $15.4 million. These awards are aimed at fostering groundbreaking research to enhance and propel stem cell treatments and technologies across Maryland.

Single-Cell 3D Genome Structure Reveals Distinct Human Pluripotent States

May 14, 2024

[Genome Biology] By single-cell analysis of high-resolution, three-dimensional (3D) genomic structure, researchers demonstrated that remodeling of genomic structure was highly associated with the pluripotent states of hESCs.

Spontaneous Differentiation of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells to Odorant-Responsive Olfactory Sensory Neurons

May 14, 2024

[Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications] Researchers employed dual SMAD inhibition and fibroblast growth factor 8 along with N-2 and B-27 supplements in the culture medium to efficiently induce the differentiation of iPSCs into neuronal cells with olfactory function through olfactory placode.

Multiscale Chromatin Dynamics and High Entropy in Plant iPSC Ancestors Icon for the Forest of Biologists

May 14, 2024

[Journal of Cell Science] High-throughput imaging and a custom, supervised image analysis protocol extracting over 100 chromatin features unravelled a rapid, multiscale dynamics of chromatin patterns which trajectory strongly depends on nutrients availability.

Regulation of Myc Transcription by an Enhancer Cluster Dedicated to Pluripotency and Early Embryonic Expression

May 13, 2024

[Nature Communications] Researchers used genomic rearrangements, transgenesis, and targeted mutation to analyze Myc regulation in early mouse embryos and PSCs.

Quantitative Proteomics Reveals the Dynamic Proteome Landscape of Zebrafish Embryos during the Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition

May 10, 2024

[iScience] The authors revealed the expression dynamics of 5,000 proteins across four stages of zebrafish embryos during maternal-to-zygotic transition (MZT), representing one of the most systematic surveys of proteome landscape of the zebrafish embryos during MZT.

ARTseq-FISH Reveals Position-Dependent Differences in Gene Expression of Micropatterned mESCs

May 9, 2024

[Nature Communications] To identify the effect of cellular position on gene expression, researchers developed a scalable antibody and mRNA targeting sequential fluorescence in situ hybridization method capable of simultaneously profiling mRNAs, proteins, and phosphoproteins in single cells.

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