See our latest on how the dynamics of Nodal and BMP signaling are interpreted in stem cell patterning here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/10/13/202366

Our paper on morphogen and community effects in BMP-mediated differentiation is now published in Development. link

Our paper on a community effect that uses cell communication to ensure robust differentiation is now up at the biorxiv. link.

See our paper describing in detail our protocol to create micropatterned stem cell colonies that serve as a model for human gastrulation:

http://www.nature.com/nprot/journal/v11/n11/abs/nprot.2016.131.html

Our commentary/review article on using stem cells to study early development is online in Developmental Dynamics link

Congratulations to postdoc Idse Heemskerk who has been awarded a prestigious Branco Weiss Society in Science fellowship! Rice news story. Idse’s page on Society in Science.

We currently have an opening for a laboratory technician. See a detailed description here.

Check out collaborator Dave Noren’s paper in Science Signaling about how the dynamics of calcium signaling induce distinct outcomes in angiogenesis. Our images of calcium reporter Zebrafish made the cover!

We have been awarded an NSF CAREER award for our studies of early mammalian development in human embryonic stem cells!

Rice press release is here and NSF abstract is here.

We have received a collaborative grant to work on linking transcriptional regulation and patterning in stem cell colonies with Ido Golding

Rice press release is here