Additional Gene Disruption lines

Bellen et al have released additional gene disruption lines.

You can check their website to see if your favourite gene has now been targeted...

Besides that, a nice paper describing all the different transposons and their use.

‘Model’ or ‘tool’? New definitions for translational research (by H. Sive)

Here is an interesting point of view on what can be named a "disease model" and what shouldn't. The author propose to introduce the distinction between a "model" and a "tool"

Lecuit on RhoGEF2

Lecuit has got a paper in NCB on RhoGEF2...

paper on wound healing in the embryo by parkhurst lab

a veeery detailed analysis on the wound healing process in the embryo, more focused on the function of e-cadherin and plasma membrane dynamics

a nice short review on hemocyte migration

Lymph gland development

A nice paper on lymph gland development. Also looking at the role ECM, but not integrins!

an interesting issue on current topics in dev biol about "Forces and Tension in Development", including one paper by cp heisenberg, one by b. sanson and another by rauzi and francois lenne!

review about drosophila as model system for studying cancer