Milestones in cell division resource

Milestones in cell division' contains 23 short articles describing important discoveries in the field of cell division, selected by an invited panel of 56 experts and written by editors from the NPG. The milestones are arranged along a timeline from 1902 to 1997 and each contain a short discussion of the selected advance, along with a list of references with free access to the abstract (and sometimes the full-text) of the listed papers. Subjects covered include DNA replication, cell cycle control, cell cycle conservation and checkpoint control.

The site also includes information on the 56 advisors, a library section giving details of recent NPG cell division papers, and links NPG publications and other cell division websites.

See http://www.intute.ac.uk/cgi-bin/redir.pl?url=http://www.nature.com/celldivision/&handle=20090303-11133122

Morphing cells into body parts

Scientists at NUI Galway have made it on to the front cover of a prestigious journal with their research into controlling ‘tissue engineering’

By its very nature tissue engineering is exceptionally multidisciplinary, says Prof Peter McHugh who heads NUI Galway’s department of mechanical and biomedical engineering. He and PhD candidate Adam Stops joined Prof Patrick Prendergast and Dr Louise McMahon in Trinity College Dublin’s centre for bioengineering in a research project that reflects the complexity of tissue engineering.

Their work has had a huge impact, providing the cover story in the current issue of the Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. “The project fits into the whole area of tissue engineering and regeneration,” says McHugh, who is also the research cluster leader for biomechanics within Galway’s National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science.

It is all about growing skin, tendon, cartilage or muscle in the lab for use as replacement tissue after loss or injury. It has huge potential given the original cells would come from the recipient and so there is no question of tissue . Full details on the new research model are available at http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sciencetoday/2009/0205/1233713218855.html

Cell Membrane Research in NUI Maynooth

An interesting article on cell membrane research was published in the Science Today supplement of today's Irish Times. Click on the link below for more details:


http://0-www.ireland.com.ditlib.dit.ie/newspaper/sciencetoday/2007/0726/1185229879231.html

Maynooth searches for the secrets in the cells by Yvonne Cunningham, The Irish Times, 26/7/2007