Sunday, September 22, 2019

Developmental Biology

This is probably one of my favorite things. Developmental biology is the study of the process by which organisms grow and develop. Modern developmental biology studies the genetic control of cell growth, differentiation and "morphogenesis," which is the process that gives rise to tissues, organs and anatomy.

In plain words, how one initial cell can transform into so many different ones at the right place to create the final body...


  1. Chapter 21 of Molecular Biology of the Cell is a good intro (I am actually currently reading that).
  2. On simulation tools for that, found this recent review paper and these links:
    1. EmbryoMaker: article and software.
    2. MecaGen: paper and software.
    3. BioDynaMo
  3. Accelerators:
    1. A master thesis for #3. I like the name "speed of life" :)
As usual, sorry for the top level. I'll update as I learn more...
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