PDGF controls contact inhibition of locomotion by regulating N-cadherin during neural crest migration

We are delighted to announce that our 2023 Journal Meeting ‘Imaging Cell Dynamics’ will be held from 14-17 May 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal. Registration is open now.

FocalPlane, our community site for microscopists, is looking to appoint three correspondents who will volunteer to play a key role in developing and writing content over the coming year. Find out more and apply here.

We interviewed Fei Xavier Chen, who established his independent research group at the Fudan University in Shanghai in 2019. His lab uses a wide range of approaches to study the mechanisms of transcriptional regulation in health and disease, with a special focus on cancer.

In this Perspective, Jeroen Dobbelaere, Jan Heidelberger and Nikoline Borgermann report findings from a survey of ‘green’ grassroots groups operating in academic environments and propose concrete steps to harvest their full potential.

“I have noticed that there is a hole in my inbox. Where once I received five or six requests for a postdoctoral training position in my lab, I am now receiving maybe one.”

Our resident insectivore, Mole, discusses ‘the Great Resignation’ in a series of articles.