Spatio-Temporal Patterning

Introduction The formation and maintenance of three germ layers in colonies of human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) is sensitive to the geometry of the colony. In vitro experiments with micropatterns controlling colony shape have previously addressed the underlying spatio-temporal patterning in Warmflash et al.

Introduction Whether individual stem cell divisions are coordinated or random is important for tissue morphogenesis, homeostasis and tumour growth. Lupperger et al. have analyzed the spatio-temporal division patterns of adult neural stem cells (NSC) in the zebrafish telencephalon.

Regulation of quiescence and cell cycle entry is pivotal for the maintenance of stem cell populations. Regulatory mechanisms, however, …