title: Neural development and regeneration: it's all in your spinal cord.
abstract: The spinal cord constitutes an excellent model system for studying development and regeneration of a functional nervous system, from specification of its precursors to circuit formation. The latest advances in the field of spinal cord development and its regeneration following damage were discussed at a recent EMBO workshop 'Spinal cord development and regeneration' in Sitges, Spain (October, 2014), highlighting the use of direct visualization of cellular processes, genome-wide molecular techniques and the development of methods for directed stem cell differentiation and regeneration.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Neuroregeneration, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK catherina.becker@ed.ac.uk r.diez@cajal.csic.es.
authors.forename: Catherina G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.affiliation: Instituto Cajal, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid 28002, Spain catherina.becker@ed.ac.uk r.diez@cajal.csic.es.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Diez Del Corral
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D054259:Neural Tube / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D055495:Neurogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D012038:Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: EMBO workshop; Spinal cord; Wings for Life