Adam A. Moverley

The paper shows that the posterior part of the vertebrate node acts as an instructive stem cell niche by converting non-node cells into stem-like cells through transplantation and single-cell RNA sequencing.

The paper creates a 3D molecular atlas of the chick embryonic heart at HH12 by analyzing gene expression in 13 micro-dissected regions and validating findings with in situ hybridisation and imaging techniques.