Comments on: Neurons on the Move http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/nsta-sem7-microscope/2007/02/20/neurons-on-the-move/ In conjunction with the NSDL/NSTA Web Seminar on February 20th, Charlie Carlson, the Exploratorium's Director of Life Sciences will discuss content and resources related to this seminar. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:30:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: rpayo http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/nsta-sem7-microscope/2007/02/20/neurons-on-the-move/#comment-4 rpayo Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:50:37 +0000 http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/nsta-sem7-microscope/2007/02/20/neurons-on-the-move/#comment-4 Thanks Charles and welcome to the blogosphere! I found the seminar last night to be really fascinating, especially the studies on zebrafish. In looking online, I was surprised to find how much concentrated effort there is on studying these types of fish that you can easily find in any home aquarium. In the seminar, Kristina had mentioned the connections in studying heart development in zebrafish and how that related to human heart development. I'm sure the same can be said about neural development in the eye. My question is how does one inform the other? That is, what conclusions can be made--if any--when studying structures and development across different species? Thanks Charles and welcome to the blogosphere! I found the seminar last night to be really fascinating, especially the studies on zebrafish. In looking online, I was surprised to find how much concentrated effort there is on studying these types of fish that you can easily find in any home aquarium.

In the seminar, Kristina had mentioned the connections in studying heart development in zebrafish and how that related to human heart development. I’m sure the same can be said about neural development in the eye. My question is how does one inform the other? That is, what conclusions can be made–if any–when studying structures and development across different species?

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