Media coverage: Watch a kidney branch out like a tree as it forms (New Scientist)

Peek inside this mouse kidney and watch a bunch of cells turn into an organ. Captured by Nils Lindstrom from the University of Edinburgh, UK, this video reveals how cells are instructed to branch out like a tree to form the kidney's internal plumbing.

View the video footage on the New Scientist's website or read the original research article.

We've also inteviewed Peter Hohenstein, one of the authors of this paper, aspart of a series of interviews with early-career researchers.