Daniel McKinnon's paper "Synthetic hydrogel platform for three-dimensional culture of embryonic stem cell-derived motor neurons" which described a synthetic hydrogel capable of maintaining the viability and enabling the axon extension of encapsulated ES-derived motor neurons was selected for the front cover of Biomaterials Science.
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2013/bm/c3bm90010j
D.D. McKinnon, A.M Kloxin, and K.S. Anseth, "Synthetic hydrogel platform for three-dimensional culture of embryonic stem cell-derived motor neurons," Biomaterials Science, 1 (5), 460-469 (2013).