We celebrated our 100-year anniversary in 2025. Check out our online timeline of key dates and milestones: www.biologists.com/100-years/ti...
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Not-for-profit publisher of Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open. Host of community sites the Node, preLights and FocalPlane. Supporting biologists and inspiring biology.
We now have 4,426 trees for published articles and 12,662 trees for peer reviews in The Forest of Biologists. Thank you to everyone who has contributed.
Winners from the 2025 Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology cover competition Congratulations to Natália Heloísa de Oliveira, Fernanda Salce, and @federicasalatiello.bsky.social, for their image, Amphipod, which received the most votes! thenode.biologists.com/winners-from...
Winners from the 2025 Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology cover competition - the Node
We find out more about the winners of the 2025 Quintay International Course on Developmental Biology cover competition.
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social invite you to submit your latest research to their upcoming special issue: Proteostasis. This issue will be coordinated by two JCS Academic Editors: Pedro Carvalho and Tamotsu Yoshimori. Find out more at tinyurl.com/2s3uk7rz
Thank you Rafael Lucena @biologucho.bsky.social for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @biologyopen.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with University of Seville Read Rafael’s paper: tinyurl.com/mry8zsff
Very happy that our workshop on developmental robustness is happening! Thank you to @biologists.bsky.social for making it possible and to all the speakers for accepting the invitation. Join us! Applications for funded positions are now open.
Funded places are available for early-career researchers at our Workshop on Bridging Scales and Disciplines to Understand Robust Development, 18-21 April 2027, organised by Mauricio Rocha Martins and Giulia Paci @giuliapaci.bsky.social Find out more and apply at www.biologists.com/workshops/ap...
Organising a meeting, workshop or conference? Don't miss 31 July 2026 deadline to apply for a Scientific Meeting grant and/or a grant from our Fund for Innovations in Sustainable Conferencing. Find out more and apply at
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Our Executive Editor, @amjeve.uk, and Community Manager for @the-node.bsky.social, @andreamurillo.bsky.social, are in Las Vegas now for #2026SDB. Drop by @biologists.bsky.social booth #20 to speak to them and pick up your freebies. Sign up for news for one of our coasters or a charging adapter.
Funded places are available for early-career researchers at our Workshop on Bridging Scales and Disciplines to Understand Robust Development, 18-21 April 2027, organised by Mauricio Rocha Martins and Giulia Paci @giuliapaci.bsky.social Find out more and apply at www.biologists.com/workshops/ap...
Thank you Steve Portugal @sjportugal.bsky.social for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @jexpbiol.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement @bodleian.ox.ac.uk @biology.ox.ac.uk Read Steve’s paper: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Our CEO, Claire Moulton, is retiring this week. We will miss Claire’s leadership – her enthusiasm and innovative approach have supported the Company through many major projects – but we wish her all the best for her well-deserved retirement. www.biologists.com/stories/a-bi...
A big thank you to Claire Moulton
We are saying goodbye to Dr O. Claire Moulton this week, who is retiring from her role as CEO of The Company of Biologists. We’d like to take this opportunity to look back at Claire’s career and her i...
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Pleasing to see Mona Samadi’s recent poster at #SEBConference. Women now represent 55% of JEB’s editors. We review our ed board annually & continue to focus on gender/non-binary representation and geographic diversity journals.biologists.com/jeb/pages/ed...
We are delighted to be sponsoring Membrane Contact Sites in Cellular Homeostasis, 28–30 September 2026. Don’t miss early booking deadline & abstract deadline: 28 July 2026
Membrane Contact Sites in Cellular Homeostasis, 28–30 September 2026. Explore how organelle interactions regulate signalling, metabolism and disease with leading and early-career researchers. https://ow.ly/mLea50Z8x87 🧪
Thank you Scott Williams @scottwilliams9.bsky.social for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @dev-journal.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Read Scott’s paper: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/...
Thank you to organisers @jpvincentlab.bsky.social & Lewis Halsey and everyone who joined us at this week's Workshop on Solving the Mysteries of Energy Expenditure Compensation www.biologists.com/workshops/ #BiologistsWorkshops
Did you know that for each Research Article or Review article we publish, we plant a tree in a UK forest? We also fund the restoration & preservation of ancient woodland for each peer review. These trees are also represented together in a virtual forest forest.biologists.com
We are pleased to support #CRYO2026 this week. Discover us on the Whova app and learn more about how we can support you and your research. Wishing everyone a great conference in Seattle.
Missed us at #ISSCR2026? Take a look at relevant articles from @dev-journal.bsky.social and @dmmjournal.bsky.social Development: journals.biologists.com/dev/collecti... Disease Models & Mechanisms: journals.biologists.com/dmm/issue/19/6
Focus on stem cells | Development | The Company of Biologists
Stem cells are inextricably linked with developmental biology. They underpin the formation and maintenance of our tissues, and are activated after injury t
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Last chance to secure early-bird registration and submit an abstract for #DMM2026cancer. Deadline: 17 July Organisers amatrudalab.bsky.social, bandolab.bsky.social, Ana Banito & Elaine Mardis look forward to reading your abstract. Register now to be selected for a short talk. bit.ly/46r84Ca
Thank you Ysabel Giraldo for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @jexpbiol.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement @ucriverside.bsky.social Read Ysabel’s paper: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/... Is your institution participating too? bit.ly/3O7BxGi
Last chance today to collect notebooks, posters, subject collections and more at #ISSCR2026. Visit us at booth 1005 in the Exhibition Hall to get yours.
Now's your chance to collect citeable 'at a glance' posters from @dev-journal.bsky.social & @dmmjournal.bsky.social at #ISSCR2026, including 'Stem cell-based models of early human development' by @liliulab.bsky.social and @jun-wu-lab.bsky.social l. Visit @biologists.bsky.social booth #1005.
Are you attending #ISSCR2026 in Montreal this week? Visit our stand to complete our quick survey and be in with a chance of winning a special goodie bag.
It’s the last day of #SEBConference in Florence today, so come and see us to pick up your free @jexpbiol.bsky.social T-shirt if you haven’t done so yet.
We’re all set up for #ISSCR2026. Come and see us in the exhibition hall at Booth 1005 to find out about our journals and for info about our charitable grants and Workshops, as well as for free special issues, posters and giveaways.
Our grants support researchers in a variety of ways. Visit our stories page to hear how biologists have utilised the funding to support their science: www.biologists.com/storycategor...
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Excited to be @ezsociety.bsky.social #EZM2026 come find me to learn about @biologyopen.bsky.social paying peer reviewers. And don't miss the toxicology sessions later this week!
At #SEBConference? Join us today at lunchtime for the @jexpbiol.bsky.social Meet the Editor session, 13:00 - 14:00 in the Gallery on the first floor of the Palazzo dei Congressi. We hope you make it there! @sebiology.bsky.social
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We’re all set up for the #SEBConference! Come and see us in the exhibition hall during coffee and lunch breaks for a catch-up with our Editors, info about our charitable grants or free special issues, posters and giveaways.
Development Executive Editor @amjeve.uk, along with Editors Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis and @irenemiguel-aliaga.bsky.social, will be attending #ISSCR2026. @isscr.org Don’t forget to chat with them about your next @dev-journal.bsky.social paper and the journal’s exciting latest news.