The Company of Biologists

Registration is now open to attend our 2027 Journal meeting on #metabolism, organised by Sally Dunwoodie, Irene Miguel-Aliaga @irenemiguel-aliaga.bsky.social, Satdarshan [Paul] Singh Monga & Hans-Georg Sprenger Apply to attend at tinyurl.com/32yam6jk #BiologistsMetabolism

We're still accepting submissions for our 'Proteostasis' special issue, which is being coordinated by two of our Academic Editors - Pedro Carvalho and Tamotsu Yoshimori. Submission deadline: 2 November Find out more: tinyurl.com/34u9tcj8 #proteostasis #cellbiology #notforprofit #freetopublish

This week we've been celebrating International #OAWeek. Thinking about this year's theme ‘The Cost of Knowledge’, we have considered two key questions: why are the costs of publishing increasing and who should bear those costs? Read our article in full: www.biologists.com/stories/true...

Thank you Melville Wohlgemuth for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @jexpbiol.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement @uazresearch.bsky.social Read Melville’s paper: doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... Is your institution participating too? bit.ly/3O7BxGi

Development promotes you and your papers. By featuring some of the most exciting papers as ‘Research Highlights’ and profiling authors through our ‘The people behind the papers’ interviews, Development helps bring your story to our readers. More reasons to publish:

The Company of Biologists is a not-for-profit publisher that exists to support biologists and inspire biology. This video tells you more about our aims and activities. youtu.be/lVH6zgfl-zM

The theme of this year’s Open Access Week #OAWeek is The Cost of Knowledge. In their article, 'Why is publishing so expensive?' Katherine Brown, Craig Franklin and Michaela Handel outline the costs behind trustworthy online publication doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Register for a free scientific storytelling workshop @the-node.bsky.social, @prelights.bsky.social & @focalplane.bsky.social are excited to announce our free half-day workshop on scientific storytelling! Join us on 10 November 2026 from 13:00-17:00 GMT. #ScienceStorytelling #ECR #Scicomm

Thank you to organisers James Amatruda @amatrudalab.bsky.social , Pratiti (Mimi) Bandopadhayay @bandolab.bsky.social , Ana Banito and Elaine Mardis and everyone who joined us last week for our meeting on Innovative Preclinical Models for Pediatric Cancer Research #DMM2026cancer

Read & Publish agreements are a good example of publishers working together with librarians to get the most for researchers and the scientific community. Thank you to the librarians at over 1,000 institutions in 57 countries for their continued support and partnership. #OAWeek

Thank you Sean Li for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @dev-journal.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Read Sean’s paper: doi.org/10.1242/dev.... Is your institution participating too? bit.ly/3O7BxGi

Three of our journals @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social & @jexpbiol.bsky.social offer Travelling Fellowships of up to £3k to graduate students and post-docs wishing to make collaborative visits to other laboratories. Next deadline: 23 October More at www.biologists.com/grants/trave...

@dev-journal.bsky.social invites you to submit your latest research to their upcoming special issue on plant and algae development, edited by @stanfordstomata.bsky.social and Susana Coelho. Submit your manuscript by 2 November 2026. More at tinyurl.com/ykvs896x

Thank you Lars Tomanek for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @jexpbiol.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with California Polytechnic State University Read Lars’ paper: doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... Is your institution participating too? bit.ly/3O7BxGi

Looking to attend a #microscopy training course? Don't miss the 16 October deadline to apply for a grant of up to £1,000 from @jcellsci.bsky.social and @focalplane.bsky.social Find out more at www.biologists.com/grants/jcs-f...

Don't miss out! Abstract submission is still open until 16 October for EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop "Membrane shaping and remodeling by proteins" in Sanya, China, 12–15 November 2026. https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-membrane-shaping #EMBOMembraneRemodeling #EMBOevents #conference 🧪

Thank you Naomi Ori for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing with dev-journal.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social Read Naomi’s paper doi.org/10.1242/dev.... Is your institution participating too? bit.ly/3O7BxGi

"On behalf of all authors, I would like to thank you for a positive and fair review process. Publishing our work in Development was a good experience, and I appreciate the strong editorial contribution as well." – @mahjoublab.bsky.social, @washu.edu, USA More reasons to publish:

🌱🔬 October can mean only one thing… it’s time for the next webinar in our FocalPlane features… quantitative plant imaging series! We’ll be treated to talks from Marcel Dickmanns @madic.bsky.social & Laura Copeland @lauracopeland.bsky.social. Register now: focalplane.biologists.com/2026/09/23/r...

Read more about this research in our ‘First person’ interview with Elizabeth-Ann Legere. In this interview, Elizabeth-Ann shares that part of this research was supported by a @biologists.bsky.social Travelling Fellowship to visit @glgalea.bsky.social’s lab. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

This year's cohort of Pathway to Independence Fellows is visiting the @biologists.bsky.social building today for leadership and management skills training by hfp consulting. It is great for our team to get to meet them in person. Best of luck with this training!

Thank you Cleverson Lima for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @jexpbiol.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with University of Kentucky @ukresearch.bsky.social Read Cleverson’s paper: doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... Is your institution participating too? bit.ly/3O7BxGi

We welcome applications for grants of up to £400 to cover the cost of running a small meeting within the fields of our journals. This would normally be a local meeting taking place on one day and with a maximum budget of £1,000. Find out more www.biologists.com/grants/small...

Thank you Erdinc Sezgin @sciezgin.bsky.social for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @jcellsci.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with Karolinska Institute, Sweden @ki.se Read Erdinc’s paper: doi.org/10.1242/jcs.... Is your institution participating too? bit.ly/3O7BxGi

📩Sign up for the TBI Newsletter mailing list to stay up to date ⤵️ eepurl.com/iYK9_U @eurobioimaging.bsky.social @biocityturku.bsky.social @utu.fi @turkubioscience.bsky.social @globalbioimaging.bsky.social @biologists.bsky.social @guijacquemet.bsky.social, please share with your community

Really looking forward to this meeting! Join us if you're interested in the intersection between metabolism, development and disease!

Did you ever wonder how the leopard got its spots? Or how the zebra got its stripes? Wonder no more! In this #Short, @benswedlund.bsky.social talks about his #preprint describing reaction-diffusion architecture for engineering self-organised patterns in mammalian cells. 🎙️⬇️ youtu.be/_HMbr4KE1PI?...

In her ECRSpotlight, Hannah Clayton discusses how her love of the sea and time spent as an Army medic shaped her research on grey whales, what she would do with unlimited funding & gives her top tip for other early-career researchers doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

. @biologists.bsky.social is offering 20 funded places for ECRs from the Global South to attend the Integrative Ecological Neurobiology in Changing Environments Workshop in Argentina, 1-5 August 2027 Application deadline: 6 Nov 2026 Don't miss out! 🔁 www.biologists.com/workshops/au...

@jcellsci.bsky.social are now accepting submissions for their next special issue, which will focus on #membrane dynamics and repair and will be coordinated by Guest Editors Jeremy Carlton and Phyllis Hanson. Submission deadline: 2 April 2027 Find out more: tinyurl.com/yc2prenb

From Albania to Zimbabwe, researchers in 30 developing and transition economy countries benefit from fee-free Open Access publishing and free read access in our journals following a Read & Publish agreement with @eifl.bsky.social www.biologists.com/library-hub/... #accesstoinfo #UNESCO

People!!! This workshop will be ACE - please share, please apply!

Make sure you don't miss the latest articles from our journals. Sign up to content alerts from @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social, @jexpbiol.bsky.social, @dmmjournal.bsky.social & @biologyopen.bsky.social at journals.biologists.com/bio/pages/al...

Last month to apply for ECR places on our workshop on developmental robustness taking place next April. Apply and spread the word, I promise it’s going to be great!

🌱🔬Register now for our plant imaging series! In this webinar, @madic.bsky.social will take us exploring through plant cells using cryo-ET, while @lauracopeland.bsky.social focuses on root-microbial dynamics using FPM and fluorescence microscopy. 🗓️15 October focalplane.biologists.com/2026/09/23/r...

Today is #WorldCancerResearchDay with the theme "Advancing Cancer Research Together". In our interview with Liz and Jay Scott, founders of Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, they discuss the unique challenges in childhood cancer research. journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...

Thank you Erika Matunis for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @dev-journal.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with Johns Hopkins University @jhu.edu Read Erika’s paper: doi.org/10.1242/dev.... Is your institution participating too? bit.ly/3O7BxGi

Pathway to Independence – an interview with Yamini Ravichandran In this interview, Yamini discusses her work focusing on understanding tissue-scale processes, regeneration and morphogenesis. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

21-25 September is National Postdoc Appreciation Week #PostdocAppreciationWeek & JEB wants to thank all of the awesome postdocs that publish in the journal for their dedication and determination #NPAW #PostdocAppreciation www.nationalpostdoc.org/page/2026NPAW