DMM Journal

*** Call for papers deadline extended *** Submit your latest #Paediatric #GeneticDiseases paper to be included in our next special issue. The deadline has been extended to 7 December 2026. Find out more today 👇️ tinyurl.com/3b8zscaz

There is still plenty of time to submit your latest #Paediatric #GeneticDiseases paper to be included in our next special issue. Deadline: 7 December 2026. Find out more 👇️ tinyurl.com/msmfhc2e

A knockout #MouseModel reveals that CRPPA deficiency is associated with mitochondrial dysfunction involving the cAMP-PKA-DRP1 pathway. Read the article by Jihang Luo: doi.org/10.1242/dmm....

We are delighted to support the Milner Therapeutics Institute seminar series. Don't miss the next seminar on 18 November, with a focus on #neurodegeneration. In the meantime, read DMM's neurodegeneration subject collection: journals.biologists.com/dmm/collecti...

We are pleased to be a @reviewcommons.org affiliate journal. Our Academic Editors are happy to consider transfers from Review Commons. Find out more about the platform and why authors chose it: www.embo.org/features/why...

For your #WeekendRead - Tracey Murray Stewart and colleagues present an improved mouse model of #SnyderRobinsonSyndrome, providing a robust platform for therapy testing. Read and share the article for free doi.org/10.1242/dmm....

Today is #BreastCancerAwareness #WearItPink day. In our interview with Funmi Olopade, she talks about her serendipitous research path, improving care for breast cancer patients and the heroism of women in genetics. doi.org/10.1242/dmm.... @breastcancernow.bsky.social #BCAM

Meet Patricia Carnicero, an EACR Travel Fellowship recipients! The EACR Travel Fellowship supports cancer researchers in building connections and advancing their science in new, collaborative settings. 🌍 Read more here: https://magazine.eacr.org/patricia-carniceros-travel-fellowship/

Claes Fryklund & co use longitudinal metabolic phenotyping to identify a fixed-dose streptozotocin protocol that produces a stable type 2 diabetes-like phenotype in high-fat-diet-fed mice. Check out this article for free in DMM: doi.org/10.1242/dmm....

‘Why is publishing so expensive?’ This year’s theme for #OAweek is #TheCostOfKnowledge - an opportunity to revisit the Editorial where DMM, a fully Open Access journal, is transparent about its publishing finances: journals.biologists.com/dmm/article/...

Double Blow: Link revealed between gene loss causing Prader-Willi syndrome & placental blood vessel development 📸 Anna E. Webberley & Raquel Boque-Sastre et al @profantisles.bsky.social @cumedicengage.bsky.social in @dmmjournal.bsky.social ➡️ bpod.org.uk/archive/2026... + @antdlewis.bsky.social

We're still celebrating #OAweek: Our subject collections of #openaccess reviews and research articles make it easy to browse your favourite topics: journals.biologists.com/dmm/collecti...

Celebrate #OAweek 2026 with DMM. Learn more about DMM's Open Access policies journals.biologists.com/dmm/pages/op...

Female-specific alterations in insulin dynamics are associated with glucose tolerance in a Glut1DS mouse model Check out the article by Tamio Furuse & co: doi.org/10.1242/dmm....

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

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

For your #WeekendRead this #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth - Functional exploration of copy number alterations in a Drosophila model of triple-negative breast cancer. Read the article by Diaz et al: doi.org/10.1242/dmm....

Eduardo Vieira Neto and colleagues characterise the #cardiomyopathy developed by a mouse model carrying a mutation in the β-subunit of mitochondrial trifunctional protein Read and share for free: doi.org/10.1242/dmm....

DMM Editors - Jim Amatruda, Steve Clapcote, Elaine Mardis, Liz Patton and Karen Liu - at the DMM meeting earlier this week, exploring Nationwide Children’s Hospital @nationwidekids.bsky.social in Columbus, Ohio. www.nationwidechildrens.org

Thank you to everyone who made DMM’s meeting on Innovative Preclinical Models for Pediatric Cancer Research a success! See our wonderful venue all set for presentations below - Nationwide Children’s Hospital Conference Center - and Downtown Columbus, Ohio in the sun ☀️ www.nationwidechildrens.org

Fuelling repair: #metabolic regulation of alveolar type 2 cell fate in lung regeneration and disease Check out this #Review by Sophia Wugk & co. doi.org/10.1242/dmm....

This #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, check out the article by Jun Nakayama and colleagues, who identified two cancer stem cell-like populations in triple-negative breast cancer xenografts. doi.org/10.1242/dmm.... #BCAM @breastcancernow.bsky.social

Melis Kose & co describe how biomarkers, non-invasive functional testing, tissue-based assays, and genomic and omics approaches are combined to diagnose primary mitochondrial disease in current clinical practice. Read the Review for free: doi.org/10.1242/dmm....

For your #WeekendRead – check out the new #DMMPerspective by Forn-Cuni et al. on zebrafish cancer models. doi.org/10.1242/dmm....

October is #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth We are revisiting DMM content that centres breast cancer, starting with an #EditorsChoice: Nadia Alissa & co investigated CCL2 as a potential regulator of skeletal muscle wasting in breast cancer doi.org/10.1242/dmm.... @breastcancernow.bsky.social #BCAM

In 2027, @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social and @dmmjournal.bsky.social will be organising a meeting on #metabolism. Sign up for registration and programme updates at biologists.com/meetings/met... #BiologistsMetabolism

📢 We are pleased to announce the final session of the 2026 @cambridgeflyclub.bsky.social seminar series, taking place on the 7th of October at 4 PM in the Gurdon Institute tea room.

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

Our Editor will be attending the IPSC 20th Anniversary Symposium in Kyoto. Reach out with any questions about publishing in @dmmjournal.bsky.social, @biologists.bsky.social's charitable activities and more. @isscr.org

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?...