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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.
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Deadline for submitting articles to #LifelongDevSI extended to 30 May 2025 Submit your latest research to our upcoming special issue – Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues. journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/li... #Development #Biology #StemCells

Would you like to organise a Workshop? Send us your idea for our 2027 #BiologistsWorkshops programme. We cover all costs so you can simply focus on the science. Apply by 30 May 2025. www.biologists.com/workshops/pr... #Collaboration #Science #Biology #Workshop

We are also highlighting Chris Wood, member of @jexpbiol.bsky.social Editorial Advisory Board and one of the journal’s most prolific authors, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists

Introducing the 2025 PI Fellows of our Pathway to Independence Programme Over the next year, we will be supporting this talented group of eight postdocs, providing training, mentorship and networking opportunities as they apply for independent positions. journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/pi...

Early-career researchers: apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'Integrative Ecology in the Global South' organised by Anand Krishnan, Sanjay Sane & Anusha Shankar. Find out more and apply: biologists.com/workshops/gl... Deadline: 6 June 2025 #GlobalSouth #Biology #Workshop

If you're a new PI within 5 years of your first faculty position, here are two fantastic grants to help develop your research: the Kickstart Travel Grant and ECR Visiting Fellowships Find out more at biologists.com/grants/#jeb The next application deadline is 6 June Please repost

Our first extraordinary biologist this week is Meng Zhu, former preLighter and Development presents… feature, who has been instrumental in the working group of Chinese early-career researchers consulting our WeChat channel. #100biologists @zhumeng123.bsky.social

We are looking forward to exhibiting at ISSCR 2025. Visit our booth to learn more about publishing in @dev-journal.bsky.social and @dmmjournal.bsky.social and find out about our grants and events. We hope to see you there.

Our fifth blog from the #SustainableLab series written by Jeroen Dobbelaere is out. Check out how to manage the materials and resources used in a lab to make your research space more environmental-friendly: bit.ly/4jZTyFy.

Would you like to be @the-node.bsky.social's new Community Manager? Find out here what this exciting role involves and how you can apply to join the team. thenode.biologists.com/would-you-li... Application deadline 19 May #SciComm #DevBio #StemCell

Our other extraordinary biologist this week is Tobias Wang, comparative physiologist at @aiasdk.bsky.social, Denmark, who has made the biggest contribution to The Forest of Biologists through his peer review activity. #100biologists

🧪Sharing your articles from our journals @dev-journal.bsky.social @jcellsci.bsky.social @jexpbiol.bsky.social @dmmjournal.bsky.social and @biologyopen.bsky.social on Bluesky is now just one click away.

Thank you Yu Zeng for sharing your experience of fee-free #OApublishing in @jexpbiol.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @ucberkeleylibrary.bsky.social Read Yu’s paper bit.ly/4lRxO0f Check all participating institutions bit.ly/3O7BxGi

📢Tell us what you think about the Node and help us shape the Node's future! Please spare around 5 minutes to fill in our survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/7QHYQCW Participants of the survey can enter a prize draw for a chance to win a bag of goodies from @biologists.bsky.social 🎁 #DevBio #StemCells

We are featuring Caroline Williams, Principal Investigator at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, USA, who was the first interviewee in the ‘Conversation’ series of interviews in @jexpbiol.bsky.social, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists

Enter our essay competition and win £250. Share with us your ideas on how to innovate event organisation to have a lower environmental impact. Find out how to enter at biologists.com/stories/essa...

🧪Early-career researchers - Apply by Friday 2 May for a funded place at our Workshop 'Decoding whole genome doubling: Insights from evolution, development and disease' organised by Renata Basto and Zuzana Storchova. www.biologists.com/workshops/de... #BiologistsWorkshops #ECR

We've just released another set of peer reviewer trees. Each digital tree represents a real-life tree in Great Knott Wood that is being protected, thanks to the important work of our peer reviewers. Check out the full #forestofbiologists on forest.biologists.com/landscape

We can't believe it's been a month since our Biologists @ 100 conference. We were delighted to receive such great feedback, which we proudly share here. Take a look back at a fun-filled week at bit.ly/44HNEo5 #biologists100 @bsdb.bsky.social @bscb-official.bsky.social @sebiology.bsky.social

Our next extraordinary biologist for this week is Gautam Dey, who co-organised the 2023 @dev-journal.bsky.social and 2024 @jcellsci.bsky.social Journal Meetings. Gautam’s research group at @embl.org, Germany, frequently contributes to @prelights.bsky.social. #100biologists @gautamdey.bsky.social

🧪Join us as the new Community Manager to run @the-node.bsky.social . A great opportunity for someone with a love of developmental and/or stem cell biology, #sciencecommunication and engaging with researchers. 📆 Apply by 19 May at biologists.com/about-us/wor...

One month left for ECRs to apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'New Technologies for Studying and Reprogramming Development' organised by Alex Dunn, @zevgartner.bsky.social , @adrianjacobo.bsky.social and Matthew Kutys. 📆Apply by 23 May biologists.com/workshops/no... #BiologistsWorkshops

We are highlighting Kênia Cardoso Bícego, who co-organised our inaugural 2024 Global South Workshop in South Africa and has frequently published in @jexpbiol.bsky.social, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists

Do you have an image you would like to share? Add it to the FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social image gallery focalplane.biologists.com/gallery

We have extended the deadline for Biologists @ 100 conference attendees to apply for our sustainable travel incentives: Apply by 22 April to win £700 in our travel blog competition Apply by 30 May for up to £150 for international train journeys taken 100yearsconference.biologists.com/sustainability

We are also highlighting Hoover Pantoja-Sánchez, co-winner of the @jexpbiol.bsky.social Outstanding Paper Prize in 2023, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists

New #spotLights episode! 🎙️ We’re kicking off our #biologists100 series (led by @jontytownson.bsky.social) with @richardsever.bsky.social. We discuss the recently launched #openRxiv, the importance + future of preprints & how early-career researchers benefit. Listen now 🎧⬇️ youtu.be/L5O2mDnqDUI?...

This week, we are highlighting Andrea Fuller, Professor of Physiology at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, as an extraordinary biologist. Andrea co-organised our first Global South Workshop and has published with @jexpbiol.bsky.social. #100biologists @andreafuller.bsky.social

As we turn 15, we want to collect feedback from you, our community, to ensure the Node is still relevant and useful. If you’ve ever visited the Node to read, write and interact with the #DevBio & #StemCell community, thank you! Please spare 5min to take our survey: www.surveymonkey.com/r/7QHYQCW

“The support from The Company of Biologists was incredibly helpful in creating a sustainable, successful event,” says an organiser awarded with a grant from our Fund for Innovations in Sustainable Conferencing. Find out more about our grant at: bit.ly/3YpTsP5

Organising speakers for a conference, assembling a committee, looking for referees? Join @the-node.bsky.social Network, a directory of developmental and stem cell biologists, that broadens your contacts and introduces individuals who might not otherwise come to mind. thenode.biologists.com/network

Don't miss out on the latest articles published in our journals. Sign up for content alerts from @dev-journal.bsky.social , @jcellsci.bsky.social , @jexpbiol.bsky.social , @dmmjournal.bsky.social and @biologyopen.bsky.social at journals.biologists.com/journals.

Early-career researchers can apply for a funded place at our Workshop 'New Technologies for Studying and Reprogramming Development' organised by Alex Dunn, @zevgartner.bsky.social , @adrianjacobo.bsky.social and Matthew Kutys. 📆Apply by 23 May biologists.com/workshops/no... #BiologistsWorkshops

To expand the Fast & Fair peer review experiment to more subject areas, we are inviting our community members to join the Biology Open peer reviewer pool. Your participation and commitment are key to the success of this initiative. Apply at bit.ly/428Cszt #fastandfairpeerreview

We are also highlighting John Gurdon, 2012 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine and former Chair of the Board of Directors at @biologists.bsky.social, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists

The first #EACR conference on Cancer Neuroscience brings together international leaders of the field: to identify the most relevant current insights, and to develop a roadmap for future preclinical, translational and clinical research. Register now: bit.ly/4fPYHxs @helloeacr.bsky.social

We have extended the deadline for Biologists @ 100 conference attendees to apply for our sustainable travel incentives: Apply by 22 April to win £700 in our travel blog competition Apply by 30 May for up to £150 for international train journeys taken. bit.ly/3Q94gwP

We are highlighting Kate Storey, who served as a Director at @biologists.bsky.social from 2007 to 2022 and co-founded the Company’s Workshop programme, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists

In March 2024 @andreafuller.bsky.social hosted the first @biologists.bsky.social Global South Workshop, How Global South Research Can Shape the Future of Comparative Physiology, bringing together GS ECRs & international experts in the Kruger National Park, SA journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...