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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"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:

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Reasons to publish in Development | Development | The Company of Biologists

Reasons to publish in Development | Development | The Company of Biologists Reasons to publish in Development Development is more than just a journal - we are part of your community. Published by a…

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 19h

Applications close on 23 October for funded ECR places at our Workshop on Bridging Scales and Disciplines to Understand Robust Development, 18-21 April 2027 organised by Mauricio Rocha Martins @rocha-lab.bsky.social and Giulia Paci @giuliapaci.bsky.social Apply at biologists.com/workshops/ap...

Bridging Scales and Disciplines to Understand Robust Development
Date: 18-21 April 2027

Location: Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK

Organisers: Mauricio Rocha Martins and Giulia Paci

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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🌱🔬 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...

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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/...

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Organised by Sally Dunwoodie, @irenemiguel-aliaga.bsky.social, Satdarshan [Paul] Singh Monga and Hans-Georg Sprenger.

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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

Metabolism: From Cellular Mechanisms to Development and Disease
Date: 21 – 23 June 2027

Venue: St Mary’s Marylebone, London, UK

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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!

The PI Fellows are standing in front of the Company of Biologists building in Histon, UK.

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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 were excited to submit our paper to Journal of Experimental Biology because The Company of Biologists uses surplus processing charges to develop and implement programs that benefit our community, which is a great way to reward scientists (directly or indirectly) for their valuable volunteered time for peer-reviewing and editing. The grant that funded our work had already expired when our paper was submission-ready unfortunately, but the University of Kentucky Libraries and The Company of Biologists had a Read & Publish agreement that allowed us to publish in the journal we wanted AND make it accessible for everyone! So, I’m glad that this type of agreement exists and I hope it continues to bring in new institutions to participate.

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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...

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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

I am delighted that our paper has been published Open Access in Journal of Cell Science, supported by the agreement with Karolinska Institutet. It is especially rewarding to know that the funds invested to make our paper Open Access will be spent wisely and responsibly by The Company of Biologists to support research and researchers.

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Kristina Stapornwongkul @kstapornwongkul.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

ECRs - apply by 23 Oct for a funded place at our Workshop - Bridging Scales and Disciplines to Understand Robust Development, 18-21 April 2027, organised by Mauricio Rocha @rocha-lab.bsky.social and Giulia Paci @giuliapaci.bsky.social Find out more and apply at www.biologists.com/workshops/ap...

Workshop - Bridging Scales and Disciplines to Understand Robust Development, early-career researchers apply for funded places

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preLights @prelights.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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?...

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spotLights Ep 23: Benjamin on programming self-organising cell patterns #syntheticbiology #biology

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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....

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

. @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...

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Integrative Ecological Neurobiology in Changing Environments
Organisers: Martin Berón de Astrada, Sebastián Eduardo Sabatini, Martín Tresguerres, Maria Soledad Yusseppone
Early-career reserachers apply for funded places
1-5 August 2027

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@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

Call for papers - Special Issue - Membrane Dynamics and Repair

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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

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Read & Publish Open Access agreement with EIFL

Fee-free Open Access publishing in The Company of Biologists' hybrid journals is now available to researchers in 30 developing and transition economy countries.

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Snezhka Oliferenko @alebenoit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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...

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Giulia Paci @giuliapaci.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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!

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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🌱🔬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...

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DMM Journal @dmmjournal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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/...

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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

Publishing in Development was a wonderful experience. We are especially grateful that the Read & Publish agreement with Johns Hopkins University enabled us to publish Open Access free of charge. The agreement is an important investment in open science, and I hope similar partnerships become more common across scholarly publishing.

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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....

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Journal of Experimental Biology @jexpbiol.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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

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DMM Journal @dmmjournal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This #PostdocAppreciationWeek #NPAW2026 we are celebrating our #FirstPerson interviews. These interviews spotlight the first authors of a selection of papers published in DMM, helping researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Browse the collection: tinyurl.com/3n8zwyxf

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Applications are now open for early-career researchers to apply for a funded place at our Workshop on Membrane Function: Insights from Cellular Diversity and Evolution, organised by Snezhana Oliferenko @alebenoit.bsky.social & Cunqi Ye. Find out more and apply www.biologists.com/workshops/ju...

Membrane Function: Insights from Cellular Diversity and Evolution
Date: 13 – 16 June 2027

Location: Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK
Organisers: Snezhana Oliferenko and Cunqi Ye

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

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

The ability to publish fee-free Open Access through the Read & Publish agreement is critical for our lab. Scientific funding is always tight, so eliminating article processing charges ensures that our budget stays focused directly on driving scientific discovery. As active peer reviewers who contribute our time to the scientific community, we highly appreciate a seamless path to publishing in top-tier journals.

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Did you know… JCS is one of the affiliate journals of @reviewcommons.org, a platform for high-quality, journal-independent peer review of manuscripts from the life sciences before submission to a journal. #PRW2026 #PeerReviewWeek Our collection: journals.biologists.com/collection/1...

JCS cover: Deconvolved confocal images showing a lateral view of the tail of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, highlighting the localisation of epidermal AGEF-1 (an orthologue of BIG2; gold, cyan and orange puncta in the top, middle and bottom images, respectively) and RAB-35 (cyan, green and yellow blobs and striated patterns in the top, middle and bottom images, respectively). AGEF-1 interacts with RAB-35 in the nematode epidermis to modulate the integrity of touch-sensing nerves embedded within the skin. See article by I. Bonacossa-Pereira et al. (jcs264565), a Review Commons transfer.

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DMM Journal @dmmjournal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Have a paper that's been reviewed elsewhere? DMM is pleased to consider such manuscripts for 'fast-track' decisions. Send us the manuscript together with the full set of reviews and decision letters, and we’ll use these to make a decision. Find out more at journals.biologists.com/dmm/pages/jo...

Fast track your paper with DMM. Do you have a paper with reviews from another journal? We can use them to fast track a decision on your paper.

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We're now accepting submissions for our next special issue, which will focus on 'Proteostasis' and will be coordinated by two of our Academic Editors, Pedro Carvalho and Tamotsu Yoshimori. Submission deadline: 2 November Find out more: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/pr... #proteostasis

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preLights @prelights.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Reading recommendation for #PeerReviewWeek @ethanewe.bsky.social highlights a study that looks at 115,000+ PLOS papers to explore who chooses open peer review and whether openness relates to article quality. #preprint Adrian Barnett & Matt Spick #preLight⬇️ prelights.biologists.com/highlights/w...

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Who chooses open peer review and is it an indicator of article quality? An observational study of PLOS journals - preLights

Opening up peer review

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"Reviewers usually provide insightful, thorough analyses that go beyond superficial comments to offer meaningful scientific dialogue." Read this Editorial from Development's Editors reflecting on the value of peer review. #PRW2026 doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Editorial titled "The hard truth about how hard it is to publish in Development," showing the journal masthead, a long author list, and opening columns discussing peer-review challenges and publishing delays.

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DMM Journal @dmmjournal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#DidYouKnow that DMM encourages co-reviewing? PIs - involve post-docs and other early-career scientists in your peer review process! #PeerReviewWeek #PRW2026 Find out more in our reviewer guide journals.biologists.com/dmm/pages/re...

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Reviewer guide | Disease Models & Mechanisms | The Company of Biologists

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Thank you Clara D’autilia for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @jexpbiol.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with Lund University @biologylu.social Read Clara’s paper: journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/... Is your institution participating too? bit.ly/3O7BxGi

The whole process of publishing with The Company of Biologists in Journal of Experimental Biology was smooth and quick, and I was very happy to discover that Lund University was part of its Read & Publish agreement. Publication fees can be a considerable constraint, especially for early-career researchers like me, so it’s great that there are agreements, such as this one, that allow us to share our work freely with the scientific community. I was also excited to learn that a tree has been planted for our paper, such a great initiative!

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A huge thank you to all our peer reviewers. Each digital tree in the #forestofbiologists 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 on forest.biologists.com/landscape. #PRW2026 #PeerReviewWeek

4,570 trees for published articles

14,640 trees for peer reviews

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Call for papers – Human Development We welcome submissions for our 2027 special issue on human development, coordinated by Guest Editor, Hongmei Wang 王红梅. #DevSIHumanDev Find out more and submit your paper by 1 March 2027. journals.biologists.com/dev/pages/hu...

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We are pleased to welcome Dan Shanahan as our new CEO. Dan brings extensive publishing expertise and market knowledge to the role, with a strong background in Open Access publishing and non-profit organisations.Read more at www.biologists.com/stories/welc...

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Welcome Dan Shanahan

The Company of Biologists is pleased to welcome Dan Shanahan as the new Chief Executive Officer, effective from 14 September 2026.

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Biology Open @biologyopen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

For this year's #PeerReviewWeek, we want to thank all the reviewers that have participated in BiO's Fast & Fair - an initiative that aims to provide authors with faster peer review decisions without compromising quality.

Biology Open's practice of compensating reviewers is rare and, in my view, contributes to a more respectful and high-quality review culture.

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Thank you Sally Moody for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @dev-journal.bsky.social via our #ReadAndPublish agreement with George Washington University Read Sally’s paper: journals.biologists.com/dev/article/... Is your institution participating too? bit.ly/3O7BxGi

Neither I nor my collaborators had funds available to pay for Open Access, even though we very much wanted to make our work as widely available as possible. I was extremely excited when the Development editorial office told me that my University participates in the Read & Publish program. I had no idea! This is an exceptional route to Open Access – especially in these days when the use of extramural funds for publications are being limited.

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thank you to the organisers and everyone who joined us at this week's @dev-journal.bsky.social #HumanDev26 meeting in Warwick. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. Thanks too to @wellcometrust.bsky.social- funded Human Developmental Biology Initiative (HDBI) for the collaboration.

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Development HDBI – Human Development: Stem Cells, Models, Embryos
Date: 7 – 9 September 2026

Venue: University of Warwick, UK

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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Applications are now open for our Workshop on Integrative Ecological Neurobiology in Changing Environments, taking place in Argentina. We offer 20 funded places for early-career researchers from the Global South to attend, alongside our invited speakers. www.biologists.com/workshops/au...

Workshop:
Integrative Ecological Neurobiology in Changing Environments
Date: 1-5 August 2027

Location: Mercure Iguazu Hotel Iru, Puerto Iguazu, Argentina

Organisers: Martin Berón de Astrada, Sebastián Eduardo Sabatini, Martín Tresguerres and Maria Soledad Yusseppone

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Development @dev-journal.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Our Special Issue on the Extracellular Environment is now complete! #DevSIextracellular. Guest-edited by @hugheslabpenn.bsky.social & @rashmi-priya.bsky.social, it contains 34 articles in total. Explore more here: tinyurl.com/bdr4ymvr

Special Issue

The Extracellular Environment in Development, Regeneration and Stem Cells

Edited by Alex Hughes and Rashmi Priya

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