Katie Long is a Reader in Human Developmental Neuroscience at King's College London, UK. Katie's group studies how the human brain develops with the correct size, shape and organisation, and the role of the extracellular matrix in these processes.

PhD-trained Scientific Reviews Editor in developmental and stem cell biology. Experienced in commissioning and developmentally editing high-impact review articles, managing peer review workflows, and translating complex research for lay audience.

The tetrameric Astrin-SKAP complex is required for proper chromosome alignment and segregation, and timely mitotic progression. Astrin C-terminus is crucial for Astrin-SKAP’s selective recruitment to end-on attached kinetochores and comprises a

To celebrate our 100-year anniversary in 2025, we highlighted 100 biologists with an extraordinary link to the Company, each of them having made an important contribution in their own right. In December 2025, we featured our final ten extraordinary

Last but certainly not least, our final extraordinary biologist featured is Saanjbati Adhikari, a @dev-journal.bsky.social Reviews Editor, a Cross-Title Features Editor for our 100-year anniversary and a former preLighter @prelights.bsky.social.

This introductory post is a bit overdue – but better late than never!? I am Saanjbati and I am beyond thrilled to announce that I have joined Development I am Saanjbati and I am beyond thrilled to announce that I am a new Reviews Editor

Contributors to this article. Left to right: Michael Herbert, Albena Dinkova-Kostova, Andrea Paterlini, Daisy Pineda-Suazo, Wim van der Poel.The Company of Biologists is celebrating its 100-year anniversary in 2025. As a not-for-profit publisher run by distinguished practicing scientists, we publish five specialist high-quality journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM) and Biology Open (BiO).The first issue of BiO was publi

ABSTRACT. The British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB), established in 1965, is a charitable organisation that ‘aims to promote research and exchange of information relating to all branches of cell biology’. The Society hosts and supports meetings

Mijo Šimunović is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Columbia University, USA. With two PhDs – one in Chemistry and the other in Physics – and postdoctoral experience in Stem Cell and Developmental Biology, Mijo's research group now

ABSTRACT. For more than 47 years, The Company of Biologists has supported the British Society for Developmental Biology (BSDB), enabling them to award travel bursaries so that early- and mid-career researchers can attend scientific conferences and

Jeffrey Farrell is an Earl Stadtman Investigator at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), USA, where he heads the Unit on Cell Specification and Differentiation. Jeff's group combines

Scientific advancement relies on opportunities for scientists to meet, share and discuss data and ideas, and build new collaborations, networks and communities. With this motivation in mind, The Company of Biologists' Workshops strive to provide an

In this interview, Zolelwa discusses her personal experience of combating MDR-TB and her unwavering dedication to working as an activist and a patient advocate.

The Company of Biologists is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2025. As a not-for-profit publisher run by distinguished practising scientists, we publish five specialist high-quality journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of

Summary: Journal of Cell Science's publisher, The Company of Biologists, is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2025. Here, we review JCS's history since being founded as the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Sciences.

Sarah Bray is a Professor of Developmental Biology and the Joint Head of the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, UK. In 2023, Sarah became the Chair of The Company of Biologists' Board of Directors.

Maria Almuedo-Castillo is a Junior Group Leader at the Andalusian Center for Development Biology (CABD). Maria's group studies how mechanical forces are translated into the gene regulatory signals that impact a cell. We spoke to Maria over Teams to

Kara McKinley is an Assistant Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University and a Freeman Hrabowski Scholar of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Kara's group studies the uterus to understand the biology of menstruation,

During gastrulation, a vertebrate embryo re-organises into a structure with three germ layers and three distinct body axes in a manner that relies on cues from extra-embryonic tissues. Gastruloids – formed from aggregated stem cells – serve as

KIF1A and UNC-104 (KIF1A/UNC-104) proteins are members of the kinesin-3 family of molecular motors, which have crucial roles in the axonal transport of cargoes in neuronal cells. Although most conventional kinesins are constitutively dimeric,