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Seema Grewal
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Executive Editor at Journal of Cell Science (@jcellsci.bsky.social) - a community journal published by The Company of Biologists (@biologists.bsky.social), a not-for-profit organisation. #cellbiology #cellbio 🧪👩🏻‍🔬 https://journals.biologists.com/jcs
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Seema Grewal @seemagrewal.bsky.social · Nov 12
So it turns out you’re all here! It’s great to see the community growing. Here’s to happier times!

On that note, here’s your friendly reminder that JCS is a community journal published by a not-for-profit organisation (@biologists.bsky.social) that exists to benefit scientists, not shareholders 😁
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Seema Grewal @seemagrewal.bsky.social · Nov 11
Okay cell biologists - where are you? 👀
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 2d
It won’t take you years to publish your work in JCS: most articles go from submission to acceptance in under 4 months. We also show a strong commitment at first decision, with over 95% of revisions being accepted. Find out more: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/re...
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The Francis Crick Institute @crick.ac.uk · 2d
We're now recruiting early career group leaders at the Crick to lead ambitious research programmes and explore bold scientific questions.

Hear our Director, Edith Heard, explain why the Crick is a unique place for curiosity-driven research.

Apply now ➡️ www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
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Alexis Barr @alexisbarr.bsky.social · 2d
Many of you know, we lost Béla Novák this year. John Tyson, Francis Barr & I tried to capture his wonderful character & great mind so that those that didn't know him can see what a fantastic person he was.

Thanks to @jcellsci.bsky.social for publishing.

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Béla Novák (1956–2025) – a legacy of scientific discovery and personal charm
In February 2025, we were shocked and deeply saddened to hear about the death of Béla Novák, Professor in Integrative Systems Biology at the University of Oxford, UK, and a beloved grandfather, father...
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Seema Grewal @seemagrewal.bsky.social · 4d
So sad to hear the news - John truly was an inspiration to so many, and one of a kind.

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Nobel Laureate Professor Sir John Gurdon dies aged 92
It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the Gurdon Institute.
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 5d
Less than a month left for early-career researchers to apply for a funded place at our Workshop on Revisiting Metabolic Fundamentals, organised by Lydia Finley and Wilhelm Palm.

Apply by 24 October.

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#BiologistsWorkshops #Biology #Workshop #Metabolism
Workshop: Revisiting Metabolic Fundamentals Organisers: Lydia Finley and Milhelm Palm Early-career researchers apply for funded places 26-29 April 2026 Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK The Company of Biologists logo with a colourful nautilus
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Eric Peterman @errricpeterman.bsky.social · 8d
cover image yeeeeeeeeehawwwww #flourescentfriday
check out our work in the most recent issue of @jcellsci.bsky.social !
Cover: Skin-resident macrophages (white) migrate towards a scratch wound (centre) in a zebrafish skin explant. To reach the wound margin, migrating macrophages must navigate through a dense network of epithelial cells, which are visualised using a reporter for epithelial junctions (α-catenin-Citrine, magenta). Live-cell imaging and chemical perturbations demonstrate that skin macrophages require microtubules to efficiently respond to tissue damage and navigate epithelial obstacles. See article by E. Peterman et al. (jcs264101).
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UK Cellular Microbiology @ukcellmicro.bsky.social · 5d
SAVE THE DATE!

The 2026 UK CellularMicrobiologyNetwork meeting will be held 22nd - 23rd of June at @wwiem-qub.bsky.social in Belfast.

Researchers from the UK and beyond are invited to share exciting work on the mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions.

Follow us to stay tuned! www.ukcellmicro.org
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 10d
In their Perspective article, Reinhard Fässler and Arnoud Sonnenberg @asonnenberg.bsky.social highlight the work that led to the discovery of integrins and the principles of how they function.
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Historical timeline of the key discoveries in integrin research.
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 8d
Mario Ledesma-Terrón, Diego Pérez-Dones, David Míguez and colleagues @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social @ifimacuam.bsky.social present OSCAR, a framework to quantify 3D stacks with high cellular density.
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 10d
Very cool! The BBC is featuring the new SHIFT website that we built with @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social to advance tailored, science-based personal climate actions.

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Care about climate change? The evidence shows these are the most impactful actions you can take
Care about climate change? Here's what the evidence shows are the most effective things you can do.
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 10d
Another record month for bioRxiv - and further evidence the pandemic spike+dip was just that and growth continues. Thanks to all involved and that includes 🫵
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 11d
We're still accepting submissions for our next special issue:
Cell Biology of the Nucleus
Guest edited by @abbybuch.bsky.social and Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social.
Submission deadline: 3 November
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#cellbiology #nucleus #notforprofit #freetopublish
Promotional graphic for a special issue of Journal of Cell Science titled 'Cell Biology of the Nucleus.' Guest Editor: Abby Buchwalter. Submission deadline: 3 November 2025. The image features a stylized cell with a bright pink, heart-shaped nucleus on a black background. Text includes a call for papers.
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Siân Culley @superresolusian.bsky.social · 12d
BioImage analysis friends - King's are recruiting for a full-time, permanent facility position! Come and work with fun microscopes and fun people (and me!) - please share! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/126345-...
Bioimage Analysis Specialist | King's College London
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Felix Campelo @felixmendu.bsky.social · Jul 4
Announcing a new @embo.org Workshop on "Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology" that we are organizing with Michael Krieg and Verena Ruprecht at @icfo.eu (Barcelona) on 16-20 February, 2026. Please, repost and spread the word! 🙏 #EMBOmechanobio

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Intracellular mechanics and organelle mechanobiology
Mechanobiology is an interdisciplinary field that emerges at the cross-section of biology, physics and engineering. It aims to understand how living cells, tissues and animals sense and respond to me…
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Naba Lab UIC @nabalabuic.bsky.social · 15d
“The integrin odyssey – a journey full of fundamental discoveries” by Fässler and Sonnenberg in @jcellsci.bsky.social, worth a read!
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The integrin odyssey – a journey full of fundamental discoveries
Summary: This Perspective highlights the key discoveries in integrin research that laid the foundation for a successful field.
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 16d
Proud to support the 2025 European Drosophila Research Conference (EDRC) @edrc2025.bsky.social and publish important Drosophila research across our portfolio of journals.

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#EDRC2025
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Andrew Deans @genomestability.bsky.social · 16d
Australian Cell Cycle, DNA repair and Telomere meeting draft schedule is now online!
Join us with 5 plenary speakers, 16 invited national speakers, 22 selected speakers, 61 poster presenters and lots and lots of fun science. Less than one month to go.
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Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium @cbias.bsky.social · 16d
Still undecided about registering to #CBIAS2025? See what last year’s participants had to say about their experience on @focalplane.bsky.social!

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Crick BioImage analysis Symposium (CBIAS2024)
Overview of the 2024 edition of the Crick BioImage Analysis Symposium featuring impressions from 3 microscopists
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Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social · 19d
Now isn't this just the best reason to accept to review JCS papers as well as our sister journals Development, Biology Open, DMM and J Experimental Biology!
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Seema Grewal @seemagrewal.bsky.social · 22d
Huge thanks to all of our peer reviewers! Thanks to your efforts, we’ve helped to restore and preserve over 10,000 trees in ancient woodland! 🌳
#PeerReviewWeek
#PRW2025
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The Company of Biologists @biologists.bsky.social · 22d
In our Forest of Biologists we fund the restoration and preservation of ancient woodland and dedicate these trees to our peer reviewers.

There are now over 10,000 trees for peer reviews!

Thank you to all our peer reviewers. Find out more:
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#PRW2025 @peerreviewweek.bsky.social
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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 17d
Eric Peterman @errricpeterman.bsky.social, Jeffrey Rasmussen @jraslab.bsky.social @uwbiology.bsky.social & colleagues discover that microtubules regulate tissue-level navigation in skin-resident macrophages.
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Article: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 17d
⤵️Our mini-symposium with the membrane trafficking webinar series is tomorrow at 15:00 BST (UTC+1). We're looking forward to hearing from @nickader.bsky.social, @maiblab.bsky.social, Mónica Quiñones-Frías and Gillian Griffiths.
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FocalPlane @focalplane.bsky.social · 19d
Join us this Thursday for our mini-symposium with the membrane trafficking webinar series
Featuring talks from @nickader.bsky.social, @maiblab.bsky.social and Mónica Quiñones-Frías, and a keynote lecture from Gillian Griffiths @griffithslab.bsky.social.
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FocalPlane features... membrane trafficking - FocalPlane
FocalPlane features... membrane trafficking - News
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Rachel Lennon @rachellennon.bsky.social · 22d
Check out our latest review on Basement Membranes!

Including scaled representation of protein & glycan components 😊

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Journal of Cell Science @jcellsci.bsky.social · 22d
In their Cell Science at a Glance article, Rachel Lennon @rachellennon.bsky.social and David Sherwood review basement membrane composition, formation and function, and discuss how BMs change in health and disease.
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#OpenAccess
JCS poster - Basement membranes at a glance by Rachel Lennon, David R. Sherwood
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Stacey Ogden 🦔 @labogden.bsky.social · 21d
Am I oddly excited to learn about the tree that @jcellsci.bsky.social protected in the Forest of Biologists in recognition of my peer review? Yes. 🤓

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Landscape - The Forest of Biologists
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Juan S. Bonifacino @juanbonifacino.bsky.social · 20d
Big thanks to Amelia Glazier and @jcellsci.bsky.social for including me in ‘First Persons’ through the decades – 100 years of notable scientists in Journal of Cell Science journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... Happy to be in such great company!
‘First Persons’ through the decades – 100 years of notable scientists in Journal of Cell Science
Summary: JCS highlights the lives and careers of 10 notable scientists from around the world who published first author papers in our journal over the last 100 years.
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Richard Sever @richardsever.bsky.social · 25d
Lovely to see David Stephens highlighted in 100 years of cell biologists at J. Cell Sci., alongside Linda Amos, Peter Medawar, Juan Bonifacino, and others
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‘First Persons’ through the decades – 100 years of notable scientists in Journal of Cell Science
Summary: JCS highlights the lives and careers of 10 notable scientists from around the world who published first author papers in our journal over the last 100 years.
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