Biology Open

Welcome to Biology Open: 📍 Cambridge, UK 📚 Published by @Co_Biologists 👨‍🔬 Editor-in-Chief Daniel Gorelick @gorelicklab 🔓 All articles published #OpenAccess 🤝Partnered with @ReviewCommons 🙌Champions #ECRs Find out more: ow.ly/EF4J50EOg6H

Explore our June issue here! bit.ly/3GQHN6o On the cover: Pierre & co investigate the diamond-backed terrapin's osmoregulatory strategy, enhancing our ability to assess how this species may respond to projected changes in coastal habitats due to sea level rise.

Furin acts as an intracellular chaperone during the intoxication pathway of #recombinantimmunotoxins based on Pseudomonas exotoxin A. Using a furin knockout cell line, Grossman & co show that both furin cleavage & trafficking contribute to intoxication. doi.org/10.1242/bio.06…

Sanjib Das and team introduce an efficient mouse model for prophylactic and therapeutic studies using surgical intervention by directly injecting H. pylori inoculum into the stomach. This resulted in severe infection in 7 days. 🐭 🧪 doi.org/10.1242/bio.06… #AnimalModel

In this Editorial, Reinier Prosée and Katherine Brown explore the transformation of the preprint landscape since 2013 and how @Co_Biologists has adapted to and embraced this (new) way of sharing research. doi.org/10.1242/bio.06…

Phase II of our Fast & Fair peer review experiment is testing scalability. Results so far are promising. Read more at bit.ly/41N31tO. #FastandFairPeerReview #PeerReview #ScientificPublishing

In this Meeting Review article, Gonzalo Germán Guendulain & co showcase the latest workshop of the Argentine Group for Extracellular Vesicles, emphasizing its impact in fostering national and international collaborations. doi.org/10.1242/bio.06…

Our Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Gorelick, reviews Biology Open’s performance for the year 2024 in this Editorial.

📢Call for speakers We are looking for ECRs to speak in our mini-symposium run together with the popular membrane trafficking webinar series organised by @Fran_Bottanelli @felixmendu & @ishier_raote. focalplane.biologists.com/2025/07/14/foc… Apply by 24 August

Neutrophils & monocytes are sentinels of inflammatory signals, migrating along endothelial boundaries to reach sites of action. Honig & co show that #neutrophils & #monocytes migrate along endothelial cell boundaries in vitro to optimise search efficiency. doi.org/10.1242/bio.06…

Michael McFadden, Phillip Byrne & co show that ecologically appropriate levels of UV radiation influence activity, but not survival or growth, in the #criticallyendangered northern corroboree frog 🐸. doi.org/10.1242/bio.06…

One month left to apply for a funded early-career researcher place at our Workshop 'Macro to Micro: Quantitative Plant Imaging Across Scales' organised by Mark Fricker, Alexander Johnson, Joseph McKenna and Markéta Šámalová biologists.com/workshops/febr… #BiologistsWorkshops

Can peer review be done faster, without compromising on quality? Biology Open has embarked on an exciting experiment to find out - Editor-in-Chief Dan Gorelick explains. youtube.com/watch?v=Tt5hyN…

Save the Date! Development has teamed up with the Wellcome-funded consortium the Human Developmental Biology Initiative to co-organise a meeting on #HumanDevelopment. 📅7 - 9 Sep 2026 📍University of Warwick, UK Register your interest for #HumanDev26: biologists.com/meetings/devhd…

Jason Rissanen and Dalial Freitak from @UniGraz show that nicotine pollution in the environment could have a big impact on the health of ants, as it makes diseases more deadly for them. doi.org/10.1242/bio.06…

Our Journal Meetings return in 2026. Find out more and sign up for registration and abstract updates at biologists.com/meetings @J_Cell_Sci @Dev_journal @DMM_Journal

The 3D organisation of the genome is an important regulator of cell development. @nic_scrutton & co provide insights into the developmental timing of structural changes in the chromosomes of post-mitotic neurons in the cerebellum. 🐭🧠doi.org/10.1242/bio.06… #GenomeOrganisation

Looking to get involved in #PeerReview? Attending #SEB2025? Visit us at booth 3 to ask about @BiologyOpen's Fast & Fair peer review initiative. bit.ly/41N31tO @SEBiology

Free trading and protectionism are opposite policies in human economies. Kazuki Tsuji and Aye Win suggest that ants employ similar alternative strategies to cope with resource heterogeneity, specifically related to the number of nests per colony. doi.org/10.1242/bio.06…