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. #100biologists

I feel truly honored to be featured alongside such inspiring scientists! Interacting with the people who shaped the Company's rich history has been a privilege. My connection began 10 years ago (a drop in the bucket compared to a century of impact), and I’m excited to see how the story continues!

To accelerate the publication process, @biologyopen.bsky.social are testing an initiative that prioritises fast but fair peer review. This approach pays reviewers while requiring them to complete high-quality reviews in a set timeframe. Apply to be a reviewer www.biologists.com/bio-fast-and...

Next, we are highlighting Renata Basto, a @jcellsci.bsky.social Editor who has published in @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social and @biologyopen.bsky.social, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists

🪱I am thrilled to share our work featuring my favourite worm, an amazing undergrad (now an MSc student 🤩) and the best lab ever! We developed a behavioural assay to identify neurochemical pathways involved in controlling locomotion in young & adult #Capitellateleta worms. doi.org/10.1139/cjz-...

This has been one of my favorite pieces to write. I am constantly in awe of my amazing colleagues, who push me every day to be better and deepen my love for biology and the people behind the research.

We are also highlighting Claire Moulton, previously our Publisher and @biologists.bsky.social's first ever CEO, who led the creation of The Forest of Biologists, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists

Our next extraordinary biologist is Grace Lim, a prolific preLighter @prelights.bsky.social and a contributor to @the-node.bsky.social and @dev-journal.bsky.social. #100biologists

We are highlighting Jennifer Waters, a @focalplane.bsky.social Scientific Advisory Board member, Director of CITE, Harvard Medical School, and creator of MicroList (now featured in FocalPlane) and Microtutor, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists @jencwaters.bsky.social

We are highlighting Simon Maddrell, former @biologists.bsky.social Treasurer and Director, who helped secure the Company's finances, and a prolific @jexpbiol.bsky.social author, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists

Our next extraordinary biologist is Sylvie Urbé, a @biologists.bsky.social Director and a @jcellsci.bsky.social Editorial Advisory Board member and author. #100biologists

We are highlighting Jane Francis, Director of the British Antarctic Survey, UK, who also delivered a plenary lecture at the Biologists @ 100 conference, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists @bas.ac.uk

Our next extraordinary biologist is Godwin Pius Ohemu, who attended the Biologists @ 100 conference and shared his conference experience in a guest blog. #100biologists

This week has been special for us, marking 100 years of supporting biologists and inspiring biology. We celebrated our achievements at @zoologymuseum.bsky.social last night. We want to thank all our staff, whose continual inspiration and daily support for one another make our work possible.

The next extraordinary biologist that we are featuring is Martha Susana Cruz-Xelhuantzi, a @biologyopen.bsky.social author who examined the cellular organisation & characteristics of the yeast, Debaryomyces hansenii, and interviewee in @biologyopen.bsky.social's 'First person' series. #100biologists

Thank you to everyone for their support over the past 100 years, and for helping us celebrate this year. You can catch up with all our 100-year content on our special anniversary page bit.ly/4naj8Jr

1925: On this date, 100 years ago, The Company of Biologists is founded by George Parker Bidder III. Throughout today, we will be posting some of our key milestones. Read more about the past 100 years at bit.ly/3WnTVA1.

Aníbal Vargas Ríos updated us on the success of LiSIUM and then discussed differences in engagement when offering webinars in Spanish, highlighting the importance of considering language in democratising access. #BiologistsWorkshops lightsheetchile.cl

Sunrise over Spain, next stop Quito! One of our Workshop organisers @marianadeniz.bsky.social was featured as one of our #100Biologists earlier this year. Mariana is the author of our Latin American Microscopists interview series. #BiologistsWorkshops focalplane.biologists.com/category/lat...

Apply! Coolest lab, in the coolest city 💂🏽‍♀️🎡 #DevBio #EvoDevo

Our first extraordinary biologist featured this week is Katherine Brown, @biologists.bsky.social Publishing Director and former @dev-journal.bsky.social Executive Editor, who has been closely involved with @prelights.bsky.social since its inception. #100biologists @katherine-brown.bsky.social

"Science communication isn't about dumbing it down, it's about meeting people where they are with curiosity, care and clarity." Great read in Development, and I will definitely try some of these challenges to practice science communication. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

New paper on the expression of the estrogen receptor in the marine polychaete, Capitella teleta! Congrats to @andreamurillo.bsky.social on another paper from her PhD! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Great collaboration with the Seaver lab!

We are highlighting James Liao, who was awarded the 2024 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics for his 2004 @jexpbiol.bsky.social study, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists

We are featuring David Stephens, a former @jcellsci.bsky.social Editor, as an extraordinary biologist this week. The JCS-David Stephens Prize for the best JCS paper is also named after him. #100biologists

Our next extraordinary biologist is Bob Boutilier, former Editor-in-Chief of @jexpbiol.bsky.social, who had a prolific career in comparative physiology. #100biologists

This week, we are highlighting Helen Zenner, Community Manager of @focalplane.bsky.social and @jcellsci.bsky.social Online Editor, as an extraordinary biologist. #100biologists @helenzsci.bsky.social

Very important pre-print highlight! Worth a read!

Help @biologists.bsky.social shape the next 100 years of publishing by completing this community survey!

Getting involved as an organiser of one of our Workshops is easy. We focus on the logistics, so you can focus solely on the science. Watch this video to hear from previous organisers. youtu.be/eShrxWQbx3Q The deadline to propose a topic for our 2027 Workshops is Friday 30 May. bit.ly/42GXN0G

This week, we are highlighting Reinier Prosée, Community Manager of @prelights.bsky.social, as our extraordinary biologist. #100biologists @reinierprosee.bsky.social

Come work with me!!!

Fantastic initiative! Apply to be a paid peer reviewer!

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

🧪 @dev-journal.bsky.social has an opening for a Reviews Editor. If you love #devbio, and have an interest in publishing and #scicomms, this could be the role for you. Full details at bit.ly/42eiTpa 📆 Application deadline is 31 March 2025 #careersinpublishing #editor

We are highlighting Vivian Siegel, the Founding Editor-in-Chief of @dmmjournal.bsky.social, as an extraordinary biologist this week. Vivian is currently a lecturer at @mitofficial.bsky.social and a Research Professor of Medicine at @vumedicine.bsky.social. #100biologists

We scientists need to up our game in communicating what we do as it helps to be able to describe your work lucidly to reviewers and the public. But professional science communicators need to come to the forefront too. What is happening in the USA is undermining all the good that you do.

We are featuring Michael Way, current Editor-in-Chief of @jcellsci.bsky.social and Principal Group Leader at @crick.ac.uk, as our next extraordinary biologist this week. To know more about JCS and Michael's role, read this Editorial: bit.ly/3CUARU1. #100biologists @drmichaelway.bsky.social

James Butcher of Journalology ran a massive overview of the last 25 years of publishing to identify trends. The rise of China, publisher consolidation, the dominance of the Altmetric account on Bluesky - it’s all there! Apart from that last thing. youtu.be/xH_UaALUuk4?...

Do you want one of the most influential jobs in dev bio? Would you like to work with the best group of editors & publishing professionals in the business? Are you interested in leading the premier not for profit community focussed journal in the field? Come be Development's next Executive Editor

We are looking for a new Executive Editor on the journal, with @katherine-brown.bsky.social taking on a new role at @biologists.bsky.social. If you're an experienced editor with a love of developmental biology and its community, this could be the job for you. Full details in the link below.

We are also highlighting James Briscoe, the current Editor-in-Chief of @dev-journal.bsky.social and former Director of @biologists.bsky.social, as an extraordinary biologist. James is a Group Leader at @crick.ac.uk and a co-founder of our Workshops programme. #100biologists @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social

Our next extraordinary biologist is Craig Franklin, current Editor-in-Chief of @jexpbiol.bsky.social and former President of the @sebiology.bsky.social. Craig is a comparative and ecological physiologist at the University of Queensland, Australia. #100biologists @craigefranklin.bsky.social

To our American friends who may now be struggling to find health information on US websites: Please check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's website for helpful resources, updated dashboards & practical health tips. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 canada.ca/en/public-he...

WEBINAR! We are lucky to host Ashraf Maleki of @utu.fi on Feb 11th Ashraf will delve into comprehensive meta-analyses and user engagement studies, focusing on who tweets/retweets academic publications and the implications for altmetrics. @culturebullet.com hosts. www.altmetric.com/ev...

I immediately went looking for Adam Emergent in the inaugural issue of Disease Models & Mechanisms and it did not disappoint whatsoever. 😍 #SciArt

We are featuring Nadia Rosenthal as our first extraordinary biologist of the week. Nadia is the Scientific Director of the @jacksonlab.bsky.social, USA, and she drew the first cover image - Adam Emergent - when @dmmjournal.bsky.social was first launched in 2008. #100biologists

So super proud to share our new paper on the thermal effects on yellow perch bone development. The bone staining images are so beautiful 😍 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧪 Did you know that our founder held the record for the oldest message in a bottle as part of his research into ocean currents? As part of our 100-year celebrations, we would like to hear stories from you on how The Company of Biologists has impacted your careers. bit.ly/4hsN40W #biologists100

Extraordinary has many faces. To celebrate our 100-year anniversary, we are highlighting 100 biologists with an extraordinary link to the Company, each of them having made an important contribution in their own right. Join our celebration using #100biologists.