After 15 years as Editor-in-chief (EiC), Michael Way @drmichaelway.bsky.social will be stepping down at the end of 2026 & we are seeking feedback from the cell biology community as part of the consultation process for appointing a new EiC. We'd love to hear from you: www.surveymonkey.com/r/GZCC9F9

We invite you to submit your latest research to our upcoming special issue - Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics. This issue will be coordinated by @franbottanelli.bsky.social and Giulia Zanetti, alongside our Editor @guijacquemet.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/im...

We are hiring!

Please REPOST (“likes” don’t help in diffusion!) and consider applying: we work in such a fantastic context, we ask so interesting questions, and we have such a collegial and best-willing atmosphere… CRBM = Happy & Good Science

Also, thank you @jcellsci.bsky.social for featuring the article and also our first author, @owfpuls.bsky.social: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/... 🧪

🧪 We are excited to share this novel open access paper on Phasor Mixing Coefficient to analyze colocalization, developed by folks @i2janelia.bsky.social and @aicjanelia.bsky.social. This is also the first technical paper jointly published with our sister imaging center @malacridalab.bsky.social!

We're hiring! JCS is looking for a Reviews Editor to join the team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves cell biology and wants to stay connected with the field (and be part of an organisation that believes in supporting the community). www.biologists.com/about-us/wor...

Issue 1 is complete Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13... On the cover: an expansion microscopy image of a Chromera velia flagellate labelled with anti-tubulin antibodies (cyan). See article by Tengganu & Hu. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Our journals Development, Journal of Cell Science, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open are pleased to be media partners for a number of @embo.org and @embl.org conferences, workshops and courses during 2026. See the full calendar of events at www.embl.org/about/info/c....

Institut Pasteur (@pasteur.fr) is recruiting new young PIs to open new groups in the Institute. Deadline is February 9th! Don't miss the opportunity!

Our #preprint list is now up on FocalPlane. This week we are highlighting the latest research using microscopy to answer questions in biology, including preprints on #cellbio, #devbio, #neurobio, #virology and #microbio. Let us know if you have any recommendations for preprints to add to our list.

These are one of the many ways @biologists.bsky.social and its flagship journals support our community. Take advantage of them and then consider publishing with there, rather than in the fifth step-down journal of the robber barons

Our journals @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social & @jexpbiol.bsky.social offer Travelling Fellowships of up to £3,000 to graduate students and post-doctoral researchers wishing to make collaborative visits to other laboratories. Apply by 6 February 2026. biologists.com/grants/trave...

We are delighted to announce that @giuliapaci.bsky.social from @ucllifesciences.bsky.social has been awarded the 2026 BSCB Postdoctoral researcher medal You can read about Giulia's work on how tissues withstand mechanical stress here: bscb.org/postdoctoral...

📣 Please spread: we’re hiring a Lab Manager! It is a critical position in our new lab. As our lab moves to Barcelona and joins the @crg.eu, we’re looking for a Lab Manager to help build the lab and set the lab atmosphere. 🔗 Apply here 👉 recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...

📣 Seminar 📆 Thursday, January 22nd at 2 pm 📍 Institut Jacques Monod Tomorrow, Seema Grewal ( @seemagrewal.bsky.social) , Executive Editor at Journal of Cell Science ( @jcellsci.bsky.social ) will present the seminar "The Future of Publishing" ➡️ buff.ly/j69lKP3

Postdocs wanted - Please spread the word! We are looking for one bioinformatician and 1-2 cell biologists with different expertise! See the job ad below for more information and links to the job descriptions!

Climate change and cell biology – five ways cells can help us solve planetary problems An Essay from @marennattermann.bsky.social, @sorayazwahlen.bsky.social, Eric Yirenkyi Danquah, @hannaszafranska.bsky.social, Kavita Rangan & @samreckpeterson.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Cell biology for a sustainable future – a call to action from Camila Costa, Eliott Flaum, @dhlashwayo.bsky.social, Marie Jacobovitz, Guillermina Kubaczka, Samuel Lovat, Eliya Milshtein, @hannaszafranska.bsky.social and @sorayazwahlen.bsky.social. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

Amazing to hold @lottepedersen.bsky.social & my @jcellsci.bsky.social Special Issue on #Cilia and #Flagella in all its glossy glory & muscle-engaging brain-boosting weight! So much fabulous content from the community! Fab cover @centriolelab.bsky.social 🥰🥰 journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/ci...

Cellular Interfaces reloaded: Join us for the @sfb1348.bsky.social International Meeting on „Mechanochemical signals at cellular interfaces" in Münster from May 27–29, 2026. Registration opens in February! Limited spots – first come, first serve! More info: tinyurl.com/ypyzd23w @uni-muenster.de

Final issue in the @jcellsci.bsky.social 100th birthday celebrations 🥳🎂🎁🎊. 👏Many happy returns to one of the finest & foremost cell biology journals out there, and possibly the most community-facing of the lot😊👇

📣 Seminar 📆 Thursday, January 22nd at 2 pm 📍 Institut Jacques Monod Next week, Seema Grewal ( @seemagrewal.bsky.social) , Executive Editor at Journal of Cell Science ( @jcellsci.bsky.social ) will present the seminar "The Future of Publishing" ➡️ buff.ly/j69lKP3

Mark your calendars, the Signaling by Adhesion Receptors GRC is June 7 - 12, 2026. We have a terrific program that balances developmental biology, cell polarity, and adhesion and signaling. Please spread the word! www.grc.org/signaling-by...

🚨 Job Alert! 🚨 We have an opening at our Microscopy Core Facility in Turku 🇫🇮. If you love imaging 🔬 and helping scientists succeed, we want you! 👇 abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/index... #Microscopy #ScienceJobs #CoreFacility #Imaging @turkubioscience.bsky.social

Early-bird deadline is today!

I think you can only really complain about a slow review process if, when reviewing, you submit your own reviews on time

We’re hiring! @jcellsci.bsky.social is looking for a Reviews Editor to join the team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves #cellbiology and wants to stay connected with the field. A great chance to work for an organisation that believes in helping the community! Details below👇

#MustRead for anyone interested in cell biology (i.e. all biologists)!

New year, new beginnings! Join us for all things animal & plant devbio at the 2026 @bsdb.bsky.social meeting in Warwick! Abstract submission closing NEXT FRIDAY 16th JAN - join us!

Early bird deadline in 10 days!! This is going to be amazing!

Interested in lipids? Join us @ the 2026 FASEB Lipid Droplet: From Mechanisms to Disease Conference (July 26-30, Scottsdale, AZ). Registration is now open! events.faseb.org/event/Lipid-... We are co-locating with the FASEB Phospholipids SRC! Register for one to enjoy BOTH meetings!

The 2023 version of this meeting was fantastic and the 2026 programme promises to be just as brilliant! (I may also be thinking of chatting all thing microscopy in the Spanish sunshine while huddled inside in a cold and snowy Cambridge.) Sign up by Friday 16 Jan for the early-bird discount ⤵️

Also in Issue 24: - Research Highlights on peroxisomes, talin, TP35INP2, MYO1F & MRTFs - Editorials on @biologists.bsky.social & JCS - Interviews with Mole and @kkostova.bsky.social - Evolutionary cell biology comes of age - Opinion on GLUT4 trafficking journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...

Issue 24 is complete Marking the end of @biologists.bsky.social 100-year anniversary celebrations, our cover features members of the JCS community, including some researchers from our ‘First Person’ & ‘Cell Scientists to Watch’ interviews. Explore our ToC: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...

Some light reading for the holidays :). Let us know what you think.

In their Editorial, Claire Moulton, Amelia Glazier and Katie Ward look back on an extraordinary year, as @biologists.bsky.social celebrated their 100-year anniversary. journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

If you're wondering if your manuscript could be suitable for our special issue but are unsure, don't hesitate to reach out 👍

We believe that, as our future leaders in biology, it is vital to provide #ECRs with the right support during the early stages of your academic career. We offer a number of practical ways to help you meet the unique needs and challenges you may encounter: www.biologists.com/about-us/ear...

I'm on the Board of @biologists.bsky.social. Many know them as publishers of @dev-journal.bsky.social, @jcellsci.bsky.social, @jexpbiol.bsky.social , DMM, and @biologyopen.bsky.social --but they also are a major funder of small grants that empower young biologists and enable scientific meetings 🧪

What's it like being Editor-in-chief of @jcellsci.bsky.social? doi.org/10.1242/jcs....

If you had to read one thing, next to whatever fireplace, waiting for Santa... well that's your read !

Thanks @jcellsci.bsky.social for this opportunity to contribute to your centenary collection with our take on the state of the field - 10 years after its modern reincarnation 🧪🌍 W/ @alebenoit.bsky.social @eelcotromer.bsky.social @fritzlaylin.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...

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

This follows on from our highly successful 2024 special issue, which is full of some great research and review articles and is now freely available to read: journals.biologists.com/jcs/issue/13...

In parallel, we'll be publishing a special issue on Imaging Cell Architecture and Dynamics - you can find out more at: journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/im... Submission deadline: 1 April 2026 #imaging #microscopy #cellbiology

Registration for our Imaging Cell Dynamics meeting is still open! Organised by @franbottanelli.bsky.social, @guijacquemet.bsky.social, @drmichaelway.bsky.social and @giuliazanetti.bsky.social. Find out more: www.biologists.com/meetings/jcs... Early-bird deadline: 16 January #imaging #microscopy

Submit your latest research to our upcoming special issue: Cell Biology of the Nucleus. This issue is being coordinated by Abby Buchwalter @abbybuch.bsky.social, working alongside Megan King @luskinglab.bsky.social. Deadline: 5 January 2026 journals.biologists.com/jcs/pages/nu...

ICYMI, our #preprint list is now up on FocalPlane, highlighting the latest research using #microscopy to answer questions in #biology. As always, send us any recommendations for preprints that we've missed: focalplane.biologists.com/2025/12/12/m...

Features new works from Stankunas Lab @uoregon.bsky.social, Ruprecht Lab @crg.eu & @campaslab.bsky.social (albeit mammals this time 😉)