Biology Open (BiO) is an Open Access journal that publishes rigorously conducted high-quality research across the breadth of the biological and biomedical sciences. It provides timely, thorough, constructive and fair peer review, with a focus on supporting researchers and reducing the pain to publish.
Our international board of research-active academic Editors, led by Editor-in-Chief Daniel Gorelick, comprises leaders in their respective fields. The BiO team is committed to Open Access publishing as a mechanism to widen access, promote equality and ensure sustainability in publishing in the biological and biomedical sciences.
The Forest of Biologists 
As part of a new biodiversity initiative from The Company of Biologists, BiO now plants a native tree in a UK forest for each published Research and Review article. We are also funding the restoration and preservation of ancient woodland and dedicating these trees to our peer reviewers. All of these trees are represented together in a virtual forest.
Read the Editorial to find out more about the launch of this initiative.
Recently published in BiO
A functional sgRNA-CRISPR screening method for generating murine RET and NTRK1 rearranged oncogenes by Laura Schubert, Anh T. Le, Trista K. Hinz, Andre C. Navarro, Sarah K. Nelson-Taylor, Raphael A. Nemenoff, Lynn E. Heasley and Robert C. Doebele
Addressing questions concerning tumor initiation and experimental therapeutics requires immunocompetent systems. Doebele and colleagues present a broadly adaptable method for screening sgRNA pairs that induce gene rearrangements encoding murine oncogenic receptor tyrosine kinases.
Preferential killing of melanoma cells by a p16-related peptide by Julia K. Soo, Joanna T. Castle and Dorothy C. Bennett
The prospect for metastatic melanoma patients remains poor, despite novel therapies; co-therapies are needed. Bennett et al. describe a peptide that efficiently kills metastatic melanoma cell lines but spares normal fibroblasts.
Editorials
Find out more about the changes at the helm of Biology Open from departing Editor-in-Chief Steve Kelly and Director of The Company of Biologists Laura Machesky, and meet new Editor-in-Chief Daniel Gorelick.
Introducing Daniel Gorelick – a new Editor-in-Chief for Biology Open
So long, and thanks for all the papers about fish (and other organisms too) by Steven Kelly
A new Editor-in-Chief and new future for Biology Open by Laura Machesky
