EDITORIAL
The Company of Biologists: celebrating 100 years
Summary: As we begin celebrating our 100-year anniversary, we reflect on our extraordinary story so far, consider the Company's current support for our communities and prepare for some inspiring activities.
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Prostatic Escherichia coli infection drives CCR2-dependent recruitment of fibrocytes and collagen production
Summary: This study identified CCR2-recruited fibrocytes that are necessary for collagen production in E. coli-mediated inflamed mouse prostates and a similar cell type in histologically inflamed human prostates.
Abca4, mutated in Stargardt disease, is required for structural integrity of cone outer segments
Summary: A zebrafish model of Stargardt disease, a juvenile-onset macular degeneration, provides insight into the disease mechanisms.
Dose-dependent effects of Nrf2 on the epidermis in chronic skin inflammation
Summary: Using a mouse model for the inflammatory skin disease atopic dermatitis, we show that appropriate activation of the cytoprotective Nrf2 transcription factor is of key relevance to epidermal homeostasis.
FIRST PERSON
Call for Papers – Infectious Disease: Evolution, Mechanisms and Global Health
Showcase your latest research on our upcoming Special Issue: Infectious Disease: Evolution, Mechanisms and Global Health. This issue will be coordinated by DMM Editors Sumana Sanyal and David Tobin alongside Guest Editors Judi Allen and Russell Vance. The deadline for submitting articles to this Special Issue has been extended to Monday 24 February 2025.
Biologists @ 100 - join us in Liverpool in March 2025
We are excited to invite you to a unique scientific conference, celebrating the 100-year anniversary of The Company of Biologists, and bringing together our different communities. The conference will incorporate a DMM programme on antimicrobial resistance on 26 March 2025. Find out more and register to join us in March 2025 in Liverpool, UK. The final deadline to register is 28 February 2025.
It's about time: the heterochronic background for the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
In this Editorial, Bruce Wightman writes about the groundwork laid by investigating the timing of developmental events in nematodes which led to the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Read & Publish Open Access publishing: what authors say
We have had great feedback from authors who have benefitted from our Read & Publish agreement with their institution and have been able to publish Open Access with us without paying an APC. Read what they had to say.
