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Cover: Immunofluorescence images of wild-type (centre; the synaptonemal complex is in red, telomeres in green, and centromeres in blue) and Cdk2−/− (periphery) mouse spermatocytes. The disruption of CDK2 alters nuclear envelope structure, leading to an abnormal cap-like distribution of the proteins SUN1, KASH5 and lamin C2. Furthermore, some telomeres are not attached to the nuclear envelope and lie at the nuclear interior where they are associated with SUN1 at nuclear-envelope-detached vesicles. We propose that CDK2-mediated phosphorylation of SUN1 is a key factor governing the structure of the nuclear envelope and telomere-led chromosome movements essential for homologue pairing during meiosis. See article by A. Viera et al. (pp. 88–99).
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Call for papers - Cilia and Flagella: from Basic Biology to Disease
We are welcoming submissions for our upcoming special issue: Cilia and Flagella: from Basic Biology to Disease. This issue will be coordinated by two Guest Editors: Pleasantine Mill (University of Edinburgh) and Lotte Pedersen (University of Copenhagen). Extended submission deadline: 31 March 2025.
History of our journals
As our publisher, The Company of Biologists, turns 100 years old, read about Journal of Cell Science’s journey and explore the history of each of our sister journals: Development, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open.
Introducing our new Associate Editors
In this Editorial, JCS Editor-in-Chief Michael Way welcomes five new Associate Editors to the JCS team. These Associate Editors will expand our support for the wider cell biology community and handle articles in immune cell biology, proteostasis, imaging and image analysis, plant cell biology, and stem cell biology and modelling.
Diversity of microtubule arrays in animal cells at a glance
In this Cell Science at a Glance article, Emma van Grinsven and Anna Akhmanova provide an overview of the diverse microtubule arrays present in differentiated animal cells and discuss how these arrays form and function.
JCS-FocalPlane Training Grants
Early-career researchers - working in an area covered by JCS - who would like to attend a microscopy training course, please apply. Deadline dates for 2025 applications: 7 March 2025 (decision by week commencing 21 April 2025) and 6 June 2025 (decision by week commencing 28 July 2025).
