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The Company of Biologists: celebrating 100 years

Centenary logo 2025 marks 100 years since the formation of The Company of Biologists, which was set up in 1925 to save The British Journal of Experimental Biology (now Journal of Experimental Biology). As part of our celebrations, we are sharing content with you about the past, present and future of the Company, our journals and charitable activities throughout our anniversary year. We are diving into our archives and reaching out to extraordinary members of our community to bring you new and original material that is related to our anniversary. As well as discussing the Company's history and activities, we are publishing articles focussing on the development of the biological fields covered by our journals. We hope that you will find these stories interesting and, to learn more about the other activities we have planned in 2025, please visit The Company of Biologists’ anniversary page
This collection brings together our 100-year anniversary articles as they are published in our five journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open, and you can click the links below to navigate between different sections of the collection:




Publishing

BIOLOGY OPEN | EDITORIAL | ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE

The story of Biology Open: a conversation with past and present Editors-in-Chief

Saanjbati Adhikari; Alejandra Clark; Rachel Hackett

26 February 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.061897

DISEASE MODELS & MECHANISMS | EDITORIAL | ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE

Travelling through time with Disease Models & Mechanisms

Saanjbati Adhikari; Rachel Hackett

24 February 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.052259

FOCALPLANE

Bringing the past into the future with JCS and FocalPlane

JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE | EDITORIAL | ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE

A century through the lens of Journal of Cell Science

Saanjbati Adhikari; Seema Grewal

13 February 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.263859

THE NODE

First issues - publishing developmental biology through the decades

DEVELOPMENT | EDITORIAL | ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE

Development: a journal's journey

Alex Eve

10 February 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.204602

DEVELOPMENT | INTERVIEW | ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE

An interview with Sarah Bray

EDITORIAL | ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE

The Company of Biologists: celebrating 100 years

Sarah J. Bray; Stephen J. Royle; Holly A. Shiels; Daniel St Johnston

06 January 2025

Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms, Biology Open.

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Community

DISEASE MODELS & MECHANISMS | A MODEL FOR LIFE | ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE

An appetite for research: an interview with Sadaf Farooqi

Sadaf Farooqi

28 April 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.052379

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY | PERSPECTIVE | ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE

The Company of Biologists celebrates its first Global South Workshop

Kathryn Knight

07 April 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.249709

DEVELOPMENT | PERSPECTIVE | ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE

The Company of Biologists Workshops: supporting our community and inspiring new science

Saanjbati Adhikari

07 April 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.204708

BIOLOGY OPEN | EDITORIAL | ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE

From fossil fuels to future – Jane Francis on polar exploration and changing climates

Katie Pickup

24 March 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/bio.061973

THE NODE

How to build a community site for developmental biologists

JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE | CELL SCIENTISTS TO WATCH | ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE

Interview with Manu Prakash

JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE | CELL SCIENTISTS TO WATCH | ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE

Interview with Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz

DISEASE MODELS & MECHANISMS | A MODEL FOR LIFE | ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE

Evolving our understanding of cancer: an interview with Charles Swanton

Charles Swanton

12 March 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/dmm.052318

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY | PERSPECTIVE | ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE

Inside the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, with Hans-Otto Pörtner

Kathryn Knight

21 February 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.250158

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Biology

JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY | REVIEW | ANNIVERSARY ARTICLE

Ecosystem engineers on tropical reefs in transition: giant barrel sponges in the Anthropocene

Joseph R. Pawlik

13 May 2025

https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.250082

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