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Posted by Emily Dearlove, on 23 October 2026
To mark International Open Access Week 2026, The Company of Biologists has been reflecting on this year’s theme: ‘The Cost of Knowledge’. In our latest blog post, ‘The true cost ...Posted by kasem jamil alsaloumi, on 15 October 2026
Kasem Jamil Alsaloumi shares his thoughts between school biology, DNA sequencing, and a research career still waiting to happen.Posted by Cherene de Bruyn, on 4 September 2026
The recent deluge of Substack and Medium articles, promising strategies and frameworks to work effectively and to complete tasks with intentionality, would have some to believe that the ‘P’ in PhD stands for “productivity” and not Philosophy. As if these neatly ...Posted by Alyssa Paparella, on 1 September 2026
Somewhere, there’s a paper that will not get written. Before there’s a scientific paper, someone has to be there to ask the right question, design the right experiment, watch it ...Posted by the Node, on 1 September 2026
Friedrich Bliem writes about how patterns function as an epistemic bridge between scientific, cognitive and artistic processes.Posted by Pedro Martinez, on 21 July 2026
One limitation of comparative genomics and transcriptomics in understanding the origin of evolutionary novelties is that these approaches typically provide long (or short) lists of genes that differ among the ...Posted by Alex Eve, on 18 June 2026
As new journal impact factors are released this week, it’s worth considering what an impact factor really is and whether the academic community should put so much emphasis on a ...Posted by David Fay, on 12 February 2026
As scientists, we are all are works in progress and continually developing in our own ways. Each of us brings unique strengths and skills along with challenges, and these can ...Posted by Arshak Alexanian, on 8 February 2026
Do cells carry memories of the whole body into the next generation? For more than two millennia, biologists and philosophers have debated whether traits acquired during life can be inherited. ...Posted by the Node, on 29 December 2025
Earlier this year, The Company of Biologists celebrated its 100-year anniversary with the Biologists @ 100 conference in Liverpool – bringing together researchers across a wide range of disciplines. To ...