Could #AI models trained on microbial diversity address novel questions in #biology? 🧪
A new Science & Society article explores how the vast microbial diversity shaped by #evolution could serve as a powerful training tool: link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s44319-0... #LifeSciences
Join us in #SanDiego for the American Society for Cell Biology | EMBO meeting "Cell Bio 2026" from 12–15 Dec 2026. 🧪
#CellBio2026 is where the #CellBiology community gathers to share and discuss science, #network with peers and grow together as a field.
More here:
https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/
Sign up by 28 April for the EMBO Solutions #training "How to write a scientific paper" delivered by EMBO Press editors at the upcoming meeting: www.embl.org/about/info/c... 🧪
@embl.org #EESPhaseSeparation #EMBOevents @embolableadership.bsky.social
What if our immune system could teach us how societies function? 🧪
An EMBO Reports Science & Society article invites us to rethink the old idea that “history is the teacher of life” and instead take the immune system as inspiration: link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s44319-0...
Do you have a great idea for starting a company? Would you like advice on how to pitch to potential investors? Join us for the EMBO #webinar on 1 April at 16–17:00 CET. 🧪
Register here:
embo-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7SLo... #startup
Apply now! The 2026 call for the EMBO Young Investigator Programme is now open with a deadline of 1 April 12:00 midday CEST. 🧪
More info here:
www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-gran...
#LifeSciences #research #funding
Happening soon - meet our immunology editor Ioannis Papaioannou at @keystonesymposia.bsky.social
#InnateImmunity in beautiful Banff!
#KSInnateImmune26
hubs.la/Q03TCrHw0
Photo of Guangshuo Ou and tagline Where scientific excellence sets the standard.
@lsajournal.org's Academic Editors are active, internationally recognized scientists whose leadership ensures rigorous and fair peer review. Scientific excellence begins with scientific leadership. Read the announcement in LSA, where scientific excellence sets the standard. hubs.la/Q045Lz930
What happens if editors invite postdocs as referees? We have shown that we get rigorous, timely, high-quality reviews, and finally give young scientists the recognition they deserve. I’m proud to have contributed to this initiative with @reviewcommons.org, @embopress.org, @embo.org and @embl.org
Today the EMBO Journal special issue on molecular ecology and evolution is finally published.
It was a pleasure coordinating this collection together with @berndpulverer.bsky.social and many outstanding authors.
Editorial: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Cover art by @munafomarzia.bsky.social
Our SPECIAL ISSUE on MOLECULAR EVOLUTION & ECOLOGY is out!
Editorial: @yehumoran.bsky.social, @berndpulverer.bsky.social et al
Reviews on Asgard archaea, epimutations, giant-virus/host dynamics, smartphone analogy for animal origins…
…& many related primary articles
link.springer.com/journal/4431...
Our March issue is now online! 🗞️ link.springer.com/journal/4432...
The cover highlights the article by S. Gan, C. Zhang, W. Yang, Y. Li, H. Huang and colleagues on #HNRNPR mutations and #FertilizationFailure 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s44321-026-00374-z
🚨 Out now! 🧫 In a new study in @embojournal.org, PhD student @moberhuemer.bsky.social (Leeb lab) presents a simpler, feeder-free way to grow human naïve pluripotent stem cells - making the system more scalable and accessible ➡️ tinyurl.com/29wrcdru
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@meduniwien.ac.at
The first March issue is online!
link.springer.com/journal/4431...
The cover features work by Xueliang Zhu, Huijie Zhao and co-workers showing that JHY enables the transition from switchable to fixed ciliary waveforms in #metazoan #evolution.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Image of Tsingua University scientist Guangshuo Ou, with the Life Science Alliance journal logo and the text 'where scientific excellence sets the standard'
We’re pleased to welcome Guangshuo Ou as a new Academic Editor at @lsajournal.org. A respected cell and developmental biologist, he brings deep expertise and global perspective to the journal. Learn more in LSA, where scientific excellence sets the standard. hubs.la/Q045Lz930
Deadlines are approaching for @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social #TumorMetabolism : Diet, #Microbiome & Beyond, this June in Killarney. @embomolmed.org editor Lise Roth is looking forward to the meeting. See abstract and discount reg dates: hubs.la/Q03TCsnZ0 #KSTumorMetab26
What happens when #PublicHealth decisions drift away from evidence? 🧪
A new EMBO Reports Science & Society article examines how certain health policy directions can undercut trust in #science when they depart from established evidence: link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s44319-0...
Our editor Lise Roth will be attending #CancerImmunotherapy : Mechanisms, Clinical Advances & Combinations, this March in Québec with @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social
Reach out to talk about your research!
keysym.us/KSCancerImmune26 #KSCancerImmune26
Did you miss January's @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social #Microbiome Metabolism & #Metabolites? You can still register for On Demand Access to all of the talks:
hubs.la/Q03TCgfj0 #KSMicroMetab26
What happens when single-author science papers become rare? 🧪
An EMBO Reports Science & Society article explores whether solo publications are being edged out by collaborative #research, and what that means for #creativity in #science: link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s44319-0...
Deadlines are approaching for @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social #Neurodegeneration : Neurocentric to Systems Perspectives, this June in Whistler! See scholarship, abstract and discount reg dates: hubs.la/Q03TCs-50 #KSNeurodegen26
Join us in #SanDiego for the ASCB | EMBO Meeting "Cell Bio 2026" from 12–15 December 2026. 🧪 #CellBio2026 is where the #CellBiology community gathers to share and discuss science, #network with peers and grow together as a field. Mark your calendars!
In the meantime, the 2nd February issue is live:
link.springer.com/journal/4431...
The cover features work by Sudha Kumari @sudha-kumari.bsky.social and co-workers showing that #actin waves guide #antigen receptors at the #lymphocyte immunological #synapse.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This cover highlights the article Tyrosine kinase targeting uncovers oncogenic pathway plasticity in Tasmanian devil transmissible cancers by Anna Schönbichler, Andreas Bergthaler, Richard Moriggl and colleagues. Two independent transmissible cancers have emerged in the Tasmanian devil, DFT1 and DFT2. DFT1 is driven by ERBB and multikinase signalling, while DFT2 is driven by PDGFRA. Kinase targeting reveals emerging resistance and remarkable oncogenic pathway plasticity, supporting combination treatment for more durable control. The cover illustration shows Tasmanian devils affected by DFT1 and DFT2 in a Tasmanian landscape beneath the Aurora Australis. (Cover concept by Anna Schönbichler, scientific illustration by SciStories)
Featured in issue 5:
Mitotic entry—Bora takes Polo to Aurora
Tyrosine kinase targeting in Tasmanian devil cancer—cover by Morrigl and colleagues
Proteome/transcriptome uncoupling in cellular quiescence
Unique compartmentalization of holocentric silkworm chromosomes
link.springer.com/journal/4431...
Read this @emboreports.org paper here=> link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Read how @embopress.org is expanding its focus on molecular ecology and evolution as central underpinnings of functions/interactions/diversification of biological systems – by @yehumoran.bsky.social, @berndpulverer.bsky.social, and our new team of Editorial Advisors
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In issue #4:
Perspective: Cancer as the parasite within
Proteolysis in the cell cycle of an archaeon
Client recruitment to the cytosolic Fe-S cluster assembly targeting complex
Rhizosphere ROS recruit beneficial bacteria
Cover: Weiguo Zou, Lijun Wang and colleagues
link.springer.com/journal/4431...
As part of @berlinscienceweek.bsky.social 2025, @berndpulverer.bsky.social @embopress.org & Alex Freeman @octopus-ac.bsky.social debated the future of academic publishing – from reforming the system to creating something new.
Explore key arguments: award.einsteinfoundation.de/events/debat...
Submit your poster abstract until Feb 19 for @keystoneSymposia.bsky.social #InnateImmunity : Diversity in #HostDefense & Disease, this March in Banff! See abstract and reg dates: hubs.la/Q03TCrHw0 #KSInnateImmune26 @embojournal.org