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Welcome to Biology Open: 📍 Cambridge, UK 📚 Published by @Co_Biologists 👨‍🔬 Editor-in-Chief Daniel Gorelick @gorelicklab 🔓 All articles published #OpenAccess 🤝Partnered with @ReviewCommons 🙌Champions #ECRs Find out more: ow.ly/EF4J50EOg6H

Registration is now open for the @DMM_Journal 2026 meeting on Innovative Preclinical Models for Pediatric Cancer Research, organised by James Amatruda, Pratiti (Mimi) Bandopadhayay, Ana Banito and Elaine Mardis. Find out more and register at bit.ly/3OCi1q9

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Bhavya Pratap Singh and Anuradha Bhat show that environmental unpredictability affects behavioural trait covariation, and within-individual integration, enhancing plasticity and flexibility in #zebrafish coping behaviours. doi.org/10.1242/bio.06…

♻️Celebrating #GlobalRecyclingDay and encouraging everyone to be responsible with their waste. Check out how recycling and other circular economy principles can help you organise an academic event more sustainably: biologists.com/stories/how-ca…

#CircularEconomy plays a big role in creating a robust and #sustainable future that minimises waste and maximising resources. Which circular economy practices would you implement in your academic event?

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Xuanshuo Zhang & co show that functional coupling of two different neurons in #Drosophila photoreceptor cells is established through gap junction-mediated signalling from adjacent accessory cells.

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Binyi Yang, Mustafa Khokha & co from @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social show that CCDC57 is essential for motile cilia structure and left–right axis formation, linking Xenopus developmental defects to human laterality disorders. doi.org/10.1242/bio.06…

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This article was handled through our Fast & Fair peer review workflow. This initiative aims to provide authors with a first decision post review within 7 working days. Read more articles handled through our Fast & fair peer review in our collection. bit.ly/4fiAxNE

Understanding pancreatic organogenesis is critical for elucidating disease mechanisms. Through #miRNA profiling during early #PancreaticDevelopment, Ziyue Yang & co identify miR-302 as a critical regulator of progenitor number and overall pancreas size. doi.org/10.1242/bio.06…

This article was handled through our Fast & Fair peer review workflow. This initiative aims to provide authors with a first decision post review within 7 working days. Read more articles handled through our Fast & fair peer review in our collection. bit.ly/4fiAxNE

RBM3 is a cold-inducible protein with neuroprotective functions in rodents. Here, Suman Kumar, Tina Kleven & Rafal Ciosk report cold-induced aggregation of the human RBM3 and discuss its implications for animal physiology. doi.org/10.1242/bio.06…

This article was handled through our Fast & Fair peer review workflow. This initiative aims to provide authors with a first decision post review within 7 working days. Read more articles handled through our Fast & fair peer review in our collection. bit.ly/4fiAxNE

Hilario Ruelas-Ramírez & co describe how the mitochondrial protein Slm35 works as a negative regulator of #mitophagy, acting through retrograde signaling to the nucleus, and highlights its role in fine-tuning mitochondrial quality control. doi.org/10.1242/bio.06…

This article was handled through our Fast & Fair peer review workflow. This initiative aims to provide authors with a first decision post review within 7 working days. Read more articles handled through our Fast & fair peer review in our collection. bit.ly/4fiAxNE

Ismael Galván & co show that sunlight ☀️ affects plumage colour in Spanish imperial eagles 🦅 , presenting this factor as a source of phenotypic change in birds and suggesting that it influences the evolution of life-histories. doi.org/10.1242/bio.06… #BirdColouration

Chelsea George and co identify new roles for the protein ZNF16 in the regulation of ribosomal RNA transcription and gene expression regulation for pathways involved in cancer. doi.org/10.1242/bio.06… #ZincFingerProteins #RRNAExpression

📆 🐟 The deadline for the BiO Global South Travel Grants for #EZM2026 is approaching. Apply by 15 March 2026. @eu_fish ezsociety.org/grants-EZM2026