Biology Open

Facilitating rapid review for accessible research - an online only, #OpenAccess peer reviewed journal for research across all aspects of the biological sciences

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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: https://t.co/d5KYgxt1uX

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Issue 10 has now closed.

On the cover: The image shows a cluster of developing coral embryos alongside a distinct, smooth sphere representing an unfertilised egg. From the Research Article by Jeve et al. (2026)

Explore the full issue here: https://t.co/6n1169rNaE

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Thank you John Ladbury for sharing your experience of fee-free #OA publishing @BiologyOpen via our #ReadAndPublish agreement @UoLLibrary @ScienceLeeds

Read John’s paper: https://t.co/N3nTmgcERg

Is your institution participating too? https://t.co/Pq6VWGku7G

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Manrico Sebastiano @wild_smanne and colleagues provide experimental evidence that dietary antioxidants induce an antiviral transcriptomic signature in a wild seabird https://t.co/02Vb0NtNNd

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Check out the First person interview with Joel, a Master's student at Clemson University, investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms that determine whether neural stem cells promote disease progression or support nervous system recovery. https://t.co/ADWROpRapz

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mTOR inhibition and transcriptomic alterations provide mechanistic insight into the effect of Rapalink-1 on nervous system cancer cell lines. Read the article by Joel Karikari Nyarkoh and colleagues https://t.co/DgtXCcvhKi

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Are you an early-career researcher based in the Global South?

Apply by 20 November 2026 for our BiO Global South Conference Travel Grants to attend an international biological or biomedical conference. More information at https://t.co/Ir4xaZi0p2

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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. https://t.co/8PwWhurpF8

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Tenzeela and colleagues demonstrate that rising temperatures substantially alter metabolism and behavior in Himalayapotamon emphyseteum. https://t.co/u0INJzjjfI

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@preLights is looking for early-career researchers to join the preLights community as preLighters. Help uncover exciting preprints, engage with authors and contribute to scientific discussion.

Interested? Apply by 22 November
https://t.co/xKKBaMfEmO

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To find out more about this research, check out our First person interview with Yutian Li, now a volunteer researcher in Lea Goentoro's lab, investigating how cells and tissues interpret environmental and physiological signals. https://t.co/FG1NABgSFh

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Yutian Li and colleagues characterise early injury responses to nutrient treatment in adult #Drosophila limb https://t.co/OVrdn0y2st

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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. https://t.co/8PwWhurpF8

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Bhavika Gambhava and colleagues propose a python-based automated pipeline for phylogenetic tree construction, visualization, and comparative statistical evaluation. https://t.co/qGPbuQU5pv

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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. https://t.co/8PwWhurpF8

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Evan T. Schulz and colleagues find the combination of EWSR1-FLI1 expression and monoallelic EWSR1 depletion leads to nocodazole sensitivity by increasing mitotic spindle damage. https://t.co/XmYAlhPSmG

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To find out more about this research, check out the First Person interview with Cloé Hadjadji @cloe_hadj and Molly Ohse. They are both PhD students in the lab of Dr Pierre Bize at Swiss Ornithological Institute. https://t.co/1LN2bRzUwq

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Cloe Hadjadji and colleagues find a high-throughput plate-reader assay for mitochondrial respiration gives findings comparable to gold-standard high-resolution respirometry under normothermic conditions https://t.co/cPCAYR2dC3

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***Call for preLighters***

If you enjoy reading preprints, discussing new ideas & communicating science to a broad audience, @preLights would love to hear from you.

Find out more and apply by 22 November⬇️
https://t.co/dAPSpJohRB

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To find out more about this research, read the First person interview with Jeffry A. Jeve, who is a research assistant at the University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines, investigating coral biology and ecology. https://t.co/x83jN8nQOG

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Jeffry A. Jeve and colleagues find embryos, larvae, and recruits of the stress-tolerant corals Favites abdita and Favites colemani can tolerate acute thermal stress (up to 35°C). https://t.co/TvQV0fVY18

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Registration is now open to attend our 2027 Journal meeting on #metabolism, organised by Sally Dunwoodie, Irene Miguel-Aliaga @FlyGutLab, Satdarshan [Paul] Singh Monga & Hans-Georg Sprenger

Apply to attend at https://t.co/FNpI4SPREv
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