14 September 2026

The Company of Biologists is delighted to announce the appointment of Dan Shanahan as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective 14 September 2026.

Dan brings a wealth of publishing expertise and a proven track record of advancing open science initiatives that align closely with the Company’s mission to support biologists and inspire biology worldwide. With extensive experience across leading organisations in scholarly publishing, including Springer Nature, F1000, Cochrane and most recently as Publishing Director at PLOS, Dan has consistently championed innovation, accessibility and community engagement. His deep understanding of Open Access publishing and non-profit leadership, combined with his ability to navigate the evolving scholarly landscape, positions him ideally to guide the Company through its next phase of development.

9 March 2026

It is with great sadness that we learned of the tragic death of Prof Alan Wilson FRS on 4 March 2026. Alan was a celebrated biomechanist, working passionately to improve our understanding of locomotion in humans and animals. 

26 August 2025

By Ankita Thawani, Travelling Fellowship (Development) recipient

Ever wonder how you can follow the smell of fresh pastries to the break room, dodge a ball flying at your face or get a reflexive jump scare when your friend yells “Boo!”? The answer lies between your ears, literally!

12 May 2025

We were delighted to celebrate our 100-year anniversary with incredible biologists at our Biologists @ 100 conference in March 2025. We celebrated this unique moment with a careful approach to sustainability in every aspect of organising.

We kept sustainability at the forefront of our minds when planning the conference and  thank everyone involved in helping us make this vision real.  We summarise below the ways in which sustainability played a key role at Biologists @ 100.

25 February 2025

To commemorate the 100^th birthday of Journal of Experimental Biology (JEB) in 2023, The Company of Biologists and JEB launched two new grants to champion the emerging talents in comparative physiology and biomechanics. One of our inaugural grant awardees is Erin Leonard from Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada.

21 July 2026

We are saying goodbye to Dr O. Claire Moulton this week, who is retiring from her role as CEO of The Company of Biologists. We’d like to take this opportunity to look back at Claire’s career and her impact on our company.

9 December 2025

As this year wraps up, The Company of Biologists celebrates 100 years of publishing. Looking back at all the biologists whose careers we have influenced and the science that we have helped advance, we cannot help but feel delighted at the impact we have made in the communities that we serve. As we reminisce about the past, one thing becomes clear: none of this would have been possible without our inspiring and motivated staff.

13 August 2025

The Company of Biologists is committed to improving equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in all our activities. We believe that diversity – in areas including but not limited to geography, race, ethnicity, gender and career stage – is essential to our work as a not-for-profit publishing organisation dedicated to supporting and inspiring the biological community.

As an organisation that has adopted the C4DISC Joint Statement of Principles, and a founding signatory of the Joint commitment for action on inclusion and diversity in publishing, The Company of Biologists recognises the current threats to the pursuit of EDI, and their negative impacts on many of our authors, reviewers, readers, editors, grant awardees and meeting participants.

24 April 2025

It has been one month since we celebrated our 100-year anniversary alongside our biological community at the Biologists @ 100 conference, hosted in ACC Liverpool, UK, on 24-27 March 2025. We have many special things planned for this momentous year and this community conference was a major event in our 2025 plans. We are delighted that the conference was so well attended and we received excellent feedback, which we are proud to share. A huge thank you to everyone who was able to join us for our conference, who contributed in ways both large and small, to making this event a success.

16 January 2025

As part of Journal of Experimental Biology’s 100-year anniversary celebration in 2023, The Company of Biologists launched two new funding initiatives aimed at supporting junior faculty staff setting up their first laboratory and research group. This critical career stage is markedly challenging considering the few funding opportunities available. We recognise that junior faculty staff represent the future of the field and created these funding opportunities to continue to support the experimental biology community.

One of our 2024 grant awardees is Pauline Fleischmann from Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany.