The Company of Biologists: celebrating 100 years

Citation

Bray, S.J., Royle, S.J., Shiels, H.A. and St Johnston, D. (2025). The Company of Biologists: celebrating 100 years. J Cell Sci 138, jcs263761.

Abstract

2025 marks the 100-year anniversary of the founding of The Company of Biologists and what an extraordinary voyage it has been. Founded by biologists to promote science, our core ethos remains to support the community by publishing top-notch science and by providing grants to sustain scientific societies and community activities. As part of our celebrations, we are publishing articles about our past, present and future in each of our five journals: Development, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, Disease Models & Mechanisms and Biology Open. These articles will be complemented by posts on our community sites (the Node, preLights and FocalPlane), as well as stories on our website. To see all our celebratory activities, please visit our anniversary page: https://www.biologists.com/100-years/. In this initial, cross-title Editorial, four of our current Directors look back through events in our 100-year history with an accompanying poster timeline that details the Company’s journey so far. We also summarise some of our present activities and look forward to our future challenges and goals.

Note

This is a cross-title Editorial that is also published in Development, Disease Models & Mechanisms, Biology Open and Journal of Experimental Biology