From interorganelle communication to geroprotector drugs, vertebrate vocalizations to sex-limited chromosomes and epistasis in evolution to CRISPR in immunity. Read #openaccess Reviews from the flagship biology journal of @BioMedCentral & @BMC_Series.

We are accepting submissions to our Collection on “Ion channels and #channelopathies”. Studied either from a #neuroscience, #vascular, #muscular, #pathological or #computational perspective, find all details and our Guest Editors here: #electrophysiology

IRF3 and IRF9 were considered missing from the chicken genome and many other birds 🐓. New #OpenAccess research in #BMCBiology describes multiple avian IRF3 and IRF9 genes, all with difficult GC-rich sequences that prevented their earlier characterization.

A better understanding of historical pandemics can provide relevant information for the prevention of future pandemics🧪😷. Check out new #OpenAccess research in #BMCBiology studying host adaptations from the 1918 flu pandemic.

RT @BioMedCentral: A study published in @BMCBiology finds that Uloboridae spiders have indeed lost their venom apparatus while still retain….

This Collection aims to foster understanding of the complex interplay between aging and immune function under healthy and disease conditions, across various species, in hopes of potential strategies to mitigate the adverse effects of immunosenescence and improve healthspan.

With aging, the immune system undergoes significant changes, including modifications in both innate and adaptive immunity. These changes often result in increased susceptibility to infections, reduced efficacy of vaccinations, chronic inflammation. .

🚨Call for papers: Immunosenescence 🚨. Guest Editors:.Feng Hefeng, PhD, ADR, Luxembourg Institute of Health.Huimin Zhang, PhD, University of California Riverside. Deadline: 5 September 2025. Details:

RT @BMCBiology: 🚨Call for papers 🚨 BMC Biology is looking for submissions on Non-traditional model organisms for our latest collection. We….

RT @BMCBiology: Five articles published in @BMCBiology together with articles from the @NaturePortfolio are included in the Collection: "A….

RT @BioMedCentral: A study published in @BMCBiology finds that Uloboridae spiders have indeed lost their venom apparatus while still retain….

🚨Call for papers 🚨 BMC Biology is looking for submissions on Non-traditional model organisms for our latest collection. We aim to promote the importance of non-model organisms in advancing biological research and addressing global challenges.

RT @BMCBiology: A new #openaccess study by @GiuliaZancolli and co. finds that some Uloboridae #spiders lack a #venom apparatus but toxins….

A new #openaccess study by @GiuliaZancolli and co. finds that some Uloboridae #spiders lack a #venom apparatus but toxins in their digestive fluids ensure prey immobilisation and digestion. #Evolution #Defensin

RT @hkiaris1: BMC Biology: Circannual breeding and methylation are impacted by the equinox in Peromyscus. https://t.….

New #openaccess #research from Liandong Yang, Shunping He and co. provides a time-series #transcriptomics landscape of #zebrafish #embryogenesis, from #embryo to six days post-fertilization. #AlternativeSplicing #lncRNA #ZGA #RNAseq

Five articles published in @BMCBiology together with articles from the @NaturePortfolio are included in the Collection: "A year of stem cell and developmental biology". See: @abud_helen @CigliolaLab @smarino0111 @BioMedCentral #stemcells

Formant analysis of vertebrate vocalizations: achievements, pitfalls, and promises. Fitch & co Review how vocal tract resonances provide cues to identity, body size, affective states (etc); & challenges of methods from human speech in animal communication.

Mitochondrial genomes revisited: why do different lineages retain different genes? . A Review from Butenko, Lukeš, Speijer and Wideman @evocellbio, part of our ‘Evolutionary Genomics’ collection.

Blueprints for healing: central nervous system regeneration in zebrafish and neonatal mice. @CigliolaLab reviews how and why regeneration capability is lost in adult mammals, and how this may inform strategies to promote CNS regeneration.

Harnessing 3D models to uncover the mechanisms driving infectious and inflammatory disease in the intestine:. Micati, @abud_helen & co describe using #organoids to reproduce the tissue environment, uncover host-microbe interactions & enable drug discovery.