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16 June 2026 What are SDGs? Adopted by the UN’s member states, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were created to offer a guide of all the actions that should be taken in redesigning the world in a sustainable manner that will allow the climate to not surpass the 1.5ºC threshold by 2030 according to the Paris Agreement. While this threshold might already be surpassed, it has become even more crucial today to implement the Sustainable Development Goals across industries.

"This conference was outstanding, my favorite conference scientifically I have ever been to. Established at least 3 new collaborations!" "Great content, fantastic venue, amazing organisation" "As an ECR, I feel so lucky to have participated in this workshop and learnt so much" "The discussions have led to new experiment ideas and future directions for my project.

26 May 2026 The Company of Biologists is delighted to confirm the renewal of our Read & Publish Open Access agreement with Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) from 2027 to 2029. Under this agreement, corresponding authors based in 33 developing and transition economy countries will continue to be able to publish an unlimited number of Open Access research articles without paying article processing charges (APCs).

21 April 2026 by Jeroen Dobbelaere Research funders have started to request lab sustainability measurements. Are they joining the sustainable wave or will it have an impact? Research labs are the places where scientific questions are tested, ideas are born and discoveries are made. Although the current lab environment is very different from the romantic textbook view, most people use a vast number of resources to put in practice these principles.

16 April 2026 We are delighted to announce that we have signed an agreement with iGroup Malaysia – Access Dunia Sdn Bhd to represent us as our sole agent in Malaysia. Access Dunia Sdn Bhd brings more than two decades of experience in supporting librarians, educators, and researchers through its extensive portfolio of electronic resources, including research databases, e‑books and e‑journals.

To build on the momentum of our recent Workshop, Macro to micro: quantitative plant imaging across scales, we are launching a new webinar series together with Workshop organisers Alex Johnson (University of Exeter) and Joe McKenna (Warwick University). We’ll be hosting quarterly webinars allowing researchers from all career stages to showcase their research on plant imaging.

20 March 2026 Since the circular economy was originally defined based on the Reduce-Reuse-Recycle (3Rs) strategy, the concept has now expanded to include more Rs that minimise waste. Following up from the first part of our circular economy guide for events, we have analysed the additional circular economy concepts and how they can be adapted in the world of scientific conferences. Refuse – no products, no waste Could this event run without it?

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. In world-leading research, Alan and his team developed novel sensors, enabling the collection of advanced data by tracking animals in their natural habitats.

12 February 2026 More than 2.1 billion tonnes of waste are produced every year in the EU. Nowadays, we are living in a “take-make-consume-waste” linear economy where products are designed to have a limited lifespan and people are encouraged to replace them quickly. However, in the light of climate change, there has been more investment to transition from the linear to a more sustainable circular economy. But what is circular economy and how from our economy from today?

Date: 8 – 11 November 2026 Location: Buxted Park, East Sussex, UK Organisers: Jennifer Davis, Christine Mummery and Beth Pruitt Human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived cardiac cells present an exciting model for providing mechanistic insights into heart disease.