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Here is a curated selection of the latest preprints on new tools and techniques in imaging. Let us know if we are missing any recent preprints that are on your reading list! From background to foreground: secondary antibodies coupled to lipophilic ATTO dyes enable high-density membrane labeling in super-resolution and expansion microscopy Jim Dompierre, Silvia del Pozo Perera, Louis Hurson, Arnaud Mourier, Anne Devin, Manuel Rojo Figure extracted from Dompierre, et al.

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. After a PhD and a postdoc in molecular biology, Claire started her career in scientific publishing as a Journal Editor for Current Science.

"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.

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?