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'''The Company of Biologists''' is a UK-based charity and not-for-profit publisher that was established in 1925 with the aim to promote research and study across all branches of biology. The Company publishes currently five [[scientific journals]]: ''[[Development (journal)|Development]], [[Disease Models & Mechanisms]], [[Journal of Cell Science]], [[Journal of Experimental Biology]]'', and ''Biology Open''.
'''The Company of Biologists''' is a UK-based charity and not-for-profit publisher that was established in 1925 by [[George Parker Bidder III]] with the aim of promoting research and study across all branches of biology. The company publishes currently five [[scientific journals]]: ''[[Development (journal)|Development]], [[Disease Models & Mechanisms]], [[Journal of Cell Science]], [[Journal of Experimental Biology]], and [[Biology Open]]''.


As part of its charitable giving, The Company awards grants and travelling fellowships to biologists as well as running a series of Workshops.
As part of its charitable giving, the company awards grants and travelling fellowships to biologists as well as running a series of workshops.


The Company's chairman is [[Tim Hunt|Sir Tim Hunt]].
The company's current chairperson is Professor Sarah Bray.


==Brief history==
==Brief history==
George Parker Bidder III, a prominent zoologist working in Europe during the late 19th and early 20th Century, founded the Company of Biologists in 1925 in a bid to rescue the ailing journal ''The British Journal of Experimental Biology'' (now [[The Journal of Experimental Biology]]).
George Parker Bidder III, a prominent zoologist working in Europe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, founded the Company of Biologists in 1925 in a bid to rescue the ailing journal ''The British Journal of Experimental Biology'' (now ''[[The Journal of Experimental Biology]]''), which was founded in 1923 by [[Julian Huxley]], [[Lancelot Hogben]] and Frances A. E. Crew.


Bidder felt that the journal was crucial for this emerging area of biology so turned to friends and colleagues, selling them £5 shares in his newly formed Company of Biologists. Such was the Company’s success that, in 1946, Bidder gifted the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science to them, which was later relaunched as [[Journal of Cell Science]].
Bidder felt that the journal was crucial for this emerging area of biology so turned to friends and colleagues, selling them £5 shares in his newly formed Company of Biologists. Such was the company's success that, in 1946, Bidder gifted the ''[[Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science]]'' to them, which was later relaunched as ''[[Journal of Cell Science]]''.


In 1952 the Company became a registered charity and a year later, in 1953, it accepted the gift of a third journal, the Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology (relaunched in 1987 as [[Development (journal)|Development]]).
In 1952 the company became a registered charity and a year later, in 1953, it accepted the gift of a third journal, the ''Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology'' (relaunched in 1987 as ''[[Development (journal)|Development]]'').


In August 2008 [[Disease Models & Mechanisms]] was launched to reflect the increasing importance of model organisms in the understanding of human disease. Disease Models & Mechanisms is an [[Open_access_(publishing)|Open Access]] journal.
In August 2008 ''[[Disease Models & Mechanisms]]'' was launched to reflect the increasing importance of model organisms in the understanding of human disease; it is an [[open access journal]].


In Autumn 2011, The Company launched a 5th journal, ''Biology Open'', an online only, [[open access]] journal that publishes original research across all aspects of the biological sciences.
In autumn 2011, the company launched a fifth journal, ''[[Biology Open]]'', an online only, [[open access]] that publishes original research across all aspects of the biological sciences.


The Company’s charitable status has the condition that none of the Directors receives any remuneration for their services, so Directors give their time and expertise as part of their contribution to the scientific community.
The company's charitable status has the condition that none of the directors receive any remuneration for their services, so directors give their time and expertise as part of their contribution to the scientific community.

[[File:CoB_round_logo.png|200px|right|alt=The Company of Biologists]]
[[File:The Company of Biologists seal.svg|150px|right|alt=The Company of Biologists]]


==The company seal==
==The company seal==
The Company seal features two Egyptian symbols that also appear in the Company’s more modern logo. The well-known Ankh is the Egyptian hieroglyph for life – an appropriate symbol for an organization dedicated to supporting the life sciences. The feather represents the goddess Maat and is generally seen as the symbol for truth, balance and order – Maat weighed souls against her feather to determine whether they would reach the paradise of the afterlife.
The company seal features two Egyptian symbols that also appeared in the company's previous logo. The well-known [[ankh]] is the Egyptian hieroglyph for life – an appropriate symbol for an organization dedicated to supporting the life sciences. The feather represents the goddess [[Maat]] and is generally seen as the symbol for truth, balance and order – Maat weighed souls against her feather to determine whether they would reach the paradise of the afterlife.


==Charitable activities==
==Charitable activities==
The Company provides grants to many scientific societies, large and small. These societies, in turn, use part of the funding to provide travel grants to support postgraduates and junior post doctoral fellows who wish to attend their conferences. Each of the Company’s journals provide Travelling Fellowships to postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows and these are put towards the cost of collaborative visits to other research laboratories. The Company also invites direct applications from postgraduate and post doctoral fellows for travel grants towards the cost of attendance at research conferences, workshops or for skill-acquiring visits to other research labs.
The company provides grants to many scientific societies, large and small. These societies, in turn, use part of the funding to provide travel grants to support postgraduates and junior postdoctoral fellows who wish to attend their conferences. Each of the company's journals provides travelling fellowships to postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows and these are put towards the cost of collaborative visits to other research laboratories. The company also invites direct applications from postgraduate and postdoctoral fellows for travel grants towards the cost of attendance at research conferences, workshops or for skill-acquiring visits to other research labs.


As participants in the United Nation’s Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative ([[HINARI]]) and OARE initiatives, The Company makes all its online articles freely available to users in developing countries
As participants in the United Nation's Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative ([[HINARI]]) and OARE initiatives, the company makes all its online articles freely available to users in developing countries


In 2010, The Company launched its series of Workshops intended to champion the novel techniques and innovations that will underpin the post-genomic revolution.
In 2010, the company launched its series of workshops intended to champion the novel techniques and innovations that will underpin the post-genomic revolution.


== Community sites ==
==Company directors==
The Company of Biologists supports three online biological communities:
''Chairman''
*[[Tim Hunt|Sir Tim Hunt]]


* the Node: the community site for and by developmental biologists
''Directors (Trustees)''
* preLights: the preprint highlights service run by the biological community
*John H. Anstee
* FocalPlane: the community site for microscopists and biologists alike
*James Briscoe

*Julian Burke
==Further reading==
*Andrew Cossins
*Erlingsson, Steindór J., [http://www.raunvis.hi.is/~steindor/BJHS_2013.pdf Institutions and innovation: experimental zoology and the creation of the British Journal of Experimental Biology and the Society for Experimental Biology], British Journal for the History of Science, 46(1): 72-95, 2013.
*Mehul Dattani
*Matthew Freeman
*Rick Horwitz
*Clare Isacke
*Ron Laskey
*Simon Maddrell
*John Noble-Nesbitt
*Martin Raff
*Daniel St Johnston
*Kate Storey
*Cheryl Tickle
*Alan Wilson


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.biologists.com/web/index.html The Company of Biologists website]
*{{official website|http://www.biologists.com/}}
*[http://workshops.biologists.com The Company of Biologists Workshops]
**[http://workshops.biologists.com Workshops]
*[http://www.biologists.com/cob_grants.html The Company of Biologists Charity Page]
**[http://www.biologists.com/grants Charity]

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Latest revision as of 16:08, 26 March 2024

The Company of Biologists
Founded1925
FounderGeorge Parker Bidder III
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Headquarters locationCambridge
Publication typesAcademic journals
Nonfiction topicsScience
Official websitewww.biologists.com

The Company of Biologists is a UK-based charity and not-for-profit publisher that was established in 1925 by George Parker Bidder III with the aim of promoting research and study across all branches of biology. The company publishes currently five scientific journals: Development, Disease Models & Mechanisms, Journal of Cell Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, and Biology Open.

As part of its charitable giving, the company awards grants and travelling fellowships to biologists as well as running a series of workshops.

The company's current chairperson is Professor Sarah Bray.

Brief history[edit]

George Parker Bidder III, a prominent zoologist working in Europe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, founded the Company of Biologists in 1925 in a bid to rescue the ailing journal The British Journal of Experimental Biology (now The Journal of Experimental Biology), which was founded in 1923 by Julian Huxley, Lancelot Hogben and Frances A. E. Crew.

Bidder felt that the journal was crucial for this emerging area of biology so turned to friends and colleagues, selling them £5 shares in his newly formed Company of Biologists. Such was the company's success that, in 1946, Bidder gifted the Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science to them, which was later relaunched as Journal of Cell Science.

In 1952 the company became a registered charity and a year later, in 1953, it accepted the gift of a third journal, the Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology (relaunched in 1987 as Development).

In August 2008 Disease Models & Mechanisms was launched to reflect the increasing importance of model organisms in the understanding of human disease; it is an open access journal.

In autumn 2011, the company launched a fifth journal, Biology Open, an online only, open access that publishes original research across all aspects of the biological sciences.

The company's charitable status has the condition that none of the directors receive any remuneration for their services, so directors give their time and expertise as part of their contribution to the scientific community.

The Company of Biologists

The company seal[edit]

The company seal features two Egyptian symbols that also appeared in the company's previous logo. The well-known ankh is the Egyptian hieroglyph for life – an appropriate symbol for an organization dedicated to supporting the life sciences. The feather represents the goddess Maat and is generally seen as the symbol for truth, balance and order – Maat weighed souls against her feather to determine whether they would reach the paradise of the afterlife.

Charitable activities[edit]

The company provides grants to many scientific societies, large and small. These societies, in turn, use part of the funding to provide travel grants to support postgraduates and junior postdoctoral fellows who wish to attend their conferences. Each of the company's journals provides travelling fellowships to postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows and these are put towards the cost of collaborative visits to other research laboratories. The company also invites direct applications from postgraduate and postdoctoral fellows for travel grants towards the cost of attendance at research conferences, workshops or for skill-acquiring visits to other research labs.

As participants in the United Nation's Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) and OARE initiatives, the company makes all its online articles freely available to users in developing countries

In 2010, the company launched its series of workshops intended to champion the novel techniques and innovations that will underpin the post-genomic revolution.

Community sites[edit]

The Company of Biologists supports three online biological communities:

  • the Node: the community site for and by developmental biologists
  • preLights: the preprint highlights service run by the biological community
  • FocalPlane: the community site for microscopists and biologists alike

Further reading[edit]

External links[edit]

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