Journal of Experimental Biology

Journal of Experimental Biology

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Journal of Experimental Biology is the leading journal in comparative physiology

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The fish icon for the  'Field stations  in experimental biology research' Perspective series. The image shows a cartoon of a salmon jumping out of a wave. The icon is coloured in shades of teal.

In their Field stations in experimental biology research Perspective, Adam Summers @fishguy.bsky.social & Megan Dethier tell us about the history and impact of the University of Washington Friday Harbor laboratories, home to the legendary Fish Swimming course
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17 hours ago
Group photo of Workshop delegates

Thank you to organisers Anand Krishnan, Sanjay Sane and Anusha Shankar and everyone who joined us in India for our Workshop on 'Integrative Ecology in the Global South'
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#BiologistsWorkshops

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The 16th International Congress of the Biology of Fish logo. The circular logo includes a sketch of a salmon (top left), a sketch of a sturgeon (bottom right) with a sketch showing Vancouver landmarks across the middle. The text, 'ICBF 2026' is positioned in the middle right of the circular logo.

For fish fans attending #ICBF2026, don't miss out on the opportunity to submit your abstract. The deadline to submit is tomorrow, 12 March 2026

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Acidification, warming and cadmium exposure disrupt zebrafish calcium metabolism, bone formation and swimming activity Highlighted Article: Warming modulates stressor effects on zebrafish early skeletogenesis, calcium metabolism and swimming activity.

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Five-day-old zebrafish larvae that developed in water at pH 7.5 (L) and pH 4.0 (R). The skeleton is stained red. The larva that developed in pH 4.0 water has poorer skeletal development. Photo credit: Quinte Geessinck.

Warm temperatures can offset the damage to the developing skeletons of zebrafish larvae growing in acidic water, but when cadmium pollution is added to the mix, they absorb less calcium causing even more damage to their skeletons

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I think you mean @jxbotany.bsky.social

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As an author, reviewer, JEB Editorial Board member & Director of The Company of Biologists, Alan’s presence, energy and vision will be profoundly missed 🧵3/3

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Alan was a longstanding member of the JEB community & world-leading biomechanist whose work transformed our understanding of human and animal locomotion 🧵2/3

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Alan Wilson speaking at the Biologists @ 100 conference organised by The Company of Biologists in Liverpool in March 2025. Alan is  holding a microphone and speaking into it.

We are deeply saddened by the death of Alan Wilson. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, collaborators & colleagues 🧵1/3

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The Field Station Perspective series logo. The logo shows four images arranged in four quarters of a circle. The top right quarter shows a cartoon of a seal with icy mountains behind. The quadrant is coloured in shades of blue and white. The bottom right quadrant shows a beetle (black), the quadrant is yellow. The bottom left quadrant shows a salmon leaping above a wave; the quadrant is coloured shades of teal. The top left quadrant shows an emu running across savannah with the sun behind in the sky; the quadrant is in shades of red.

Field stations have long contributed to ground-breaking research published in JEB, yet the role of these vital research infrastructure sites is often underappreciated. Find out more about these valuable institutes in our new Perspective series

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The 16th International Congress of the Biology of Fish logo. The circular logo includes a sketch of a salmon (top left), a sketch of a sturgeon (bottom right) with a sketch showing Vancouver landmarks across the middle. The text, 'ICBF 2026' is positioned in the middle right of the circular logo.

Calling all #fish fans: #ICBF2026 has extended the deadline for abstract submission to 12 March, so you have one more week to get your abstracts in!

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Card advertising the JEB Highlights booklet. The card has a black background. Top left: Journal of Experimental Biology logo.
Beneath: JEB Highlights (yellow text)
Beneath: From a caterpillars diplomatic defence to a tarantula's phenomenal footwork
Right side of card: image of the Highlights booklet cover, showing 9 JEB covers from 2025 on a yellow background, with the title, 'Highlights 2025' in a white bar at the top

Each year, we pull together a selection of Inside JEB articles in the Highlights booklet. You can pick up the PDF of the 2025 booklet @

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to find out about the smallest kings of the castle and how snakes sink their fangs in

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JEB was very proud to sponsor the ''Mitochondrial bioenergetics in an ecological context - Original model' award, won by Amalie Hutchinson @westernu.ca for her talk, Balancing act - ATP supply and demand in torpid ruby-throated hummingbirds

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Screenshot of the first page of the PDF of the Review article, Transgenerational plasticity and climate change: phenotypic responses across ectothermic animals, by Anthony Gilbert and Daniel Warner. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb250304. doi:10.1242/jeb.250304. The first sentence of the Abstract says, 'Using organismal-level data to predict population-level responses to climate change is a common, yet complicated challenge'.

In their Review, Gilbert & Warner discuss how warming due to climate change can have effects across multiple generations of ectotherms and highlight knowledge gaps which would benefit from future research

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spotLights Ep 17: Teodora talks RPE ageing & mechanics #biology #science #preprints YouTube video by The Company of Biologists

Highlighting preprint stories from within the preLights community 📽️

Here, Teodora narrates her preprint showing that functional decline in the ageing retinal epithelium results from a change in the mechanical balance of the tissue due to natural cell loss!

#Short ⬇️
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Screenshot of the first page of the PDF of the Short Communication, Swimming respirometry provides insights into the physiological energetics of juvenile Atlantic bluefin tuna Thunnus thynnus, by David J. McKenzie, John F. Steffensen, Patricia Reglero, Edurne Blanco, Vincent Kerzerho, Tristan Rouyer, Fernando de la Gándara and Aurelio Ortega, Tristan Rouyer, Fernando de la Gándara and Aurelio Ortega. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb250696. doi:10.1242/jeb.250696. The first sentence of the Abstract says, 'Swimming respirometry was performed on juvenile (age 0+) Atlantic bluefin tuna, mass 565±90 g (mean±s.d., n=6), to measure elements of respiratory metabolism and exercise performance'.

Read the full research at journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

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Adult Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in a cage in the sea off Malta. Photo credit: V. Kerzerho.

Atlantic bluefin tuna are some of the top predators in the ocean and now an international team of researchers has successfully measured the fish's oxygen consumption, allowing them to estimate that bluefin tuna consume ∼650 mg O2/h when cruising

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The 16th International Congress of the Biology of Fish logo. The circular logo includes a sketch of a salmon (top left), a sketch of a sturgeon (bottom right) with a sketch showing Vancouver landmarks across the middle. The text, 'ICBF 2026' is positioned in the middle right of the circular logo.

If your heading to #ICBF2026 in Vancouver later this year, the deadline to submit your poster or oral presentation abstract is TOMORROW (3 March), so don't miss this exciting chance to share your newest discoveries with the excited fish biologists at UBC

icbf2026.com/abstracts/

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The front cover of Journal of Experimental Biology issue 4, volume 229, published February 2026, shows four dolphins swimming in shallow water. The image is taken from below looking up toward the surface. The central dolphin is entirely visible and takes up 1/3 of the image, the other three dolphins are located around the central dolphin and are either much smaller because they are further away, or are only partially visible because they are at the edge of the shot. An insert in the bottom right shows a sequence (10) electrical impedance tomography reconstructions taken over the course of a single breath. The Company of Biologists logo is in the bottom left corner.

Issue 4 has closed and issue 5 is open
The front cover by Dolphin Quest shows bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops spp.) just beneath the surface & accompanies research by Fahlman&co using electrical impedance tomography to visualise lung ventilation while diving
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The 16th International Congress of the Biology of Fish logo. The circular logo includes a sketch of a salmon (top left), a sketch of a sturgeon (bottom right) with a sketch showing Vancouver landmarks across the middle. The text, 'ICBF 2026' is positioned in the middle right of the circular logo.

The abstract submission deadline for the 16th International Congress on the Biology of Fish #ICBF2026 in Vancouver, Canada, (12-16 July 2026), is 3 March!

Don't miss this chance to tell the congress about your work through a poster or oral presentation

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Do you work in a Global South country and would like to host a Workshop?

Next deadline for topic proposals: 29 May 2026

The Company of Biologists logo to the left and a map of the world to the right, highlighting Global South countries in orange.

Additionally, we are again looking for proposals for the Global South. These proposals will differ from the standard Workshop programme as we will bring the event to your region. Find out more at
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Want to organise one of our Workshops?

You focus on the science, we focus on the logistics.

Next deadline for topic proposals: 
29 May 2026

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Do you have a vision for a Workshop but don’t have the time to arrange the logistics or raise the funding? Submit your idea to us in our annual call for topics. We'll provide all necessary support for successful applications. Find out more at biologists.com/workshops/pr...

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We receive great feedback from biologists that have put their sustainable vision into practice with financial help from our Fund for Innovations in Sustainable Conferencing. The next application deadline is 6 March 2026. Find out more at biologists.com/sustainabili...

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A screenshot of the PDF of the first page of the Research Article, The impact of visual perturbations on balance control during walking, by Yaqi Li, Eugenie Lambrecht, Sjoerd M. Bruijn and Jaap H. van Dieën. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb250847. doi:10.1242/jeb.250847. The first sentence of the Abstract states: 'Visual perturbations may lead to an illusory self-motion and affect balance control'.

Read the full research here
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A volunteer walking on a treadmill with visual perturbations presented on a smaller screen during a pilot study. Photo credit: Jaap van Dieën.

As we walk, our brains process information from our eyes & other sources which tell us that we're moving and help us balance. Li & co recently showed that tracking a moving target with your eyes or by moving your head can put you off balance

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A card announcing the call for papers stating 'Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Reproduction Guest Editors: Etya Amsalem, Tony D. Williams and Kathryn Wilsterman. Submission deadline: 30 June 2026' with the Journal of Experimental Biology logo and the logo for the Special Issue containing an egg cell surrounded by eight sperm cells. The eighth sperm, on the top right, is penetrating the egg.

We are calling for Reviews, Commentaries or research papers for our upcoming Special Issue: The Integrative Biology of Reproduction, covering the entire reproductive process, from mate selection, mating and egg-laying or pregnancy through to parental care

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The 16th International Congress of the Biology of Fish logo. The circular logo includes a sketch of a salmon (top left), a sketch of a sturgeon (bottom right) with a sketch of Vancouver landmarks across the middle. The text, 'ICBF 2026' is positioned in the middle right of the circular logo.

Calling all fish biologists!

The deadline for abstract submission to the 16th International Congress on the Biology of Fish #ICBF2026 in Vancouver, Canada, 12-16 July 2026, is 3 March

Submit your abstract NOW!

icbf2026.com/abstracts/

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Amalie Hutchinson (right) holding the  JEB-sponsored 'Mitochondrial bioenergetics in an ecological context - Original model' award certificate at the SEB EcoMito meeting. Charlotte Rutledge (JEB Editor) is on her left. They are standing in front of a screen with the Ecomito logo, SEB logo and sponsor logos. The organisers of the SEB EcoMito meeting with Charlotte Rutledge and Amalie Hutchinson. Left to right: Loïc Teulier, Jules Devaux,  Charlotte Rutledge, Amelie Hutchinson, Enrique Rodriguez and Elisa Thoral.

Congratulations to Amalie Hutchinson @westernu.ca winner of the JEB-sponsored 'Mitochondrial bioenergetics in an ecological context - Original model' award @sebiology.bsky.social EcoMito for the talk Balancing act - ATP supply and demand in torpid ruby-throated hummingbirds

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Screenshot of the first page of the PDF of the Review, The CO2 and humidity senses of insects in a changing world, in the Sensory Perception in a Changing World Special Issue. The Review is by Ajinkya Dahake. The publishing information states: © 2026. Published by The Company of Biologists | Journal of Experimental Biology (2026) 229, jeb251089. doi:10.1242/jeb.251089. The first sentence of the Abstract states: 'The ability to detect carbon dioxide and water vapor is essential for insect survival. Insects possess specialized receptors and anatomical structures that confer remarkable sensitivity to these environmental factors'.

Water & CO2 are prominent greenhouse gases. In his SI Review, Ajinkya Dahake discusses how insects sense H2O & CO2, and use the senses to locate plants, hosts & for navigation, although increasing CO2 could desensitise insects affecting host location

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Sensory Perception in a Changing World graphic. The graphic has a black background. 
The text in the top right says: Special Issue.
Next line: Sensory Perception in a Changing World
Next line: Guest Editors: Almut Kelber, Kathleen M. Gilmour and Sanjay Sane
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Left of graphic: image showing a moth drinking nectar from  cluster of white flowers against two circular green leaves

Many aquatic creatures have a well-developed sense of hearing & in their SI Review, Ana Širović &co discuss the impact of human noise pollution, from shipping & submarine prospecting to construction & military sonar, on fish, marine mammals & invertebrates

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