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As our relationship with postdocs grows, our postdocs have enriched The Company of Biologists community in a myriad of ways.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/the-company-of-biologists-celebrates-postdocs/#more-21615" class="more-link">…</a></p> <div class="buttons stories-buttons"> <p><a class="btn-type1" href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/the-company-of-biologists-celebrates-postdocs/" >Read more</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="postblock-21297" class="white-block"> <h2><a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/get-an-inside-look-into-a-successful-sustainable-conference/">Get an inside look into a successful, sustainable conference</a></h2> <p><em>11 July 2024</em></p> <p>It can be problematic to perfectly blend social, environmental and financial goals when organising an academic event, but we think that Chrissy Hammond (University of Bristol) and her co-organisers Lizzie Lawrence, Joanna Moss, Nikki Stevenson and Rabia Sevil rose to the challenge at <a href="https://bsmb.ac.uk/meetings/dynamic-matrix-mechanics-ageing-and-repair/">The Dynamic matrix: mechanics, ageing and repair Conference</a>, a British Society for Matrix Biology (BSMB) meeting. We were delighted to support this event from our <a href="https://www.biologists.com/sustainability-hub/sustainability-initiative/grants/">Fund for Innovations in Sustainable Conferencing</a> and <a href="https://www.biologists.com/grants/scientific-meeting-grants/">Scientific Meeting Grants</a>, and we are keen to continue supporting events like this in the future.</p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="21313" data-permalink="https://www.biologists.com/stories/get-an-inside-look-into-a-successful-sustainable-conference/attachment/1000043599/" data-orig-file="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/1000043599-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1920" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"SM-A526B","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1712674405","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.23","iso":"250","shutter_speed":"0.02","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="1000043599" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/1000043599-300x225.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/1000043599-1024x768.jpg" class="wp-image-21313 size-medium alignleft" src="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/1000043599-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/1000043599-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/1000043599-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/1000043599-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/1000043599-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/1000043599-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />We are very grateful to Chrissy for welcoming us at this event. We had the opportunity to talk with the main stakeholders involved in the planning process and we would like to share with you some of the good practices they implemented whilst organising a green meeting. <a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/get-an-inside-look-into-a-successful-sustainable-conference/#more-21297" class="more-link">…</a></p> <div class="buttons stories-buttons"> <p><a class="btn-type1" href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/get-an-inside-look-into-a-successful-sustainable-conference/" >Read more</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="postblock-21196" class="white-block"> <h2><a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/inaugural-global-south-workshop-is-held-in-south-africa/">Inaugural Global South Workshop is held in South Africa</a></h2> <p><em>17 June 2024</em></p> <p>We were delighted to host our inaugural Global South Workshop, organised by Kênia Bícego (São Paulo State University, Brazil) and Andrea Fuller (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) and held at Kruger National Park, South Africa in March 2024. Our Global South Workshop is part of our ongoing commitment to diversifying our Workshop programme so that we can support a wider selection of research communities around the world. <a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/inaugural-global-south-workshop-is-held-in-south-africa/#more-21196" class="more-link">…</a></p> <div class="buttons stories-buttons"> <p><a class="btn-type1" href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/inaugural-global-south-workshop-is-held-in-south-africa/" >Read more</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="postblock-20843" class="white-block"> <h2><a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/sustainablemenuspart2/">Sustainable menus at events: nurturing with less impact (part 2)</a></h2> <p><em>11 April 2024</em></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="20851" data-permalink="https://www.biologists.com/stories/sustainablemenuspart2/plate/" data-orig-file="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/plate.png" data-orig-size="526,395" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="plate" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/plate-300x225.png" data-large-file="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/plate.png" class="wp-image-20851 size-medium alignright" src="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/plate-300x225.png" alt="" width="300" height="225" srcset="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/plate-300x225.png 300w, https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/plate.png 526w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p> <p>At any event food is an integral part of your attendees’ experience. However, managing the impact of food choices is not straightforward in terms of sustainability. In this blog, we look at some more tips to help make the menus at your upcoming events more sustainable. In case you missed it, check out <a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/sustainablemenu/">part 1 of this guide</a>. <a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/sustainablemenuspart2/#more-20843" class="more-link">…</a></p> <div class="buttons stories-buttons"> <p><a class="btn-type1" href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/sustainablemenuspart2/" >Read more</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div id="postblock-21633" class="white-block"> <h2><a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/the-present-and-future-of-organising-sustainable-academic-events/">One year review: the present and future of organising sustainable academic events</a></h2> <p><em>19 September 2024</em></p> <p>My name is Teodora Rinciog and I am the Sustainable Conferencing and Communications Officer at The Company of Biologists. For the past year, I have been working on improving the sustainable strategy of our charitable <a href="https://www.biologists.com/workshops/">Workshops</a> and <a href="https://www.biologists.com/meetings/">Journal Meetings</a>, whilst also supporting biologists across the world organise their academic events in a more sustainable manner. In this blog, I would like to share with you what I have learnt in the past year about how to organise sustainable academic events and how this will change in the future. While climate change is a familiar term nowadays, it is still hard to imagine how this will tangibly affect our lives in the near future. We were born in the era of consumerism, and it is difficult to imagine that our children will live any differently to us. Yet, the UN has already announced that we could <a href="https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/report/2023/The-Sustainable-Development-Goals-Report-2023.pdf">reach the critical 1.5 °C global warming threshold soon</a>. Every action taken from now on counts. <a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/the-present-and-future-of-organising-sustainable-academic-events/#more-21633" class="more-link">…</a></p> <div class="buttons stories-buttons"> <p><a class="btn-type1" href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/the-present-and-future-of-organising-sustainable-academic-events/" >Read more</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="postblock-21610" class="white-block"> <h2><a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/jcs-journal-meeting-2024-diversity-and-evolution-in-cell-biology-in-spain/">JCS Journal Meeting 2024: Diversity and Evolution in Cell Biology in Spain</a></h2> <p><em>16 September 2024</em></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="21612" data-permalink="https://www.biologists.com/stories/jcs-journal-meeting-2024-diversity-and-evolution-in-cell-biology-in-spain/group-photo-6/" data-orig-file="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Group-photo-5-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Group-photo-5-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Group-photo-5-1024x683.jpg" class="alignnone wp-image-21612" src="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Group-photo-5-300x200.jpg" alt="Group photo of attendees for the 2024 JCS meeting. " width="700" height="467" srcset="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Group-photo-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Group-photo-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Group-photo-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Group-photo-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Group-photo-5-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></p> <p>The Journal Meeting, Diversity and Evolution in Cell Biology, organised by Journal of Cell Science (JCS) took place from 24 June to 27 June 2024 in Catalonia, Spain. The aim of this meeting was to bring together evolutionary biologists and cell biologists investigating diverse aspects of cellular physiology, traversing both spatial scales – from subcellular cytoskeletal dynamics to symbiotic interactions – and evolutionary time.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/jcs-journal-meeting-2024-diversity-and-evolution-in-cell-biology-in-spain/#more-21610" class="more-link">…</a></p> <div class="buttons stories-buttons"> <p><a class="btn-type1" href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/jcs-journal-meeting-2024-diversity-and-evolution-in-cell-biology-in-spain/" >Read more</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="postblock-21277" class="white-block"> <h2><a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/the-forest-of-biologists-shortlisted-for-alpsp-impact-award-2024/">The Forest of Biologists shortlisted for ALPSP Impact Award 2024</a></h2> <p><em>28 June 2024</em></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="21282" data-permalink="https://www.biologists.com/stories/the-forest-of-biologists-shortlisted-for-alpsp-impact-award-2024/forest-screenshot-jcs-daxx_300ppi_cropped-2/" data-orig-file="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Forest-Screenshot-JCS-DAXX_300ppi_cropped-1.png" data-orig-size="2013,996" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Forest Screenshot JCS DAXX_300ppi_cropped" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Forest-Screenshot-JCS-DAXX_300ppi_cropped-1-300x148.png" data-large-file="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Forest-Screenshot-JCS-DAXX_300ppi_cropped-1-1024x507.png" class="wp-image-21282 alignleft" src="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Forest-Screenshot-JCS-DAXX_300ppi_cropped-1-1024x507.png" alt="Screenshot of The Forest of Biologists website, highlighting a tree planted for an article published in JCS" width="700" height="346" srcset="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Forest-Screenshot-JCS-DAXX_300ppi_cropped-1-1024x507.png 1024w, https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Forest-Screenshot-JCS-DAXX_300ppi_cropped-1-300x148.png 300w, https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Forest-Screenshot-JCS-DAXX_300ppi_cropped-1-768x380.png 768w, https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Forest-Screenshot-JCS-DAXX_300ppi_cropped-1-1536x760.png 1536w, https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Forest-Screenshot-JCS-DAXX_300ppi_cropped-1.png 2013w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" /></p> <p>We are very proud that <a href="https://forest.biologists.com">The Forest of Biologists</a> has been shortlisted for the ALPSP Impact Award 2024. This is a great recognition for a project that we have thoroughly enjoyed launching and that we feel makes a true impact to both the scientific community and the natural environment.</p> <p> <a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/the-forest-of-biologists-shortlisted-for-alpsp-impact-award-2024/#more-21277" class="more-link">…</a></p> <div class="buttons stories-buttons"> <p><a class="btn-type1" href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/the-forest-of-biologists-shortlisted-for-alpsp-impact-award-2024/" >Read more</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="postblock-21144" class="white-block"> <h2><a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/social-sustainability-at-meetings/">Inclusion, diversity and social sustainability at meetings</a></h2> <p><em>11 June 2024</em></p> <p>Sustainable practices are often seen as actions that minimise environmental impact. According to the <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/goals">Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)</a> proposed by the UN, sustainable practices include themes such as environmental protection, the fight against poverty, inclusion, and collaboration.</p> <p>While many of our <a href="https://www.biologists.com/storycategory/sustainability/">blogs</a> explore tips on how to minimise the environmental impact of events, in this blog we will talk about the social aspects of sustainability and how to approach them when organising a conference. <a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/social-sustainability-at-meetings/#more-21144" class="more-link">…</a></p> <div class="buttons stories-buttons"> <p><a class="btn-type1" href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/social-sustainability-at-meetings/" >Read more</a></p> </div> </div> <div id="postblock-20730" class="white-block"> <h2><a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/going-belowground-exploring-the-protective-role-of-isoprene-in-plant-roots-at-the-sharkey-lab/">Going belowground: exploring the protective role of isoprene in plant roots at the Sharkey lab</a></h2> <p><em style="font-size: 17.3333px;">26 March 2024</em></p> <p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="20731" data-permalink="https://www.biologists.com/stories/going-belowground-exploring-the-protective-role-of-isoprene-in-plant-roots-at-the-sharkey-lab/manuel_bellucci/" data-orig-file="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Manuel_Bellucci.jpg" data-orig-size="700,466" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.8","credit":"","camera":"X-T2","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1451606582","copyright":"","focal_length":"18","iso":"6400","shutter_speed":"0.000625","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Manuel_Bellucci" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Manuel_Bellucci-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Manuel_Bellucci.jpg" class="wp-image-20731 alignnone" src="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Manuel_Bellucci.jpg" alt="Manuel Bellucci in the lab" width="600" height="399" srcset="https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Manuel_Bellucci.jpg 700w, https://www.biologists.com/wp-content/uploads/Manuel_Bellucci-300x200.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></p> <p>Isoprene is a biogenic volatile compound emitted by many different plants. Above ground, this compound protects plants from a range of abiotic and biotic stresses. But what happens belowground is less clear and it is this question that fascinated Manuel Bellucci, a PhD student in the Department of Science and Technology for Sustainable Development and the Campus Bio-Medico of the University of Rome (Italy).</p> <p> <a href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/going-belowground-exploring-the-protective-role-of-isoprene-in-plant-roots-at-the-sharkey-lab/#more-20730" class="more-link">…</a></p> <div class="buttons stories-buttons"> <p><a class="btn-type1" href="https://www.biologists.com/stories/going-belowground-exploring-the-protective-role-of-isoprene-in-plant-roots-at-the-sharkey-lab/" >Read more</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-4"> <div class="sidebar-filters"> <h4>Filter Stories</h4> <ul class="nav nav-stacked"><li role="presentation"><a href="https://www.biologists.com/storycategory/company-stories/" title="View all posts in Company stories" >Company stories</a></li><li role="presentation"><a 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