John Read, 1884-1963

On Sunstroke and Thermic Fever *Read at the International Congress Held at Copenhagen, August 1884.

The facts just cited show how far insolation and the effects of heat contribute towards sickness and mortality among certain classes of persons, the circumstances of whose life, being under direct observation and control, furnish reliable data for consideration of their vital statistics. The figures indicate chiefly the more severe forms, those in which the cerebro-spinal system suffers, they d...

Dev118943 1879..1884

Chromobodies are intracellular nanoprobes that combine the specificity of antibodies with the convenience of live fluorescence imaging in a flexible, DNA-encoded reagent. Here, we present the first application of this technique to an intact living vertebrate organism. We generated zebrafish lines expressing chromobodies that trace the major cytoskeletal component actin and the cell cycle marker...

Dev105650 1884..1893

During morphogenesis, organs grow to stereotyped sizes, but growth control mechanisms are poorly understood. Here, we measured the signaling dynamics of the morphogen Dpp, one of several Drosophila factors controlling morphogenetic growth, in the developing eye. In this tissue, the Dpp expression domain advances from the posterior to the anterior tissue edge. In front of this moving morphogen s...

Quarter Ending 31st January 1884

Patricia Keely (1963-2017)

All of us at Biology Open were very sad to learn of the death of Patricia Keely, one of our longest-serving Editors. Patricia joined the team upon the launch of The Company of Biologists' newest journal in 2011, demonstrating her strong support for not-for-profit scientific publishing by taking a chance on a fledgling journal that had no previous track record. She brought her expertise to bear ...