DMM and COVID-19

We are aware that the COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented impact on researchers worldwide. The Editors of all The Company of Biologists’ journals have been considering ways in which we can alleviate concerns that members of our community may have around publishing activities during this time. Read about the actions we are taking at this time.

Please don’t hesitate to contact the Editorial Office if you have any questions or concerns.

Travel grants and how to use them (when there’s no travel)

“2020 may be a year of imaginary travel across Zoom backgrounds, but the science is still happening and we’re not planning on missing it.”

Read our Editorial, which explains how DMM and its publisher, The Company of Biologists, have adapted the financial support they provide in response to the ongoing pandemic.

Interviews – Shohei Yoshimoto, Patricia Shaw, Jelmer Hoeksma

First authors Shohei Yoshimoto, Patricia Shaw and Jelmer Hoeksma each take us behind the scenes of their latest papers in DMM, discussing the merits of their model systems, the implications of their work and life as an early-career researcher.

Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva: current concepts from bench to bedside

Arun-Kumar Kaliya-Perumal, Tom J. Carney and Philip W. Ingham present a comprehensive summary of the recent literature on this debilitating condition and discuss approaches to solving this clinical puzzle.

Call for papers - The RAS Pathway: Diseases, Therapeutics and Beyond

DMM invites you to submit original research for a special issue focused on targeting the RAS pathway. The submission deadline is 1 March 2021. Find out more and showcase your breakthrough research in this special collection. 

Pathological evaluation of rats carrying in-frame mutations in the dystrophin gene: a new model of Becker muscular dystrophy

In October’s Editor’s choice, Yamanouchi et al’s newly established rat model exhibits the dystrophic phenotype and abnormal dystrophin expression profile, similar to patients with Becker muscular dystrophy.