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The latest issue of Interface Focus brings together a collection of papers focussed on sleep and stress. The topic is considered from both a historical and modern-day scientific perspective, with the articles spanning the sciences and humanities. The historical papers focus on literature and history from the medieval period to the early twentieth century,...

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological disease affecting movement and coordination due to the specific loss of dopaminergic neurons in the brain. Each year, the international community comes together on World Parkinson’s Day (11 April), to raise awareness of the illness. We asked leading neurologist and Open Biology author Professor Miratul...

In these troubling times where the global Covid-19 pandemic rages on, Proceedings B has published a timely study that investigated animal-human interactions that have led to a spillover of viruses from animals to humans. The study found that the viruses most likely to spill over to infect humans are those from domestic animals and species better adapted...

The latest Volume of Biographical Memoirs is now available, and as always, consists of a range of inspiring achievements and life stories across the scientific spectrum. This is the first volume to be published since we announced at the start of 2020 that all memoirs will be free to access from the day of publication, and so we are very pleased to share...

We are pleased to welcome four new Subject Editors to the Open Biology editorial board. Subject Editors are responsible for making the final decisions on manuscripts and are active in seeking out high-calibre research from around the world in their respective fields.    Natalie Strynadka – Microbiology Editor Natalie received her BSc and PhD (Biochemistry)...