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The most read preLights in 2018

A big thanks to all of you following preLights this year! We were excited to launch in February, are thrilled that the service is building momentum, and are looking forward to introducing new features and preLighters in 2019! Looking back at 260 posts, these were our most viewed:   #1…


Posted on 31 December 2018

preLights at SpotOn London

We were really happy to talk at SpotOn London about our fantastic preLights community and the work they are doing to promote preprints and help scientists by highlighting preprints for them. Our presentation was in the panel 'Open research in practice' where we also heard about other exciting initiatives that…


Posted on 5 November 2018

Call for new preLighters

preLights, The Company of Biologist’s new preprint highlighting service, has now been running for more than eight months. At the heart of preLights is the community of early-career researchers who select and highlight interesting preprints in various fields. As the service is building momentum, we are ready to grow our…


Posted on 1 November 2018

preLighter Gautam Dey’s thoughts on preprints

One of our most active preLighters, Gautam Dey, has written about his thoughts on preprints for the blog 'We support preprints'. Read it here.


Posted on 6 September 2018

Preprints promote transparency and communication

preLighters Carmen Adriaens, Gautam Dey, Amanda Haage, Wouter Masselink, Sundar Ram Naganathan, Lauren Neves, Teresa Rayon, Samantha Seah, Srivats Venkataramanan wrote a commentary in response to a news article in Nature, which was published on the Node.   ‘How can we have preprints and support good journalism?’ Tom Sheldon, a…


Posted on 13 August 2018

‘This month in preLights’ – new blog post on The Node

We have started a monthly blog post on The Node where we summarise the preLights in developmental biology and related fields. Read our first post here.


Posted on 9 August 2018