Join the preLights team: Call for applications
Are you an early-career researcher passionate about science communication, preprints and open science? preLights, The Company of Biologists’ preprint highlighting service, is growing, and we want you to be part of our community! Since 2018, we’ve published over 1,500 preLight posts, sparking conversations between preprint authors and researchers worldwide. Now,…
| Posted on | 7 October 2024 |
Episode 3 of ‘spotLights’ is now live
Another episode of spotLights has just aired! At spotLights, we highlight the (early-career) researchers and the stories behind the latest preprints. In this third episode, we talk to Dr Nafisa Jadavji and Dr Chris Smith about their recent preprint entitled “An updated and expanded characterization of the biological sciences academic…
| Posted on | 1 October 2024 |
Introducing the 2024-25 preLights Ambassadors
It’s time to introduce our three new preLights Ambassadors! But not before extending a heartfelt thank you to the four Ambassadors who served last year: Jennifer Ann Black, Martin Estermann, Girish Kale and Juan Moriano Their dedication and contributions to help preLights expand as a platform for preprint discussions and…
| Posted on | 10 September 2024 |
Ryan joins the preLights team
Hi everyone! My name is Ryan Harrison and I will be supporting the community sites at The Company of Biologists as part of a three-month internship. This is a short break away from my PhD project at the labs of Timothy Saunders and James Briscoe as part of the MRC…
| Posted on | 9 September 2024 |
New episode alert: ‘spotLights’ releases episode 2
The spotLights team has just published the second episode of their interview series, highlighting the (early-career) researchers and stories behind the latest preprints. In this second episode, the team talks to Dr Bipasha Dey, Dr Girish Kale and Verena Kaul about their recent preprint entitled “Divergent evolutionary strategies preempt tissue…
| Posted on | 16 August 2024 |
Introducing Shreya Pramanik – one of the SciCommConnect three-minute talk winners
In June, the Node, preLights and FocalPlane hosted SciCommConnect, a science communication event focussed on learning new scicomm skills and networking with like-minded researchers. As part of the day, we hosted a three-minute research talk competition, and we were treated to 12 fantastic talks on a range of topics. We…
| Posted on | 7 August 2024 |