Happy 5th Birthday to preLights!
Five years ago today, on a Tuesday afternoon, preLights was officially launched. What a journey it has been so far! From its beginning, the preLights community has been steadily growing to now include over 400 preLighters, 1400 subscribers and 7000 Twitter followers! Without the passion, dedication and support of this…
| Posted on | 20 February 2023 |
preLights’ 5th Birthday webinar: A career discussion with preLights alumni
preLights is celebrating its 5th birthday and to mark the occasion we are delighted to announce a festive webinar on 14 March 2023. This webinar will feature four short talks given by preLights alumni who have all made significant contributions to preLights, and have since taken a range of different…
| Posted on | 13 February 2023 |
New Year, updated website – changes that improve clarity and foster collaboration.
As you may have noticed, some subtle (yet important) changes have been made to the preLights website this month. Earlier this year, we introduced the concept of postLights to allow the comparison between a preLighted preprint and (once published) the peer-reviewed, journal article (see this earlier News post). This means…
| Posted on | 5 January 2023 |
Journey of the preprint – introducing postLights
Earlier this year, an Open-Access paper was published in PLOS Biology that systematically tracks the changes between preprint posting and journal publication during the COVID-19 pandemic (read it here). Among the authors of this paper are two preLighters - Jonny Coates (corresponding author), Gautam Dey - and the former preLights…
| Posted on | 6 October 2022 |
Call for new preLighters
preLights, The Company of Biologists' preprint highlighting service, has been up and running for over five years now. During that time, we have had over 1,350 preLights posts published on our dedicated website. At the heart of preLights is the community of early-career researchers who select and highlight interesting preprints…
| Posted on | 11 August 2022 |
Meet Reinier Prosée, the new preLights Community Manager
Hi everyone! My name is Reinier Prosée and I’ve recently taken over the role of preLights Community Manager from Helen. I’m thrilled to get involved in this international, collaborative community project which uses preprints to uncover and discuss exciting new developments within the biological sciences. I aim to support preLights…
| Posted on | 21 July 2022 |