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 |
Call for preLighters – deadline extended to 29 April!
We have extended our call for preLighters until 29 April, so there’s still plenty of time to get involved. We are seeking early-career researchers (PhD students, postdocs, early-stage PIs) who are passionate about preprints and enjoy writing and communicating science. We welcome researchers from across the biological sciences, including non-native…
| Posted on | 13 April 2022 |
Preprints in Motion recent episodes: February and March 2022
The Preprints in Motion podcast was launched by preLighters Jonny Coates and Emma Wilson last year. Thanks to Emma for updating us on their recent episodes: Episode 19: John Inglis & Richard Sever on the Creation of bioRxiv A really exciting special episode this week, as we talk to co-founders of bioRxiv and medRxiv, Richard…
| Posted on | 4 April 2022 |
Call for new preLighters!
preLights, The Company of Biologist’s preprint highlighting service, recently celebrated its fourth birthday. At the heart of preLights is the community of early-career researchers who select and highlight interesting preprints across diverse fields. Over the last four years we have had over 1200 preLights posts published on the site, and…
| Posted on | 21 March 2022 |
Recording available of our ECR event
On 23 February, in conjunction with our sister Community sites FocalPlane and the Node, we hosted an ECR advocacy event with our brilliant panellists Maria Abou Chakra, Pablo Sáez and Sarvenaz Sarabipour. We were delighted to receive so many questions from the audience, and our panellists gave some excellent advice…
| Posted on | 15 March 2022 |
Preprints in Motion recent episodes: December 2021 and January 2022
The Preprints in Motion podcast was launched by preLighters Jonny Coates and Emma Wilson last year. Thanks to Emma for updating us on their recent episodes: Episode 15: The Exocyst: Somewhere between science and superstitionThis week we discuss the exocyst with Dr Hannes Maib, a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Dundee. He explains the…
| Posted on | 24 February 2022 |