preLights talks to Richard Sever
30 March 2023
Richard Sever is Assistant Director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHL Press) and co-founder of bioRxiv and medRxiv. Prior to moving to CSHL Press in 2008, he worked as an editor for several journals including Current Opinion in Cell Biology, Trends in Biochemical Sciences, and Journal of Cell Science. Here, we discuss Richard’s transition[…]
Meet the preLighters: a virtual catch-up with Monica Tambalo
27 February 2023
Monica Tambalo is a postdoctoral researcher in the Lodato lab at the IRCCS Humanitas Clinical and Research Center in Milan. Her goal is to expand our understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying neurogenesis and human neurodevelopmental disorders. Monica joined us at preLights in 2020 and has since been involved in several collaborative projects. Here, we[…]
Meet the preLighters: a virtual chat with Chee Kiang (Ethan) Ewe
22 November 2022
Chee Kiang (Ethan) Ewe is a postdoctoral training fellow working in the lab of Oded Rechavi at Tel Aviv University, Israel, where he studies the molecular basis of epigenetic inheritance. Last year, Ethan joined us here at preLights and since then he has become one of our most active community members. I met up with[…]
Meet the preLighters: an interview with Angika Basant
12 October 2022
Angika Basant is a postdoctoral training fellow working in the lab of Michael Way at the Francis Crick Institute in London. She joined preLights back in 2018 and has been an invaluable member of its community. I had a lovely chat with her in the impressive Crick building during which we discussed the road that[…]
Meet the preLighters: Nándor Lipták
7 September 2022
Nándor Lipták has been a preLighter for over two years now and has highlighted numerous preprints in this role. Currently our only community member from Hungary, Nándor is a research fellow working in the Department of Animal Biotechnology at the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences in Gödöllő. It’s about time to put Nándor[…]
preLights talks to Lauren Maggio
30 May 2022
Dr Lauren Maggio is Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University. She completed her PhD in health professions education at Utrecht University, and her research is in medical education with a focus on connecting doctors and patients with the medical information, and increasing public access to scientific knowledge. She is an advocate for open[…]
Meet the preLighters: Sonisilpa Mohapatra
9 May 2022
Soni Mohapatra is a postdoctoral fellow in the Ha lab at Johns Hopkins University, having previously received her PhD from University of Wisconsin Madison. She has been an active contributor to preLights since joining during our 2021 call for preLighters. We spoke to Soni about her research, preprinting and why she joined preLights. What sparked[…]
preLights talks to John Inglis
5 April 2022
John Inglis is Executive Director and Publisher of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHL Press) and co-founder and PI of bioRxiv and medRxiv. Prior to moving to CSHL in 1987, he worked as an editor at The Lancet before founding the monthly review journal Immunology Today (now Trends in Immunology). We were delighted to speak[…]