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 |
Register now for SciCommConnect: Science communication, community connections
Join us for SciCommConnect, a free half-day event hosted by The Company of Biologists' community sites - The Node, preLights, and FocalPlane - on 10 June 2024. Dive into the art of science communication with us! The programme (which will run from 13:00 – 18:00 BST) will feature insightful discussions,…
| Posted on | 15 April 2024 |
‘Publishers and ECRs Working Together’ – an R2R workshop co-moderated by the preLights Community Manager
We are excited to announce that the preLights Community Manager will co-moderate an upcoming workshop at the Researcher to Reader (R2R) conference, taking place on 20-21 February in London (UK). Benjamin Maier, an active member of the preLights community, will also be there adding depth and insight to the discussions.…
| Posted on | 7 February 2024 |
Catch up on our preLights webinar series: From preprint to publication
Three webinars were chaired by the preLights Ambassador Martin Estermann last month which feature three preprints that have all been covered by our preLighters. These webinars discuss the journey of the selected preprint, focusing on the original story presented in the preprint and how this changed during revisions. The recordings…
| Posted on | 11 January 2024 |
Announcing a new preLights webinar series: From preprint to publication
In line with our ongoing postLights initiative, one of our preLights Ambassadors, Martin Estermann, has decided to create and host a new webinar series which will focus on the journey of the preprint. This initiative will involve a series of virtual webinars featuring different researchers (often early-career researchers) who posted…
| Posted on | 16 November 2023 |
preLights’ 5th Birthday webinar recording is now available!
preLights is celebrating its 5th birthday. To mark the occasion, this webinar features four short talks given by preLights alumni who have all made significant contributions to preLights, and have since taken a range of career paths. In their talks, they tell us how they have managed to identify and…
| Posted on | 15 March 2023 |