The art of creating a graphical abstract: SciArt workshop recap
As part of the preLights Ambassador programme, we recently hosted a SciArt workshop led by the wonderful Sonhita Chakraborty (featured on the Node). During this workshop, which was suggested by preLights Ambassador Shreya Pramanik, the participants explored the art of visual storytelling in science. The session began with an introduction…
| Posted on | 22 July 2025 |
Gauri Gharpure on hoverflies in the Himalayas – spotLights episode 15 is now live
In episode 15, recorded at the Biologists @ 100 conference in Liverpool, preLighter Jonathan Townson talks to Gauri Gharpure, a PhD student at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bengaluru, India. Gauri shares insights from her recent preprint on how the hoverfly Eristalis tenax adapts to life at different…
| Posted on | 13 June 2025 |
spotLights episode 14 highlights preprinted work from the Allegretti Lab
In Episode 14, recorded live at the Biologists @ 100 conference in Liverpool, we chat with Matteo Allegretti, a group leader at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK. Matteo shares insights into his lab's cutting-edge work on nuclear remodelling during cell differentiation and, more specifically, during spermatogenesis.…
| Posted on | 9 June 2025 |
spotLights episode 13 features experimental biophysicist Giulia Paci
In this episode of spotLights, we speak with Giulia Paci, an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow working in the Tissue Mechanics Lab led by Prof Yanlan Mao. She is an experimental biophysicist with a strong interest in exploring how things like physical forces shape development and balance in living systems. Giulia is…
| Posted on | 5 June 2025 |
spotLights episode 12: Daniel Booth on the value of preprints for a young lab
In episode 12 of spotLights, we sit down with Daniel Booth to discuss a series of recent preprints from his lab (including one that was recently published in Journal of Cell Science), presented at the Biologists @ 100 conference. The work dives into the molecular mechanisms that drive both normal…
| Posted on | 29 May 2025 |
spotLights mini-series: conversations from Biologists @ 100
We’re happy to announce a special spotLights podcast mini-series, featuring conversations recorded at the Biologists @ 100 conference held in Liverpool this past March. The series is co-produced by the preLights Conference Reporter at Biologists @ 100, Jonathan Townson, and our Community Manager, Reinier Prosee. This 8-episode series launches with an…
| Posted on | 16 April 2025 |