preLights gets an update
A (mini) makeover You might have noticed last week that the preLights interface had a bit of an update. When the preLights website originally launched, the navigation bar was designed to be a dropdown menu on the left-hand side of the page. This format is optimal for mobile browsing -…
| Posted on | 5 May 2021 |
Meet the preLighters: an interview with Irepan Salvador-Martinez
Irepan Salvador-Martinez is a postdoctoral researcher in the Single Cell Genomics Team at the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG) in Barcelona. He has been a preLighter since 2018, and since then has highlighted a number of preprints related to developmental biology and cell lineage tracing. His scientific career has…
| Posted on | 4 May 2021 |
Call for preLighters – deadline extended until 21 May
We have extended our call for preLighters until 21 May, 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, but are…
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Meet the preLighters: an interview with Jonny Coates
Jonny Coates is postdoctoral researcher at the Queen Mary University of London, where he is investigating the role of neutrophils and T-cells in ischaemia reperfusion injury. Jonny has also been involved in various projects around preprints, peer review and career development, which he talks about in this interview. How did…
| Posted on | 26 April 2021 |
Preprints by preLighters – Teresa Rayon
Teresa Rayon is a postdoctoral researcher in James Briscoe's lab at the Francis Crick Institute in London, where her research focuses on stem cells and embryonic mammalian development. She has been a preLighter since the very beginning of preLights and has written a number of preprint highlights during that time.…
| Posted on | 20 April 2021 |
Call for new preLighters
preLights, The Company of Biologist’s preprint highlighting service, recently celebrated its third 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 three years we have had over 1000 preLights posts published on the site, and…
| Posted on | 7 April 2021 |