Meet the preLighters: an interview with Tessa Sinnige
Tessa Sinnige is a postdoctoral fellow and she recently moved to Northwestern University, USA from the University of Cambridge. In her research she studies the mechanisms of protein aggregation using C. elegans as a model. We caught up with Tessa to discuss about her science, postdoc life, preprints and her…
| Posted on | 23 May 2019 |
Call for new preLighters
preLights, The Company of Biologist’s preprint highlighting service, has now been running for 15 months. At the heart of preLights is the community of early-career researchers who select and highlight interesting preprints in various fields. As preLights is building momentum, we are ready to grow our team of preLighters and…
| Posted on | 20 May 2019 |
preLighters at the joint BSCB/BSDB 2019 meeting in Warwick
Many preLighters, both from Europe and overseas, took part at the joint meeting of the British Society for Developmental Biology and Cell Biology. We were especially proud that preLighters were among the award winners for the best poster prize. Congratulations to all! [caption id="attachment_10781" align="alignnone" width="600"] (From left to…
| Posted on | 12 April 2019 |
Survey on the credibility of preprints by COS
The Center for Open Science is seeking graduate students, post docs, researchers and academic faculty to participate in survey to investigate the factors that affect the perceived credibility and use of preprints. Participation in this study involves: ● A time commitment of up to 20 minutes. ● Survey involving your…
| Posted on | 2 April 2019 |
Meet the preLighters: an interview with Martin Balcerowicz
Martin Balcerowicz is an EMBO postdoctoral fellow at the Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, in the lab of Phil Wigge. He studies temperature sensing in plants and the interplay between light and temperature signaling. We caught up with Martin to discuss his research, preprints and preLights. How did you…
| Posted on | 20 March 2019 |
preLighter Teresa Rayon gives a talk at event on preprints and science news
Earlier this month, Open Research London and the Open Access team at The Francis Crick Institute organized a symposium with the title: Preprints and Science news: how can they co-exist? Among the four invited speakers of the evening was preLighter Teresa Rayon (who is a postdoc in James Briscoe's lab).…
| Posted on | 27 February 2019 |