Meet the preLighters: an interview with Teresa Rayon
Teresa Rayon is a postdoctoral researcher in James Briscoe’s lab at the Francis Crick Institute. Here, she studies how time is measured during development. We met Teresa at her institute to talk about her passion for science, her outreach activities which involve running a science podcast and preLights. …
| Posted on | 15 July 2019 |
preLists – charting the waters of the preprint sea
We are happy to announce the launch of preLists, a new initiative within preLights where early-career researchers curate lists of preprints for the community. These lists follow two main themes: preprints on a specific topic or preprints which have been presented at scientific meetings. preLighters can also add brief one-liner…
| Posted on | 23 May 2019 |
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…
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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 |