Meet the preLighters: an interview with Carmen Adriaens
Carmen Adriaens is a fourth year PhD student in the lab of Prof. Chris Marine at the Center for Cancer Biology (VIB-KU Leuven) in Belgium. She is currently completing her final year of doctoral research in the lab of Dr. Tom Misteli at the Center for Cancer Research, NCI/NIH in…
| Posted on | 16 May 2018 |
Meet Máté Pálfy, the new Community Manager for preLights!
Hello everyone, My name is Máté and I’m really happy to start this month as the Community Manager for preLights. I’ve always been very excited about reading and discussing cutting-edge research and all the new ideas in science; so probably it's needless to say that I’ve quickly become a huge…
| Posted on | 9 May 2018 |
Meet the preLighters: an interview with James Gagnon
James Gagnon is an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah, where he started his lab at the beginning of the year. As a postdoc at Harvard, he developed methods for lineage tracing in zebrafish embryos, using CRISPR-Cas9 barcode editing. We caught up with Jamie to talk about his research,…
| Posted on | 8 May 2018 |
Meet the preLighters: an interview with Natalie Dye
Natalie Dye is a postdoctoral scientist in Suzanne Eaton’s lab at the MPI-CBG, studying growth control and tissue patterning in Drosophila. We caught up with Natalie in Dresden to talk about her career and research, her opinion on preprints, and her first impressions of being an active member of the…
| Posted on | 23 April 2018 |
Introducing preLights: a Development editorial
preLights was conceived and developed with input from representatives of The Company of Biologists' five journals, including Development (which publishes advances in developmental biology and stem cells). In Development's latest issue, Executive Editor Katherine Brown and Editor-in-Chief Olivier Pourquié tell the story behind preLights and share some thoughts on its future.…
| Posted on | 23 February 2018 |
preLights is now live
We were delighted to publicly launch preLights on the afternoon of February 20th. preLights is the new preprint highlights service run by the community and supported by The Company of Biologists. Our dedicated team of over 80 selectors will keep posting new highlights regularly. By registering on the site, you…
| Posted on | 21 February 2018 |