At the #SynSci2026 meeting in Glasgow for a dedicated #ECR event. Ran into Filipe Nunes Vicente - always such a pleasure to bump into #preLighters at scientific meetings #community If anyone (attending this meeting) is interested in joining us, please ask me about @prelights.bsky.social #preprints

Really enjoyed being involved in this. María has got a real talent for creating these short, engaging videos. ⭐️ Check out her latest #spotLight below

María Mariner@mariamafau.bsky.social · 2mo ago

There are so many fun ways to approach research dissemination! Tried the @prelights.bsky.social spotLight video format to share our latest published work on how ZIC2 shapes early neural development! Total YouTuber vibes: and I kinda' loved it, tbh. 🤳🔬👇 youtu.be/V_yMoWMkZCM

I don’t normally highlight #preprints myself but couldn’t help writing something about this study (reminding me of my own PhD work #SteinerLab) Thanks Jeremy and Harmit for your insightful responses (included in the post) 🙏 please check it out ⬇️

preLights@prelights.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Hidden no longer. New work reveals that a core centromere chaperone has been conserved across animals far more broadly than we realised. Highlight of beautiful work from @jeremyahollis.bsky.social & colleagues @harmitmalik.bsky.social Lab #preLight ⬇ prelights.biologists.com/highlights/r...

Preprint Editors – Development's next step into the preprint landscape In this Editorial, @reinierprosee.bsky.social, @amjeve.uk and @jamesbriscoe.bsky.social announce a call for Preprint Editors in Development. Apply by 30 March. doi.org/10.1242/dev....

Had so much fun creating this Short together with Teodora. As she put it: “The video is a condensed summary of the main [#preprint] findings, sprinkled with some beautiful immunofluorescence images and behind-the-scenes from the lab. Just perfect for late-evening, productive doomscrolling 😊”

preLights@prelights.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Highlighting preprint stories from within the preLights community 📽️ Here, Teodora narrates her preprint showing that functional decline in the ageing retinal epithelium results from a change in the mechanical balance of the tissue due to natural cell loss! #Short ⬇️ www.youtube.com/shorts/CWYRX...

Delighted to speak with @reinierprosee.bsky.social @prelights.bsky.social about the work that we do at the Journal of Emerging Investigators. Check it out here!

preLights@prelights.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Helping the next generation of scientists find their voice. 📣 Discover how @seahsamantha.bsky.social empowers students through her path from preLights to Executive Editor of the Journal of Emerging Investigators. Interview: prelights.biologists.com/news/from-pr...

I was asked to #PeerReview a timely perspective article now published in @jexpbiol.bsky.social. As a result of this activity, a tree was protected in the #ForestOfBiologists. 🌳 Such a fun, bio-positive and important initiative from @biologists.bsky.social 🙌 forest.biologists.com/landscape/?i...

In this Editorial, @reinierprosee.bsky.social and @katherine-brown.bsky.social explore the transformation of the preprint landscape since 2013 and how @biologists.bsky.social has adapted to and embraced this (new) way of sharing research. doi.org/10.1242/bio....

Hard to remember that just 12 years ago there was no @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social and almost no one in the biology community preprinted their work. What a long way we’ve come. @reinierprosee.bsky.social and I wrote a thing about how @biologists.bsky.social embraced the preprint world

Staying ahead of the curve: a decade of preprints in biology

When Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory announced the launch of bioRxiv in November 2013, only the braver or more radical amongst us would have predicted that it heralded a lasting change within the scienc...

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So grateful that my partner and I are able to share our parental leave. Today, my part starts! 🍼👨‍🍼 Couldn’t agree more with this piece that recently appeared on #BBCNews: ‘Two weeks of paternity leave is just too little for the 21st Century’! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

New #Spotlight episode! @ryanharrison13.bsky.social, Stefan and @reinierprosee.bsky.social talk with Katelyn Cooper, first author of a groundbreaking preprint—the first in-depth analysis of the LGBTQ+ climate in the biological sciences. #LGBTinSTEM #preprint 🏳️‍🌈🔬

spotLights Ep 16: preLights in conversation with Katelyn Cooper

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Such important (and timely) work from Katelyn Cooper & team. Really learned a lot while preparing this post with @ryanharrison13.bsky.social & Stefan! Please keep an eye out for the #spotLights episode (which will appear soon) in which we talk to Katelyn about this #preprint!

preLights@prelights.bsky.social · last yr.

Who “belongs” in biology? The first comprehensive analysis of the LGBTQ+ climate in the biological sciences! #LGBTinSTEM #preprint 🏳️‍🌈 #preLight prepared by @ryanharrison13.bsky.social, Stefan & @reinierprosee.bsky.social ⬇️👀 prelights.biologists.com/highlights/l...

Ideal for someone with a passion for science and an interest in how research is communicated and shared. #SciComm If you're interested (or know someone who might be), please do not hesitate to send me a (direct) message!

the Node@the-node.bsky.social · last yr.

*Paid internship opportunity* @biologists.bsky.social is looking for a 3-month intern this summer to work across the Node, @prelights.bsky.social and @focalplane.bsky.social If you're interested in #SciCommm & #publishing, and have the right to work in the UK, apply by 5 June 👇

*Paid internship opportunity* @biologists.bsky.social is looking for a 3-month intern this summer to work across the Node, @prelights.bsky.social and @focalplane.bsky.social If you're interested in #SciCommm & #publishing, and have the right to work in the UK, apply by 5 June 👇

Wow — feeling really honoured (and a bit stunned!) to be on this list 😇 #biologists100 So grateful to be part of the #preLights community and to engage with so many extraordinary early-career researchers who continue to inspire and challenge me. #ScienceCommunity #preLights #ECRs

The Company of Biologists@biologists.bsky.social · last yr.

This week, we are highlighting Reinier Prosée, Community Manager of @prelights.bsky.social, as our extraordinary biologist. #100biologists @reinierprosee.bsky.social

Another #spotLights episode is out! 🎙️ Recorded at the #biologists100 conference, @jontytownson.bsky.social talks to Jenny Richens about the preprint she presented (now published @plosbiology.org), the path to preprinting + the benefits of sharing science early. Listen below ⬇️🎧 youtu.be/eLwGRnBrIaU

spotLights Ep 9: preLights in conversation with Jennifer Richens

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What does openRxiv mean for bioRxiv/medRxiv? How did biologists embrace preprints? And what's the future of the scientific article? Fun talking with @jontytownson.bsky.social at #biologists100 www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5O2...

spotLights Ep 8: preLights in conversation with Richard Sever

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If I missed a #preprint you presented then you can still let me know here: forms.gle/JYiTFj8iSUcTo5o69 (2/2).

The preList for the @biologists.bsky.social conference #biologists100 is out! With @prelights.bsky.social we compiled the cutting-edge research and exciting preprints that were presented last week Check it out here: prelights.biologists.com/prelists/bio... (1/2).

Nice! Check out this @focalplane.bsky.social post for some tips and tricks for getting the most out of your #FoldScope, from the perspective of another new user focalplane.biologists.com/2025/01/24/t...

The Foldscope: my portal to another world - FocalPlane

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Inspired by the talk of Manu Prakash @prakashlab.bsky.social at #biologists100, I decided to build the #foldscope on my way home. Amazing example of ways in which we can make science (+the joys of observing nature) more accessible. Time to join the microcosmos community! @teamfoldscope.bsky.social

Had lots of fun representing @prelights.bsky.social together with @jontytownson.bsky.social at #biologists100 @biologists.bsky.social Keep an eye out for our conference #preList + the #spotLights episodes that will appear on preLights over the next few weeks! 👀

If you work in #DevBio & #StemCells, come take a photo with us! Our sister community sites @prelights.bsky.social and @focalplane.bsky.social also have their own polaroid frames 👀 ➡️Passionate about #preprints? Go find @reinierprosee.bsky.social ➡️Love #microscopy? Find @helenzsci.bsky.social

the Node@the-node.bsky.social · last yr.

Over the next few days at #biologists100, try to catch @joyceyu.bsky.social with the Node's polaroid frame 📸 We'd love to promote you and your research: write your name and key words of things you're passionate about, and smile! 😃 Here's an example from our reporter @jens-cells.bsky.social #Wnt3

Crossing the Pyrenees to attend the BI/CRG International Postdoc Symposium in sunny Barcelona ☀️ #CRGBIpostdocs @crg.eu @babrahaminst.bsky.social Here, I will represent @prelights.bsky.social in a panel discussion on “how to highlight and disseminate your science”. Looking forward to it! 🙌 #SciComm

As we start a new week, please take a quick look at the latest #preList compiled by @ethanewe.bsky.social & Jawdat Sandakly highlighting some exciting, recent #genetics & #genomics #preprints 🙌 Explore their picks of the month! 👀 #preList ⬇️ prelights.biologists.com/prelists/ear...

Early 2025 preprints – the genetics & genomics edition - preLights

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Huge analysis out as a preprint today! For every 9 years an animal spends in the wildlife trade, it shares an additional pathogen with humans. Clear long-term impacts based on 40 years of global trade data 🧪😷 biorxiv.org/content/earl...

Two new #preLights to kick off #2025 🎊 1⃣ The trophoblast: where instability is intrinsic. First demonstration that aneuploidy is a feature of trophoblast stem cells & may confer cells with an advantage during placental development. From: Carly Guiltinan ⬇️👀 prelights.biologists.com/highlights/t...

Chromosomal instability in human trophoblast stem cells and placentas - preLights

The trophoblast: where instability is intrinsic

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2️⃣ Mastering the art of reading science 👩‍🏫 @fxvzquez.bsky.social & team explore how ChatGPT can be used as a scientific reading guide for undergraduate research students. #preprint #preLight from @reinierprosee.bsky.social ⬇️👀 prelights.biologists.com/highlights/a...

A ChatGPT Assisted Reading Protocol for Undergraduate Research Students - preLights

Marcus Sambar & team explore how ChatGPT can be used as a scientific reading guide for undergraduate research students.

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Maternally deposited proteins Tdrd6a & Tdrd6c regulate Bucky ball activity and ensure the retention of germplasm in zebrafish embryos. 🐟 @justingutbio.bsky.social covers a #preprint from the lab of @reneketting.bsky.social Take a look at the #preLight! ⬇️👀 prelights.biologists.com/highlights/g...

Germplasm stability in zebrafish requires maternal Tdrd6a and Tdrd6c - preLights

Maternally deposited proteins Tdrd6a and Tdrd6c act redundantly to regulate Bucky ball activity and ensure the retention of germplasm in zebrafish embryos

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Sorry to be late to highlight this, but it's always great when an #R2RConf workshop publishes the results of their collaboration.

Reinier Prosee@reinierprosee.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited to announce a paper capturing the outcomes of an R2R workshop organised with @rosespenfold.bsky.social & @katherine-brown.bsky.social. This paper offers co-created solutions to overcome the key challenges of existing (and future) ECR-publisher initiatives. ⬇️ 👀 doi.org/10.36591/SE-...