preLights

We are looking forward to meeting everyone in Liverpool next week for our special 100-year anniversary conference. We have a busy, fun-filled programme. You can follow all the action from Biologists @ 100 at #biologists100. Find out more about the programme, speakers and social events at https://lnkd.in/gQ3wtJXS

At the Biologists @ 100 conference next week, one of the preLighters, Jonathan Townson, will aim to capture the preprints discussed at this meeting. #biologists100 In fact, he is collating a #preList of the preprints presented at the conference. If you’re coming with a #preprint of your own, make sure he doesn’t miss it by telling us about it using this form: https://lnkd.in/ggKSRj63 See you there! ??

?? Exciting news for all attendees of the Biologists @100 Conference in Liverpool next week! #biologists100 ? To help you make the most of the conference, please take a look at the recording below. Also, conference reporter Jen Annoh has put together a really useful guide, now available on the Node: https://lnkd.in/gHWSE2eH ? Whether you're a first-time attendee or a seasoned conference-goer, these resources will help you navigate the event with confidence. ? We can’t wait to see you in Liverpool! ?? #ConferenceGuide #Networking ? https://lnkd.in/g-HYrCXq

Hearts in Time: The PIEZO1 mechanosensitive channel and Cardiac function in the aging heart New preLights highlight! PIEZO1 is a channel protein sensitive to mechanical deformation, expressed in many different cell types (including cardiomyocytes).?A recent study has shown that deletion of the Piezo1 gene in mice results, among others, in reduced survival, premature cardiac aging and fibrosis. Read a summary of the study results, plus check out the study in the link below:

As a researcher, I believe that effective scientific communication is just as essential as the research itself. ?? I’m excited to share my first highlight post on one of the many preprints that are full of valuable insights but may take time to be widely referenced. This post focuses on the Nitrate-Responsive Plant Gene Circuits, an important aspect of plant biology. Check out the highlight here: https://lnkd.in/dCp-7gKz ?? And here’s the link to the preprint itself: https://lnkd.in/dQT-d6pC ? With that, I’m also thrilled to share that I am now a preLighter at preLights by The Company of Biologists. ?? ? For me, scientific communication is not just a tool, it's a core value that ensures research reaches its full potential and has the impact it deserves. ??I’m excited to contribute to this process and help bring important discoveries to light.?? If you have any interesting preprints you'd like to share, feel free to send them my way! If they resonate with me, I'd be happy to amplify their reach by creating a highlight post for it. ??

We are excited to announce that the nonprofit preprint servers bioRxiv and medRxiv are now managed by their own independent nonprofit organization: openRxiv. Transitioning from our original Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory affiliation to an independent nonprofit focuses governance solely on running the servers and promoting their principal aim of rapid scientific sharing. Its expanded capacity enables greater flexibility and innovation, allowing the platform to adopt new technologies or formats at the pace modern science demands. openRxiv also ensures community responsiveness by placing governance in the hands of a broad and dedicated board of scientists and stakeholders. The policies of the preprint servers will remain unchanged and our mission continues to be a free service to authors ensuring the rapid distribution of scientific information before peer review. We're excited for this next phase! For more information, please visit the launch announcement on openrxiv.org (https://lnkd.in/eCNx99u6).

New preLights research highlight: exciting discovery of cage-like extracellular matrix structures that regulate escape of megakaryocyte material from the bone marrow: https://lnkd.in/gf6FUrpW

This CellBio #preList is yet another great team effort! #community #ECRs Many thanks Barbora, Matthew, Sristilekha Nath, Girish Kale, Prasanna Padmanaban MSc. Hons., PhD, Vibha SINGH, Ph.D. & Felipe Del Valle Batalla for putting it together! ?? #preLighters

Do you have an idea for our 2027 #BiologistsWorkshops programme? We cover all costs so you can simply focus on the science. We're now accepting proposals - send us yours by 30 May 2025. https://lnkd.in/eaWjXaG2 Our efforts continue to diversify our #BiologistsWorkshops programme to support a wider selection of research communities around the world. If you are a researcher working in the Global South, find out more about hosting a Workshop near you. https://lnkd.in/eiF-EM4y

??Let’s welcome the three new Node correspondents – Dosh Whye, Mariia Golden and Shefali! We look forward to working with them to bring you a wide range of content and perspectives for the Node. Stay tuned for their posts over the coming year ?? ??Find out who they are and what they plan to write about: Dosh Whye?serves as the assistant director of the Human Neuron Core, where he leads the cell development and differentiation efforts to build complex 3D neural organoid models using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from pediatric patients with rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorders. Dosh has close to 20 years in the stem cell field, and he continues to be fascinated by the power of pluripotent cells and the technological advancements of stem cell applications in the fields of science & medicine. He plans to serve as a correspondent for several international stem cell research conferences, and he’s also inspired to write a Q&A blog series profiling many brilliant scientists in the stem cell field. Mariia Golden?is a third-year PhD student moving from Goethe University Frankfurt to Marburg University, Germany. She investigates dynamical morphogenetic events in insect development. She is passionate about live imaging and working with non-model organisms. As a Node correspondent, Mariia wants to promote diversity among the organisms we choose for our research questions through a series of interviews with established scientists who are enthusiastic about the topic. She also would like to highlight the topic of motherhood and scientific career, because she truly believes that the status quo should change in order to put a stop to the “brain drain” through female scientists. Shefali .?is a fifth-year PhD student in the Tennessen Lab at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is broadly interested in inter-organ metabolic signaling, and her current research focuses on how glucose metabolism coordinates the brain-body growth signaling axis during?Drosophila melanogaster?brain development. Shefali also serves as the elected graduate student representative on the FlyBoard, where she has been working towards creating more mentoring opportunities for early career scientists. Beyond work, she enjoys learning various Latin-style dances and singing classic Hindi songs (which is her mother tongue). As a Node?correspondent, she is eager to combine her scientific interests with her commitment towards building a strong and empowered scientific community. She looks forward to writing not only about the emerging field of inter-organ metabolic signaling, but also about unconventional scientific journeys, community resources, importance of mentoring, and bring in her perspective as a trainee to support incoming graduate students.