Over the past year, @biologyopen.bsky.social has expanded its Fast & Fair initiative to accelerate peer review. The results are impressive - take a look at their latest preprint to find out more: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
ICYMI - we're hosting a new quarterly webinar series on cell migration!
In our first webinar on Thursday 11 June at 15:00 BST (UTC+1), we'll hear talks from @juanmagararc.bsky.social, @kyohalie.bsky.social & @djcohen.bsky.social.
focalplane.biologists.com/2026/05/29/n...
www.biorxiv.org
Katherine Brown
FocalPlane
1/🧵 Can transcription factor condensate formation be explained without phase separation? Our new preprint introduces SPARK, a simulation tool that reproduces condensate behavior (clustering, fusion, FRAP) from diffusion & binding kinetics alone. Movie: 60 sec FRAP sim www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Have you ever wondered if fish yawn? (and if they do, what that tells us about yawning?) The first preprint from the lab and a serendipitous observation ⬇️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
(1/11) Excited to share the brand-new cell division preprint from the lab!
In this manuscript, chemical biology (in a collaboration with @rnett42.bsky.social Ryan’s lab) meets the cell biology (our lab).
Harmala alkaloids regulate cell division planes in plants
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Paying peer reviewers works.
Expanded Fast & Fair experiment @biologyopen.bsky.social:
• 5.5 vs 37.7 working days to decision with reviews
• ~3 vs ~9 reviewer invitations per manuscript
• no reduction in editor-assessed review quality
• similar acceptance rates
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
We are excited to announce another new webinar series, this time on cell migration, hosted by @pjsaez.bsky.social & @valeriaventurini.bsky.social. In our 1st webinar, we’ll hear talks from @juanmagararc.bsky.social, @kyohalie.bsky.social & @djcohen.bsky.social.
🗓️11 June, 15:00 BST
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Cats: the ultimate pets and scientific heroes. 🐱
Studying feline viruses to identify innovative solutions to prevent human infections. #preprint by @cb99-lewis.bsky.social, @dbhella.bsky.social & team #microbiology
#preLight by @orestissavva.bsky.social: prelights.biologists.com/highlights/i...
What can the oldest recorded female rhesus macaque teach us about #ageing? 🐒
This #preprint highlight prepared by Stefan Wirth discusses dementia-like symptoms and how they shaped her behaviour - and what it means for geriatric animal welfare.
#preLight: prelights.biologists.com/highlights/b...
CXADR – an encouraging new (potential) biomarker for Ewing Sarcoma
Members of the @philipplange.bsky.social Lab highlight work from Alina Ritter & colleagues that presents a powerful example of bench-to-bedside research strategies. #preprint
#preLight: prelights.biologists.com/highlights/t...
Does ribosome function decline over time? ⏳
The recent #preprint by @jbotello.bsky.social & team @brangwynnelab.bsky.social delves right into this question.
Scott Murray Cors highlights this work in his first post. #CellBio #genetics
#preLight: prelights.biologists.com/highlights/r...
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
FocalPlane
Daniel Gorelick
Cats: the ultimate pets and scientific heroes. Researchers are studying feline viruses to identify innovative solutions to prevent human infections
prelights.biologists.com
How dementia symptoms in a Guinness-record-aged female rhesus macaque influenced her overall behaviors
In old age, virtually all biological processes begin to decline. This preprint delves into how ribosomes – the microscopic 3D printers that synthesize our proteins – change across their lifetimes and ...
