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Monthly preprint list

Monthly preprint lists

The remarkable growth of preprints in biology in the past few years has accelerated sharing of data and ideas but also given scientists a new challenge: how to keep up with this burgeoning literature? To help out, in 2016 we started collating preprints by topic, and these monthly posts have become a popular feature in the community.

Recent posts

preLighters’ choice – November’s handpicked preprints

Posted by , on 8 December 2025

Concise preprint highlights from the November preprint list, prepared by the preLighter community. Quick reads from early-career researchers to help working scientists spot the month’s most exciting biological preprints.
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November in preprints

Posted by , on 2 December 2025

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv.

preLighters’ choice – October’s handpicked preprints

Posted by , on 12 November 2025

Concise preprint highlights from the October preprint list, prepared by the preLighter community. Quick reads from early-career researchers to help working scientists spot the month’s most exciting biological preprints.

October in preprints

Posted by , on 12 November 2025

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv.

September in preprints

Posted by , on 31 October 2025

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv.

August in preprints

Posted by , on 16 September 2025

Welcome to our monthly trawl for developmental and stem cell biology (and related) preprints. The preprints this month are hosted on bioRxiv.

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Our full archive going back to 2010 is filterable by category, tag and date.

Updated on 16 March 2021