Dear all,
The Geuvadis RNAseq Nature paper has been scheduled for advance online
publication on September 15 at 1800 London time, 1900 CET, which is the
time the embargo is lifted.
A couple of points about the media strategy:
- The international press release: we're coordinating this together with
UNIGE and EBI/EMBL press offices
- Local press releases: those of you who are planning to send out a
local PR, please make sure that: 1) your press office receives the
instructions from the Nature press office (copypasted below) and the
embargo is respected, 2) your press release is distributed only
nationally, and 3) you send a copy of your press release to me, Manolis
and Gabrielle.
- Social media: after the embargo is lifted, you're free (and
encouraged) to advertise the paper on twitter, facebook, your
website/blog, etc. On twitter, please use hashtag #geuvadis; I'll be
posting under @tuuliel.
- If you come across any substantial criticism or questions regarding
the paper in the blogosphere or elsewhere, please let me and Manolis
know so that we can formulate a response together.
best regards,
Tuuli
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On /24/713 10:49 AM, Tuuli Lappalainen wrote:
Dear all,
It is my great pleasure to tell you that the Geuvadis RNAseq paper has
been accepted in Nature!
Needless to say, I'm extremely happy to finally be at this point, and
to be able to thank all of you for your contributions. We wouldn't be
here without the hard work from all of you, the huge pool of
scientific expertise and insight, and the collaborative spirit that
we've had in this project. Please pass my thanks also to technicians
and other members of your lab who contributed to this work.
It was a really enjoyable experience to work with all of you, and I
hope that this will inspire many other collaborations amongst us. I
had a lot of fun and I hope you did too! But the most important thing
is that I think we can all be proud of the outcome. It's a great paper
and a great data set that make an important contribution to the field.
We're now going through some final formatting edits, and we'll be in
touch about press releases, publication and embargo dates, etc. when
we know more. Feel free to share the news with close colleagues, but
please don't advertise this yet in the public domain such as social
media. The companions papers are in a good shape too: we're waiting
for the final confirmation of the acceptance of the QC paper in Nature
Biotechnology so more good news will follow, and the splicing paper is
under review in Genome Research.
best regards,
Tuuli
PS. Please note that my University of Geneva email address will not
work for much longer (in case you didn't know, I'm spending this year
at Stanford). Please use tuuli.e.lappalainen(a)gmail.com for future
correspondence.
--
Tuuli Lappalainen, PhD
Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine
Email: tuuli.e.lappalainen(a)gmail.com
Tel: +1 415 351 9713
Bustamante lab
Department of Genetics
300 Pasteur Dr. Lane L301
Stanford, CA 94305-5120
USA