; Editor in Chief, PLOS Biology
Nonia received a degree in Biochemistry and a PhD in Molecular Biology from the Autonoma University of Madrid, the latter for studies on RNA virus evolution and new antiviral strategies in the lab of Esteban Domingo. Nonia then moved to UCLA for postdoctoral research, where she focused on developing lentiviral vectors for gene therapy in Irvin Chen鈥檚 laboratory. In 2007, Nonia joined the EMBO reports editorial team and over the next 8 years held various editorial roles in which she was responsible for a broad range of topics within molecular and cell biology. In 2015, Nonia joined the launch team of Nature Microbiology and, after handling microbiology at Nature for two years, became Chief Editor of Nature Microbiology in 2019. In March 2020, Nonia joined PLOS Biology as Editor-in-Chief.
The talk will give an overview of the processes that take place in a scientific journal, from submission of a study to the final decision, be it acceptance or rejection. This will include how editors make decisions on new manuscripts, how reviewers are selected and what is expected of them, as well as the habits of effective authors before submission and when preparing a revision. It will also cover tips on how to write a scientific manuscript (including dos and don鈥檛s of titles and abstracts), cover letters and responses to reviewers, what constitutes a useful presubmission enquiry, as well as when it makes sense to appeal a decision and how to do it. Lastly, we will cover basic concepts in open science, its effects on scientific advance, trust and reproducibility.
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