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Jessica K Polka

Executive Director, ASAPbio
Verified email at asapbio.org
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[HTML][HTML] The evolving role of preprints in the dissemination of COVID-19 research and their impact on the science communication landscape

N Fraser, L Brierley, G Dey, JK Polka, M Pálfy… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The world continues to face a life-threatening viral pandemic. The virus underlying the
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (…

[HTML][HTML] Technical and social issues influencing the adoption of preprints in the life sciences

NC Penfold, JK Polka - PLoS genetics, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Preprints are gaining visibility in many fields. Thanks to the exponential growth in submissions
to bioRxiv, an online server for preprints in biology, versions of manuscripts prior to the …

Microtubule nucleating γ-TuSC assembles structures with 13-fold microtubule-like symmetry

JM Kollman, JK Polka, A Zelter, TN Davis, DA Agard - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Microtubules are nucleated in vivo by γ-tubulin complexes. The 300-kDa γ-tubulin small
complex (γ-TuSC), consisting of two molecules of γ-tubulin and one copy each of the accessory …

Building spatial synthetic biology with compartments, scaffolds, and communities

JK Polka, SG Hays, PA Silver - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2016 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Traditional views of synthetic biology often treat the cell as an unstructured container in which
biological reactions proceed uniformly. In reality, the organization of biological molecules …

[HTML][HTML] Non-model model organisms

…, WF Marshall, LF Landweber, L Fritz-Laylin, JK Polka… - BMC biology, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Model organisms are widely used in research as accessible and convenient systems
to study a particular area or question in biology. Traditionally only a handful of organisms …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking changes between preprint posting and journal publication during a pandemic

L Brierley, F Nanni, JK Polka, G Dey, M Pálfy… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Amid the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, preprints in the biomedical
sciences are being posted and accessed at unprecedented rates, drawing widespread attention …

[HTML][HTML] Ten simple rules to consider regarding preprint submission

PE Bourne, JK Polka, RD Vale… - PLOS Computational …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
For the purposes of these rules, a preprint is defined as a complete written description of a
body of scientific work that has yet to be published in a journal. Typically, a preprint is a …

Preprinting the COVID-19 pandemic

N Fraser, L Brierley, G Dey, JK Polka, M Pálfy, F Nanni… - BioRxiv, 2020 - biorxiv.org
The world continues to face an ongoing viral pandemic that presents a serious threat to human
health. The virus underlying the COVID-19 disease, SARS-CoV-2, has caused over 3.2 …

[HTML][HTML] The bacterial carbon-fixing organelle is formed by shell envelopment of preassembled cargo

…, A Robinson-Mosher, DF Savage, PA Silver, JK Polka - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Cyanobacteria play a significant role in the global carbon cycle. In Synechococcus
elongatus , the carbon-fixing enzyme ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase …

Publish peer reviews

JK Polka, R Kiley, B Konforti, B Stern, RD Vale - 2018 - nature.com
Polka and colleagues call on journals to sign a pledge to make reviewers’ anonymous
comments part of the official scientific record. … PolkaPolka