Dr. Corey Nislow first learned about JoVE when he was teaching at Stanford University. One of the new students, who had an electrical engineering background and had only just begun working at the bench, needed to learn how to do an experiment. When Dr. Nislow began to explain it to him, the student said he thought he had a pretty good grasp in how to do it. Seeing the shocked look on his professor’s face, the student showed Dr. Nislow the video article he’d found.
“Yup, that’s pretty much how you do it,” said Dr. Nislow.
Dr. Nislow, now at the University of Toronto, is now one of four new researchers joining JoVE’s editorial board. He is joined by Dr. Wallace Marshall of the University of California, Dr. Marc Lecruit from the Institut Pasteur and Dr. Steven Vogel from the National Institutes of Health.
“I think journals need to change to take full advantage of the technology available,” said Dr. Vogel about his decision to join the board. “Once you throw out the idea that publishing has to be in print, it opens up a world of opportunities.”
As board members, the researchers will act as advocates for the future of academic publishing, sharing in JoVE’s mission to accelerate the progress of biological, medical, chemical and physical research through the increase transparency, which video-based publication allows.
Board members also suggest new content to make JoVE’s video library more comprehensive and review submissions to the journal to ensure that the techniques the journal publishes meet the most rigorous academic standards.
“JoVE is at the bleeding edge and staying in that position requires constant input of energy,” said Dr. Nislow. “It’s a mindset for sure, but it’s also a lot of work. You need people on the ground looking at what’s new.”
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