Your editors: what do we do?
Being a scientific editor makes for a very rewarding career; however, while it is an incredible job, it is also often done behind closed doors, and we doubt any journal editor is a stranger to questions surrounding what their job actually entails.
Here we introduce you to the BioTechniques Editors, and what we do. Not all the team members are mentioned here – you can meet the rest of the fabulous team on our About Page.
Journal Team
Jasmine Hagan – Managing Editor
Jasmine manages the journal from both a topline strategic level and on the ground, taking a hands-on role in the day-to-day management of papers. From a strategic standpoint, Jasmine manages the BioTechniques editorial board, ensuring that it is balanced to provide expertise across the broad range of topics that we cover. Further to this, with the expertise of the editorial board and her experience with the journal, Jasmine compiles the editorial calendar for the year, planning out the essential topics to cover in our Technology News series and the key conferences for us to attend.
Always on the lookout for new, innovative ways to develop the journal, and broaden its reach, while providing the vital information required by the biotechniques readership, Jasmine seeks out and secures new partnerships to increase the practicality and accessibility of the information on BioTechniques.
Digital team
Tristan Free – Senior Editor
Tristan oversees the digital team and BioTechniques.com. This includes ensuring our content provides an equal balance of coverage across our many interest areas and involves high-quality well-respected experts, while aligning this coverage with our numerous sponsored content projects that we produce in partnership with industry leaders.
He supports this with his own expertise and that of the Board to ensure all of this content is scientifically sound, grammatically accurate, and formatted to be accessible, interesting and beautiful on-site. A vital part of the role is looking for new ways for BioTechniques.com to develop, liaising with leaders in the field and our audience to bring new content types and topics to site that deliver the highest possible value to our members.
Annie Coulson – Digital Editor
Annie works with Tristan and Bea to produce our sponsored features, including In Focuses and Spotlights. She works with clients and our video and graphics team to create videos, infographics and podcasts, ensuring that the content is both interesting and useful for our readers.
Annie was the Editor of our sister site Infectious Diseases Hub, which merged with BioTechniques in 2022. She now oversees the microbiology content on site, ensuring that we continue to publish content relevant to our infectious disease audience. Annie is also Editor of our sister site, Neuro Central, which focuses on all things neuroscience and neurology. A jack of all trades.
Beatrice Bowlby – Digital Editor
Bea works alongside Tristan and Annie to produce our sponsored content projects, researching and writing infographic, video and podcast scripts, as well as interviews and articles. From topics like spatial omics technologies to cell-line development, it is her goal to provide our members with quality resources for their research endeavors.
Bea also handles our Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook accounts, creating engaging and entertaining content in order to facilitate widespread coverage of what’s happening on BioTechniques.com and in the life science community. Additionally, she and Aisha sit at the BioTechniques.com news desk, where they write about the latest developments in a wide range of research topics. Our resident neuroscientist, Bea is always quick to cover all things neuro, working with experts in the field to deliver insightful editorial pieces, such as the Alzheimer’s fabrication controversy Ask the Experts last year.