Spendid! Thank you Kareem for the great work and congratulation to everybody. Best, Maurizio [cid:image001.png@01DB882A.5034E790] ______________________________ Maurizio Mattarelli, PhD Associate Professor of Experimental Physics of Matter Department of Physics and Geology University of Perugia Via A. Pascoli - 06123 Perugia (Italy) tel. +39 075 5852751 email: maurizio.mattarelli@unipg.it<mailto:maurizio.mattarelli@unipg.it> Da: Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad@meduniwien.ac.at> Inviato: mercoledĂŹ 26 febbraio 2025 04:24 A: consensus@biobrillouin.org Oggetto: [Consensus Statement] FW: [EXTERN] Decision on Nature Photonics manuscript NPHOT-2024-04-00624A Hi All, Just quick update I got & wanted to share đ Should be able to deal with this without your help -- only formatting stuff (but will contact you individually if/as needed). Will keep you posted, and I guess you will get some form of confirmation when uploaded again. Thanks again for being part of this & see you latest (hopefully) in Boston! All the best, Kareem From: <giampaolo.pitruzzello@nature.com<mailto:giampaolo.pitruzzello@nature.com>> Reply to: <giampaolo.pitruzzello@nature.com<mailto:giampaolo.pitruzzello@nature.com>> Date: Wednesday, 26. February 2025 at 03:30 To: <kareem.elsayad@meduniwien.ac.at<mailto:kareem.elsayad@meduniwien.ac.at>> Subject: [EXTERN] Decision on Nature Photonics manuscript NPHOT-2024-04-00624A 25th February 2025 * Please ensure you delete the link to your author homepage in this e-mail if you wish to forward it to your co-authors. Dear Kareem, I have some good news. Your revised Consensus Statement article entitled "Consensus Statement on Brillouin Light Scattering Microscopy of Biological Materials" has now been seen by the original referees #1 and #2, and their comments are included below. 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