Dear all, great news - seems like the reminder helped ;-) Cheers, Robert
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From: Nina Vogt <nina.vogt@us.nature.com> Subject: Re: Proposal for a Correspondence on Standardization in Brillouin Microscopy (NMETH-C62839) Date: 3. November 2025 at 21:34:24 CET To: Robert Prevedel <prevedel@embl.de> Cc: Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad@meduniwien.ac.at>
Dear Robert,
Thanks for getting in touch. I am sorry about the further delays. But I have managed to read your manuscript, and we have decided to send your manuscript out for peer review. I simply haven’t had a chance to assign reviewers yet, which is the reason that you haven’t received a notification. I should be able to assign reviewers later today though. Thanks for understanding.
Best, Nina
From: Robert Prevedel <prevedel@embl.de> Date: Monday, November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM To: Nina Vogt <nina.vogt@us.nature.com> Cc: Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad@meduniwien.ac.at> Subject: Re: Proposal for a Correspondence on Standardization in Brillouin Microscopy (NMETH-C62839)
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Dear Nina,
I hope you are doing well. I wanted to kindly follow up on our manuscript entitled “A standardized file format and open-source analysis framework for Brillouin microscopy data,” which we submitted on September 17, 2025 (NMETH-C62839).
We completely understand how demanding the current circumstances must be and truly appreciate your efforts and care that you put into handling submissions.
We remain very enthusiastic about the possibility of publishing this work in Nature Methods. Given the growing interest in Brillouin microscopy and the increasing need for data standardization, we believe our contribution comes at a particularly timely moment for the field.
Whenever convenient, we would be grateful for any brief update you might be able to share regarding the status of our submission or the review process.
With warm regards and many thanks again for your time and effort,
Robert (on behalf of all authors) -- Dr. Robert Prevedel Group Leader and Senior Scientist Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit European Molecular Biology Laboratory Meyerhofstr. 1 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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On 03.11.2025, at 15:46, Sal La Cavera III (staff) <Salvatore.LaCaveraIII@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
Hi Robert,
Ah ok yeah that makes sense, but also like you said that's quite a long time! Hopefully Nina likes it though, fingers crossed.
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Hi Sal,
I emailed the editor one month ago already and got the response they are understaffed and we should be patient. Nevertheless I think by now it’s ok to re-inquire - I’ve never had a paper sit with an editor that long. If they don’t like it they should at least tell us so we’re not loosing more time. I am gonna email her later today or tomorrow, let’s hope for the best!
Cheers, Robert -- Dr. Robert Prevedel Group Leader and Senior Scientist Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit European Molecular Biology Laboratory Meyerhofstr. 1 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Phone: +49 6221 387-8722 Email: robert.prevedel@embl.de http://www.prevedel.embl.de
On 03.11.2025, at 11:34, Sal La Cavera III (staff) <Salvatore.LaCaveraIII@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
Hi everyone,
Yes totally agree re: coordinating a coherent team message for the different presentations. I'm mainly free on those Mon/Tues slots.
On a side note, it still looks like the manuscript hasn't passed the editorial sift. Does anyone have any intel on that or is it worth a friendly email to Nina asking how it's going?
Looking forward to seeing everyone in Berlin,
Best,
Sal
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From: Robert Prevedel via Software <software@biobrillouin.org> Sent: 03 November 2025 08:24 To: Kareem Elsayad <kareem.elsayad@meduniwien.ac.at> Cc: Kareem Elsayad via Software <software@biobrillouin.org> Subject: [Software] Re: Meeting to discuss presentations of software at BioBrillouin 2025
Hi Kareem,
thanks for organizing - I fully agree it’d be great to coordinate and present a coherent story. I could do the Mon. and Tue. slots, and maybe the Thu. one if really needed. Fri. I am busy.
Best, Robert -- Dr. Robert Prevedel Group Leader and Senior Scientist Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit European Molecular Biology Laboratory Meyerhofstr. 1 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
Phone: +49 6221 387-8722 Email: robert.prevedel@embl.de http://www.prevedel.embl.de
On 03.11.2025, at 01:02, Kareem Elsayad via Software <software@biobrillouin.org> wrote:
Hi All,
So, at the BioBrillouin meeting in Berlin we have 3 presentations on software stuff ( Carlo=talk, Sebastian=poster, Pierre=Poster) – this is great! Think it would be good if we coordinate a little so as to present coherent message and compliment each others stuff (even directing people to other presentations/posters as relevant).
Politically seen, since some (potential) reviewers of manuscript will most likely (certainly) be there, presenting coherent argument of how the different parts are needed for the whole, will look very good. I would propose the idea of having a visual graphic, e.g. a tree or some spider diagram (is that a word?), etc., that everyone includes in their presentation, with e.g. a circle around the part that they are presenting. If I was reviewer from an outside perspective this would look like it really is a serious and coherent thought through effort!
Would propose a quick (~1/2 hr) meeting sometime after next week (i.e. 10-14th November) Below are four times that would work for me.. let me know which could work for you?
Mon 10th Nov. 11-12am Tue 11th Nov. 2-3pm Thur 13th Nov 12-1pm Fri 14th Nov 9-10am
All the best, Kareem
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