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Mautusi Mitra’s lab recently characterized two novel Chlamydomonas mutants that are defective in chlorophyll biosynthesis. You can read both her papers on F1000Research, but in this video she provides a quick summary of the work:

In the video, Mitra also outlines the main reasons for submitting these papers to F1000Research, transcribed below. Speed was an important factor in this work, as others were working on the same problem:

We chose F1000Research for our publication for three reasons:

1. The speed of publication.  Our manuscripts were published within a week after the [editors] received them. This was really rapid compared to the traditional system of publication. We were also aware that there were several researchers working on the gun4 and chli mutants, and we wanted to publish our work first so that we wouldn’t get scooped.
2. The openness of the peer review process. Not only the authors, but also the readers of the manuscript come to know about the identity of the reviewers and their comments about the work. There is no hidden mystery element in the entire review process. To top it all, the review turnaround rate is pretty fast.
3. Lastly, F1000Research offers to the researchers to publish their research data as they obtain it. Basically, researchers can keep updating the manuscript. Both my papers were indexed in the first version, but I still updated them to incorporate some of the reviewers’ comments, to improve the quality of the manuscripts. This unique concept of post peer review updating [of the] manuscript is very refreshing, and I think this will revolutionize the publishing world in the near future.