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Rachel Moore is a postdoc at King’s College London. Being local to our London office, where most of F1000’s developers work, Rachel had the unique opportunity to help us test and develop F1000Workspace from the very early stages.

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What was it like to help test F1000Workspace before it was launched?

It was great to be one of the early testers of F1000Workspace. I hadn’t previously been exposed to any aspect of website creation or design, so I found it interesting to see it take shape. I also found it beneficial to explain to someone else how I find, organise and keep track of both research articles and my notes as I read and write, and therefore what my ideal tool would be. These discussions made me think about my own workflow and how it could change or improve.

What are you currently using F1000Workspace for?

I primarily use F1000Workspace as a reference manager. As I do a literature search, I dump everything interesting in a generic folder using the browser plugin. I can then go back and read the papers more thoroughly, sorting them into different folders based on their topic and making notes. I also have a couple of folders that are shared with various colleages, so if I come across a paper that might be interesting for their projects, I use F1000Workspace to share it with them.

Finally, can you tell us in 2 sentences what your research project is about?

I’m looking at neuronal differentiation in the spinal cord, using zebrafish embryos. In particular, I’m interested in changes in cell morphology and polarity during the transition from neuroepithelial cell to differentiated neuron