Tips for publishing with the Nature Portfolio and insight into life as an Editor

by Dr Karli Montague-Cardoso, Deputy Editor at Communications Biology within the Nature Portfolio

Speaker Biography

Karli Montague-Cardoso is the Deputy Editor at Communications Biology within the Nature Portfolio. Karli initially spent 15 years in academia. Her PhD at the Institute of Neurology, London, focused on identifying therapeutic targets for Motor Neuron Disease. During her postdoctoral work at King's College London, she initially focused on cranial nerve development before turning her attention to neuroimmune signalling in chronic pain. 

Karli initially started as a Neuroscience and Immunology Editor for Communications Biology in October 2020 before spending some time at Nature Neuroscience, where she handled neuroimmunology and neurodegeneration papers. She has now moved back to Communications Biology where she has taken up the position as their Deputy Editor. Karli is also the Consulting Editor for Communications Medicine and Advisory Editor for npj Aging as well as lead of the Nature Portfolio neuroscience editorial community.