Oo, sorry to shout. But we’re excited to announce a couple of new features, the first of which we’re going to need a bit of help with.

Affiliation networks

Helps you find folk from your institution, and browse other institutions.

You’ll find this on your profile page. Go see.

When you enter an affiliation in your profile, that affiliation is now a link that takes you to a page showing all the other NN members listing the same affiliation (e.g. Imperial College). You’ll find people who have entered it as their current affiliation, as well as alumni of your institution.

Here’s where you come in. To kick things off, we used the affiliation information that NN members had already provided in their profiles.

There are many duplicates, for example ‘Imperial’ or ‘Imperial College’, or ‘Smith Lab, Imperial College’.

To help us consolidate this, please go to your profile and edit your affiliation. Make sure you show the full name (e.g. “University College London”, not “UCL”).

You should enter multiple affiliations separately, and don’t forget previous affiliations, so we can build alumni networks.

This is but a beginning. We will be rolling out more improvements over the coming months.

Your network snapshot

This old friend, found in the blue box on the left when logged in, just got an enhancement. You’ll now find a tabbed view that lets you track conversations you initiated or took part in – both in blogs and forums.

Meet the team

Oh, and you can also find out a bit more about the NN crew by visiting our new team page.

If you have any comments about the new features, you can email us at network at nature.com or post to our feedback forum.

Phew! Our next release will be in around a month, when you should get the first inklings about new local hubs. Stay tuned…