Recently, I wrote about the use of generative AI to create new biology. I've also covered Roe v Wade, aging/longevity biology, and COVID (here, here, and here). In 2020, I wrote about my family in a Tiny Love Story for the New York Times' Modern Love Column.
Here is a running list of some things I've written.
The Chaos of NIH Cuts Has Left Early-Career Scientists Scrambling, for WIRED
Coffee Boosts Beneficial Gut Bacterium, for Scientific American
Fatty acids restore normalcy to the vaginal microbiome, for Drug Discovery News
CRISPR strategy could restore delayed-onset hearing loss, for Drug Discovery News
Introducing a New Version of the Cell Cycle, for The Scientist
Making new biology, for Grow by Gingko
A Prime-Editing Based Approach Records Cellular Genetic History, for The Scientist
How the Crimean Congo Virus Sneaks into Cells, for The Scientist
A Twisted Secret that Extends mRNA Longevity in Cells, for The Scientist
Unruly Gut Fungi Can Make Your Covid Worse, for WIRED
Colon Cancer Linked to Mouth Bacteria, for Scientific American
An Epigenetic Strategy to Control Bad Cholesterol, for The Scientist
What is Healthy Aging?, for Ideas Matter
Recombinant polyclonal antibodies for viral diseases, for Drug Discovery News
An mRNA twist to the HIV vaccine problem, for Drug Discovery News
This Prosthetic Limb Actually Attaches to the Wearer’s Nerves, for WIRED
A vitamin-sized device samples the gut microbiome, for Drug Discovery News
Gentle Brain Stimulation Can Improve Memory During Sleep, for WIRED
The Long Covid Mystery Has a New Suspect, for WIRED
Covid Can Boost Your Response to Flu Vaccines—if You’re a Man, for WIRED
Why Do You Get Sick in the Winter? Blame Your Nose, for WIRED
This Low-Cost Test for Hearing Loss Lives on a Smartphone, for WIRED
The Spooky Science of How Undead Spores Reanimate, for WIRED
To Understand Brain Disorders, Consider the Astrocyte, for WIRED
Randall Munroe Is Back to Answer Your Impossible Questions, for WIRED
What If Cells Kept Receipts of Their Gene Expression?, for WIRED
The Fall of Roe Makes Complex Pregnancies Even Riskier, for WIRED
This Stamp-Sized Ultrasound Patch Can Image Internal Organs, for WIRED
These Vaccines Will Take Aim at Covid—and Its Entire SARS Lineage, for WIRED
What Humans Can Learn From the Sea Cucumber’s Toxic Arsenal, for WIRED
The Secrets of Covid ‘Brain Fog’ Are Starting to Lift, for WIRED
What Polar Bear Genomes May Reveal About Life in a Low-Ice Arctic, for WIRED
How the Sugars In Spit Tame the Body’s Unruly Fungi, for WIRED
Meet Gerty Cori, the Nobel-winning biochemist who uncovered how the body stores and consumes sugars, for Massive Science
Wives, Physics, and Nepotism in Academia, for Lady Science