I wrote about my family in the
@nytimes
this week. During quarantine after coming home from college, there would always be a plate of fruit sent up to my room.
When hugging is not possible, cut fruit suffices as a symbol of love π
Wrote about the wonders of generative AI in biology, for
@growbyginkgo
4 yrs ago, I did a site-directed mutagenesis experiment and thought it was insanely cool. I wondered: what if we could have better tools to precisely design/understand biology?
So freaking excited to share that Iβll be writing many words for
@WIREDScience
@WIRED
this summer under the spectacular guidance of
@KaraPlatoni
! Incredibly grateful to
@AAASMassMedia
for this amazing opportunity π
This year,
#EarthDay
coincides with
#MassMediaFellows
Announcement day. We're so excited to share with you the Mass Media Fellows of 2022 who will bring their
#SciComm
skills to newsrooms across the country! Read more about our incoming class here:
six exams, two giant pretzels, and a broken shoe laterβ¦first year (of many) at
@StanfordMSTP
@StanfordMed
#mdphd
is all done! β¨
what a thrill it has been to learn alongside the kindest, silliest, most wonderful classmates from the white coat ceremony to nowπ
Incredibly excited to begin a new adventure as an MD-PhD student
@stanfordmstp
@stanfordmed
! I am infinitely indebted to the family, loved ones, and mentors whose unconditional support made this possible. Cheers to a lifetime filled with science, medicine, and storytelling! π₯°π
Med school can be tough so I bought a small army of bioluminescent petunias and now everything is better. Thanks
@light_bio
, we canβt wait for more!! π±
β¨Super excited to share my
@ImperialBioeng
@MarshallScholar
master's research on developing magnetic microrobots for drug delivery inπ«tissue, out now in Adv. Healthcare Materials
@AdvSciNews
! β¨
There's a vaccine summit happening at the White House right now. For
@WIRED
@WIREDScience
, here are some candidates that might help protect us against future COVID variants.
This winter, I was able to visit my grandparents for the first time in 6 years. Everything was the same but also differentβand it made me wonder about what "healthy" aging really is. Huge thanks to
@amplesa
@geochurch
@CoreyTapper
for speaking with me.
happy new year!! in honor of the three consecutive sore throats, massive cold, sniffles, and bouts of tonsilitis I've had in 2022, here's an article I wrote for
@WIRED
@WIREDScience
on how your nose might be involved. yay germs!
Last week, I wrote about polar bears. What their genomes can tell us, what the warming climate means for them, and what questions are still left to ask. For
@WIREDScience
@WIRED
I call Kara my journalism fairy godmother, since not only is she incredibly kind and funny and amazingβbut also because her editing is literally magical. whoever gets kara and everyone else from the science desk is going to be so, so lucky.
Goodbye,
@WIRED
!
After almost 4 wonderful years leading
@WIREDScience
, Iβve been laid off along with many of my amazing teammates.
Lots of us are looking for work, so Iβll thread a bit below about what weβve accomplished and what I hope to do next. Please pass the word on! 1/10
happy spoooooky szn! For
@WIREDScience
, I wrote about spores. Which can be dead. Kind of? But then come ALIVE. And now, scientists know a little bit more about how they revive π»
For
@WIRED
@WIREDScience
, I had a delightful conversation with
@xkcd
about science communication, What If 2, and the existential crisis of whether or not to go to grad school.
Are you like me and constantly checking your cholesterol levels? Now, scientists have developed nifty epigenetic editors to help control those levels one day, so you can eat your heart out with red meat (but please don't). My first for
@TheScientistLLC
!
π₯cell cycle variant?? CELL CYCLE VARIANT!!π₯
One of my favorite studies so far to report on. Thanks
@semilc
@ReiterLab
for sharing your work! me for
@TheScientistLLC
Sea cucumbers are squishy. They can also shoot valuable toxins out of their butts! Read more about these toxins (which can be great for human health) here in my piece for
@WIRED
@WIREDScience
:
after taking immunology this quarter, I can safely say that antibodies are one of the coolest parts of the immune systemβand now, scientists are engineering them to treat tricky viruses. me for
@DrugDiscovNews
This program introduced me to some of my favorite people in the world AND gave me the opportunity to write about sea cucumbers. Apply for the great vibes and great stories!
Are you looking to jumpstart your career in science journalism and
#scicomm
? Applications for the 2023 Mass Media Fellowship are now open! Join the 800+ alumni of this program and use your science background to write science news across the country!
In the series of "cool things you can swallow for science," here's a little capsule that can capture all the ins and outs of your gut microbiome. Me for
@DrugDiscovNews
This is the last (lol kind of) story I'll write this summer as part of the
@AAASMassMedia
fellowship. And it couldn't have been a better, more fascinating science story. (Cheetos?! Cell reality TV stars?! RECORDING GENE EXPRESSION OVER TIME?!)
@ladyxscience
was the first outlet I ever pitched & the first science piece I ever published.
@leilasedai
was my first ever editor - who taught me that journalism wasn't so scary after all. So grateful for this platform where the complex histories of women are shown light & love.
We got some tough news to share today. At the end of 2021, Lady Science will be closing. We want to thank everyone weβve worked with over the last seven years. Everything you see on the website and podcast will remain available and free forever.
Meet Crimean Congo Virus, another tick-borne disease that sneaks into your body through none other than the infamous LDL cholesterol receptor. Me for
@TheScientistLLC
.
Effective HIV vaccines have been elusive. Now, with mRNA, new clinical trials are pushing forward some interesting candidates. Thanks to
@moderna_tx
@fredhutch
for the insights! Me for
@DrugDiscovNews
Prosthetic limbs are usually limited in the movements they make, and hard to control. This new one might change all of that. Featuring work from
@MaxOrtizCatalan
! Me for
@WIRED
@WIREDScience
.
I'm so deeply grateful to everyone at
@WIREDScience
@WIRED
, particularly
@KaraPlatoni
βwho is the absolute best/kindest/coolest editor and mentor, steering me through the ins and outs of how-to-write-science-101.
Defining what biological age means is a notoriously complex concept, and I interpreted it as turning a biological "thing" (ex. cells) into a functional state analogous to that of a younger age. I welcome all critiques on this interpretation!
It's really been a dream come true to meet and learn from people who I've looked up to for so many years. And to laugh about science puns, or marvel at sea cucumbers together.