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De la impresora al diagnóstico: el prometedor mundo de la microfluídica
Escrito por: Camila Gonzalez Curbelo Editado en inglés por: Nick Janne, Hector Mendoza, Jessica Li y Ryan Schildcrout Traducido por: Camila Gonzalez Curbelo y Rocio Cisneros…
Keep reading야간업무와 주간업무
Night Shift/Day Shift Photographed and written by: Julianne Armijo 글/사진: 줄리앤 아미호 Edited by: Naomi Raicu and Claire Shudde 편집: 나오미 라이쿠, 클레어 슈드 Translated by: Hyunwoo…
Keep readingUnderstanding Type 2 Diabetes: From Disease Mechanisms to Modern Treatments
Written by: Faith Connors Edited by: Charukesi Sivakumar, Mithcell Witt, Jeremy Chen, Ryan Schildcrout Illustrated by: Courtney Myers Diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic…
Keep readingMetal Organic Frameworks: How simple curiosity became a Nobel Prize
Written by: Valkyrie Gibson Edited by: Brenna Saladin, Camila Gonzalez, Kaitrin Freeland, Ryan Schildcrout Illustrated By: Caroline Harms My brother loved playing with Legos as a…
Keep readingWatch Out for Deer: The Rise of Chronic Wasting Disease and the Potential Risk to Humans
Written by: Emily Lecea Edited by: Claire Shudde, Colter Giem, Hannah Kim, Ryan Schildcrout Illustrated by: Jessica Li Watch out for deer! It’s a common enough…
Keep readingNormal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Treatable Dementia
Written by: Jessica Moser Edited by: Courtney Myers This piece was written in collaboration with the 2025 ComSciCon-MI Write-A-Thon. Dementia is seen as a chronic and…
Keep reading当你动起来的时候，我也会跟着做: 儿童运动行为背后的科学奥秘
When you move, I move: Exploring the science behind childhood physical activity Written by: Stephanie Palmer 图文作者：斯蒂芬妮·帕尔默 Edited by: Chloe Rybicki-Kler, Emily L. Eberhardt, Sarah Bassiouni, and Jennifer…
Keep reading果皮之下：苹果的化学复杂性
Behind the Peel: The Chemical Complexities of Apples Written by: Emily L. Eberhardt 作者：艾米莉·L·艾伯哈特 Edited by: Olivia Pifer Alge, Jessica Li, Jeremy Chen, and Ryan Schildcrout…
Keep readingPosterity, Perseverance, and You
Written by: Eileen Johnson Edited by: Caroline Harms This piece was written in collaboration with the 2025 ComSciCon-MI Write-A-Thon. Stress is part of everyday life, and…
Keep readingTowards understanding the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe
Written by: Antara Paul Edited by: Courtney Myers This piece was written in collaboration with the 2025 ComSciCon-MI Write-A-Thon. The Big Bang created matter and antimatter…
Keep readingListen Up, Your Cells Are Talking!
Written by: Nina Aitas Edited by: Lauren Heinzinger This piece was written in collaboration with the 2025 ComSciCon-MI Write-A-Thon. What is your body made of? You…
Keep readingThe Skinny on Staph in the US
Written by: Jessica Lysne Edited by: Lauren Heinzinger This piece was written in collaboration with the 2025 ComSciCon-MI Write-A-Thon. “I’m working in a staph lab,” I…
Keep readingIntelligence without a backbone
Written by: Lacey Bishop-Schouster Edited by: Courtney Myers This piece was written in collaboration with the 2025 ComSciCon-MI Write-A-Thon. When we think about intelligence in the…
Keep readingHow Tiny Particles Shape Climate
Written by: Hasnaa H. Abo Shosha Edited by: Jessica Li This piece was written in collaboration with the 2025 ComSciCon-MI Write-A-Thon. I was amazed when I…
Keep readingEpigenetics: How Cells Keep their Sense of Self
Written by: Carly Blair Edited by: Charukesi Sivakumar This piece was written in collaboration with the 2025 ComSciCon-MI Write-A-Thon. Almost every cell in the human body…
Keep readingEducating the Educators: The Importance of Educational Training for Future Faculty Members
Written by: Theresa Murphy Edited by: Kaitrin Freeland This piece was written in collaboration with the 2025 ComSciCon-MI Write-A-Thon. When most people think of “college”, they…
Keep readingBrown Fat: Unlocking the Body’s Natural Weight Loss Tool
Written by: Chidinma Chukwukaeme Edited by: Courtney Myers This piece was written in collaboration with the 2025 ComSciCon-MI Write-A-Thon. What if we could make clones of…
Keep readingMyelin Matters: Understanding Oligodendrocyte Dysfunction in a Rare Neurodegenerative Disease
Written by: Alexandra (Alexa) Putka Edited by: Colter Giem This piece was written in collaboration with the 2025 ComSciCon-MI Write-A-Thon. In 2019, rare diseases in…
Keep readingEvolution in Plain Sight: The Simple Observations Explaining Nature
Written by: Elena Renshaw Edited by: Courtney Myers This piece was written in collaboration with the 2025 ComSciCon-MI Write-A-Thon. Natural selection is happening all around us,…
Keep readingSensory Neurons: A New Target for Treating Peripheral Neuropathy in SCA3
Written by: Juan Mato Edited by: Brenna Saladin This piece was written in collaboration with the 2025 ComSciCon-MI Write-A-Thon. Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is the…
Keep readingDr. Shelley Berger: Epigenetic pathways as targets in human disease
Live Blogger: Camila Gonzalez Curbelo Editor: Paola Medina-Cabrera, Ryan Schildcrout This piece was written live during the 10th annual RNA Symposium, “RNA Frontiers: From Mechanisms to…
Keep readingDr. Nils Walter: Life in Flux: Dynamic RNA:Protein Complex Assembly Shapes Biomolecular Function
Live blogger: Ryan Schildcrout Editor: Brenna Saladin This piece was written live during the 10th annual RNA Symposium, “RNA Frontiers: From Mechanisms to Medicine” hosted by…
Keep readingDr. Erik Sontheimer: Prime Assembly with Linear DNA Donors Enables Large Genomic Insertions
Live Blogger: Paola Medina-Cabrera Editors: Camila Gonzalez Curbelo, Ryan Schildcrout This piece was written live during the 10th annual RNA Symposium, “RNA Frontiers: From Mechanisms to…
Keep readingDr. Karla Neugebauer: Co-transcriptional RNA processing yields unexpected versatility in gene regulation
Live Blogger: Lauren Heinzinger Editors: Ryan Schildcrout, Brenna Saladin This piece was written live during the 10th annual RNA Symposium, “RNA Frontiers: From Mechanisms to Medicine”…
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