I write for
general audiences, children and researchers for publications including Discover,
Science News, Science News for Kids, ScienceCareers.org,
and Nature Reports: Stem Cells. For examples of my work that are not
available online, please contact me for a pdf copy.
Selected
Writing Samples:
Articles
for General Audiences:
Science
News:
- Life
in Print: Cell-by-cell, ink-jet printing builds living tissues, Science News, January 26, 2008
- Snappy
Transition: Venus flytrap inspires new materials, Science News, November 24, 2007
- Silencing
Pests: Altered plants make RNA that keeps insects at bay, Science News, November 10, 2007
- Catch
a wave: Carbon nanotubes go wireless, Science News, October 27, 2007
- How
platelets help cancer spread, Science
News, September
15, 2007
- Nanoparticles multitask, Science News, September 15, 2007
- Blood
vessel growth factor also does housekeeping, Science News, September 15, 2007
- Lack
of oxygen stunts fish reproduction, Science
News, September
8, 2007
- Gecko
adhesive gets added mussel, Science
News, August
4, 2007
- Metal
spews from tires and brake pads, Science
News, August
4, 2007
- Chemical
Conversation: Red blood cells send a signal that makes platelets less
sticky, Science News, July 21, 2007
- E-Waste Hazards: Chinese gear recyclers absorb toxic
chemicals, Science News, July
14, 2007
- Gooey
solution to a sticky problem, Science
News, July
14, 2007
- More
bang for the biofuel buck, Science News, July 14, 2007
- Cellular
Smugglers: Laden nanoparticles hitch a ride on
bacteria, Science News, June 30, 2007
- Environment:
Double-acting bacteria immobilize toxic nanoparticles,
Science News, June 30, 2007
- Materials
Science: Heal thyself again and again, Science
News, June
23, 2007
Discover:
- Hormone Replacement Therapy
Linked to Breast Cancer, Discover,
January 2008
- Soot Began Harming Arctic A Century
Ago, Discover, January 2008
- How Hurricanes Influence
Climate, Discover, January 2008
- Court Limits Access to
Experimental Drugs, Discover,
January 2008
- Robotic Ankle Takes First Step,
Discover, January 2008
- Nano Risks Worry Scientists, Discover, January 2007
- Complex Organic Molecules Formed in Outer Space, Discover, January 2007
- Five
Lessons from Avian Flu: Work, Watch, Wait, Worry, and Wonder, Discover,
June 2006
- Harvard
President Inadvertently Mobilized Women in Science, Discover,
January 2006
- Tissue
Engineers Cook Up Plan for Lab-Grown Meat, Discover, January 2006
- On a Wet Day, You Can See Forever, Discover,
December 2005
- Endangered by Association, Discover, April 2005
- Ethical
Conflicts Plague NIH, Discover, January 2005
- U.S. Science Supremacy Threatened by Competition, Discover,
January 2005
Popular Science:
Small Stuff on the Big Screen, Popular Science website,
May 1, 2006
Astronomy:
Spirit
Explores Gusev Crater, Astronomy, Mars
Collectors Edition 2005, p.62
Encyclopaedia Britannica
CR
magazine:
Articles
for Kids:
Weekly Reader publications:
- Boosting
Your Health: Vaccines give the immune system a good shot at fighting
disease, Current Health 1,
September 2008
- A
Shot of Prevention: Vaccines that teens need to stay healthy, Current Health 2, September 2008
- Beat
the Heat: Smart tips for staying cool, Current
Health 2, April/May 2008
- Courage
During Cancer: Jacquelyn lived through cancer
three times. Here is her amazing story, Current Health 1, December 2007
- Coping
With Cancer: an often-scary disease and the teens who battle it, Current Health 2, November 2007
- Breathin Easy: how asthma works and how to manage
it, Current Health 1, November
2007
- Bio
Bots: Animals inspire radical new robots, WR Science, November 2007
- Springtime Sniffles: Hay fever
making you sneeze and wheeze?
Here's how to feel better Current
Health 1 and 2, March 2007
- Feeling Your Food: What you eat
affects your mood, Current Health 2,
January 2007
Science News for Kids
- Catching Some Rays, Science
News for Kids, July 11, 2007
- Gold's Glittery Rewards, Science News for Kids, February 14, 2007
- Picture the Smell, Science News for Kids, October
11, 2006
- Dancing With Robots, Science News for Kids, May 10,
2006
- Echoes of Hunting, Science News for Kids, April 26,
2006
- Fog Buster, Science News for Kids, October 12, 2005
Scholastic
- Chemistry Whiz, SuperScience,
September 2008
- Listening In, SuperScience,
September 2008
Articles
for Researchers:
Science magazine
Covering
the Planet with Solar Panels, Science,
February 9, 2007 (available with subscription)
Science Careers at Science magazine
- Courting Controversy: Animal
Rights (and Wrongs), July 11, 2008
- Liberal Arts College Faculty; Finding the Sweet
Spot, June 27, 2008
- Ph.Dollars: Does Grad School
Make Financial Sense? April 11, 2008
- Public Health Goes Global, Science Careers, March 21, 2008
- A Gift That Keeps On Giving, Science Careers, February 8, 2008
- Finding the Way Back to a First (Career) Love, Science Careers, January 11, 2008
- Work-Life in Industry: Thinking outside the 9-to-5 Box, Science Careers, December 7, 2007
- Education Research: A New (Tenure) Track for Scientists, Science Careers, October 5, 2007
- The Postbac: One or Two Years
That Make Careers, Science Careers,
August 10, 2007
- The Importance of Undergraduate Research, Science Careers, July 6, 2007
- Working as a Medical Writer, Science Careers, June 22, 2007
- Community College Faculty: Must Love to Teach, Science Careers, May 25, 2007
- A 'Comprehensive' Career, Science Careers, March 23, 2007
- Returning to Academia, Science
Careers, January 26, 2007
- Navigating the Stem Cell Research Maze, Science Careers, December 1, 2006,
with Elisabeth Pain
- Tips for a Successful CV, Science Careers, October
27, 2006
- U.S. Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Can young researchers
succeed?, Science Careers, September 22, 2006
- Rush Holt-- The Interview, Science Careers, July
28, 2006
- Decision Analysis Meets Environmental Policy, Science Careers,
June 30, 2006
- The Food Network Effect, Science Careers, May 26,
2006
Nature Reports: Stem Cells
- Research Highlight: Molecular directors in the timing of neural development,
September 11, 2008
- Research Highlight: An intrinsic program of brain development, August 28, 2008
- Research Highlight: MicroRNA reins in
tumor-initiating cells, January 3, 2008
- News Feature: A patchwork quilt of funding, Nature Reports Stem Cells, November 1, 2007
- Research Highlight: Stem cells in mouse bellies, Nature Reports Stem Cells, October 25, 2007
- Research Highlight: No role for Oct4
in regenerating adult tissue, Nature
Reports Stem Cells, October 18, 2007
- Research Highlight: Notch signalling stalls
specialization, Nature Reports Stem
Cells, September 20, 2007
HHMI Bulletin
Undergraduates Abroad, HHMI Bulletin, May 2006
New York
Academy of Sciences eBriefings:
- Biocatalysts
and Biosurfactants: Harnessing Biology for Green
Chemistry, posted July 15, 2008
- Making
Waves: Harnessing Photons for Smart Materials, posted May 30, 2008
- The
Biopolymer Patch Kit: Novel Materials for Regenerative Medicine, posted
April 16, 2008
- Toward
the $1,000 Genome: Next-Generation Strategies for DNA Sequencing, posted
January 24, 2008
- Designer Generation: Chemical and Computational Tools for
Biological Problems, posted September 11, 2007
- Structural Creativity: Foldamers
and their Uses in Chemical Biology, posted July 20, 2007
- Encouraging
Students to Explore: The Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol, posted
August 31, 2006
Analytical Chemistry
- Hydrogels get a new focus, Analytical
Chemistry, November 1, 2006
- Cytoskeletal proteins get their
own rooms, Analytical Chemistry, March 1, 2006
- Old alginates solve new problems, Analytical Chemistry,
January 1, 2006
- Mobile microfluidic probe
unleashed, Analytical Chemistry, December 1, 2005