Amber Dance

Amber Dance is an award-winning freelance science journalist based in Southern California. After earning a doctorate in biology, she re-trained in journalism as a way to engage her broad interest in science and share her enthusiasm with readers. She mainly writes about life sciences, but enjoys getting out of her comfort zone on occasion.

Articles by Amber Dance

Nutrition Researchers Can Determine What You’ve Been Eating

Infographic: Deciphering Diet from Blood and Urine Samples

Infographic: Synthetases and the Evolution of Circulatory Systems

Protein Synthesis Enzymes Have Evolved Additional Jobs

How Manipulating Rodent Memories Can Elucidate Neurological Function

Infographic: Messing with a Mouse’s Memory

Infographic: How Some X-Chromosome Genes Escape Inactivation

Genes that Escape Silencing on the Second X Chromosome May Drive Disease

Genetics Models Move Beyond Drosophila and the Humble Lab Mouse

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Drug Discovery Techniques Open the Door to RNA-targeted Drugs

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AI Uses Images and Omics to Decode Cancer

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Using Machine Learning to Battle Antibiotic Resistance

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Infographic: How AI Analyzes Cancer

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Infographic: How Forests Survive the Storm

How Trees Fare in Big Hurricanes

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February 2025, Issue 1

A Nanoparticle Delivery System for Gene Therapy

A reimagined lipid vehicle for nucleic acids could overcome the limitations of current vectors.

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Enhancing Therapeutic Antibody Discovery with Cross-Platform Workflows

Enhancing Therapeutic Antibody Discovery with Cross-Platform Workflows

Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

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From Water Bears to Grizzly Bears: Unusual Animal Models

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

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Scaling Lentiviral Vector Manufacturing for Optimal Productivity

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Putting Pathogens to the Test with Wastewater Surveillance

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Generating High-Quality mRNA for In Vivo Delivery with lipid nanoparticles

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Tecan introduces Veya: bringing digital, scalable automation to labs worldwide