Anna Azvolinsky Author Profile | The Scientist Magazine®

Russian Scientists Grapple with an Uncertain Future

Anna Azvolinsky | Mar 25, 2022 | 10+ min read

The now month-long invasion of Ukraine has resulted in changes in policies and severances of international scientific collaborations with Russian universities and researchers. The war has also precipitated a moral reckoning for many scientists in Russia.

Science Comes to a Halt in Ukraine, at Risk in Russia

Anna Azvolinsky | Mar 4, 2022 | 6 min read

The Russian invasion into Ukraine that began a week ago has forced Ukrainian scientists to abandon their labs and is putting research in Russia in peril.

The Cerebellum’s Secrets: A Profile of Kamran Khodakhah

Anna Azvolinsky | Oct 1, 2019 | 8 min read

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine neuroscientist has revealed surprising functions of the brain region, such as its role in the brain’s rewards circuits and in addiction.

Infographic: How to Catch Cheating Athletes

Anna Azvolinsky | Sep 1, 2019 | 3 min read

Anti-doping agencies are tracking levels of various molecules in athletes’ blood and urine over time to increase their ability to detect drug misuse.

The Race to Nab Cheating Athletes

Anna Azvolinsky | Sep 1, 2019 | 10+ min read

Anti-doping organizations are constantly developing new tests to catch athletes trying to boost their performance in increasingly sophisticated ways.

Defining Rare Disorders: A Profile of Judith Hall

Anna Azvolinsky | Sep 1, 2019 | 8 min read

By bringing genetics into clinical medicine, the University of British Columbia medical geneticist helped to identify the gene mutations responsible for many rare diseases.

In Our Blood: A Profile of Stuart Orkin

Anna Azvolinsky | Jul 15, 2019 | 9 min read

By unraveling the molecular underpinnings of inherited blood disorders, the Boston Children’s Hospital researcher has provided the basis for therapies now being tested for beta-thalassemia and sickle cell disease.

Microbe Miner: A Profile of Rob Knight

Anna Azvolinsky | Jun 1, 2019 | 9 min read

Developing computational tools to analyze the reams of microbial sequencing data his lab generates, the UC San Diego microbiologist is a pioneer of microbiome research.