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Christie Wilcox, PhD

Christie was a well-established science blogger and writer when she was awarded a PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology with a specialization in ecology, evolution and conservation biology from the University of Hawai‘i in 2014 for her research on the genetics of lionfishes. A short two years later, she published her debut book Venomous: How Earth’s Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry, which received widespread acclaim, and after that, she fully left academia behind and established herself as a science writer and editor. She joined The Scientist in 2021 as newsletter editor and left as senior editor in 2023. She is a member of the Author’s Guild, the Northwest Science Writers Association, and the National Association of Science Writers

Articles by Christie Wilcox, PhD

Three covid rapid antigen tests displaying (left to right) invalid, positive, and negative results.

What Does a Positive Covid Test Look Like?

A California Chinook Salmon Jumps into a waterfall during spawning season

Geneticists Light Up Debate on Salmon Conservation

Infographic comparing the fall and spring salmon runs

Infographic: An Incredible Journey

Timeline summarizing a series of petitions filed about the Chinook salmon

Timeline: An Extended Battle

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Our Favorite Genetics Stories of 2022

A fishing cat with a fish in its mouth

Genome Spotlight: Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)

A lobed leaf next to a rounded leaf, both from the same Boquila trifoliolata vine

Can Plants See? In the Wake of a Controversial Study, the Answer’s Still Unclear

A Nile rat sitting atop fruits

Genome Spotlight: Nile Rat (Avicanthis niloticus)

A tetraplegic patient navigates a thought-controlled wheelchair

Tetraplegic Patients Take Mind-Controlled Wheelchair for a Spin

Primatologists Judith Masters and Fabien Génin

Primatologist Pair Murdered in South African Home

Paleoecologist Jacquelyn Gill sitting next to museum collection bones

New NAS Awards Honor Science Communication in “Post-Truth World”

A tropical angelfish 

Genome Spotlight: Freshwater Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare)

Microscope visualization of Candida albicans in an esophageal sample from a rhesus monkey with thrush

Fungal Pathogens Flourish in the Pandemic’s Shadow

A dead northern gannet (Morus bassanus) on a beach

Unprecedented Avian Flu Epidemic Could Presage Year-Round Outbreaks

A C-fern (Ceratopteris richardii) growing in a pot

Genome Spotlight: C-fern (Ceratopteris richardii)

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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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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

New Frontiers in Vaccine Development

New Frontiers in Vaccine Development

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