Hannah Thomasy, PhD headshot

Hannah Thomasy, PhD

Articles by Hannah Thomasy, PhD

Many spiral-shaped orange Borrelia bacteria.

Fragments of Lyme Disease Bacteria Linked to Liver Dysfunction

On the left, several white sperm face towards a pink ball representing an egg, which is held in a woman’s hand.

How Cryptic Female Choice Shapes the Evolution of Species

On the left is a neon green radiation symbol with wavy lines emitting from it, representing gamma rays. On the right, D. radiodurans bacteria are unharmed by the radiation.

How Do Some Bacteria Survive Ionizing Radiation?

A woman in a gray tank top uses an asthma inhaler in an outdoor setting.

Researchers Uncover Mechanisms Linking the Brain and Lungs in Asthma

A female scientist looks at two white rodents in a clear plastic box.

Is This the End of Animal Testing? FDA Announces Plans to Phase Out Animals in Drug Safety Studies

An anatomical drawing of the placenta showing vascularization and the umbilical cord.

How Can the Placenta Help Us Understand Cancer?

A circular yellow T cell with yellow and blue receptors.

Study Confirms Safety of Genetically Modified T Cells

Two gray and white rats lay next to each other on a white background.

Some Rats are More Empathetic Than Others. Neuroscientists Want to Figure Out Why.

A brown-shelled snail with green and white striped eye stalks on the petals of a yellow tiger lily.

How Tiny Organisms Control Minds, Create Zombies, and Shape Ecosystems

Hands wearing blue gloves use scissors and forceps to cut DNA.

David Liu Wins 2025 Breakthrough Prize for Base Editing and Prime Editing

Enzymes, like DNA methyltransferase (pictured here in light blue), add epigenetic modifications to DNA (orange), changing gene expression and disease risk.

Is Lifetime Cancer Risk Determined Before Birth?

Hands facing opposite directions emerge from the back of a person’s head.

Split Brain Syndrome: Exploring Consciousness Through Neuroscience

A profile of a young child with a measles rash.

Immune Amnesia: How the Texas Measles Outbreak Could Promote the Spread of Other Infectious Diseases

A red male cardinal and a brownish female sit on a branch in front of a green background.

Sex Determination: It’s in the Genes—Sometimes

A group of large animals, some of which are being studied for cancer resistance genes and proteins, are pictured, including a bison, an elephant, a giraffe, a manatee, a zebra, and a whale.

Peto’s Paradox: How Gigantic Species Evolved to Beat Cancer

July Digest 2025
July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

View this Issue
Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Accelerating Recombinase Reprogramming with Machine Learning

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Genome Modeling and Design: From the Molecular to Genome Scale

Twist Bio 
Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

DNA and pills, conceptual illustration of the relationship between genetics and therapeutic development

Multiplexing PCR Technologies for Biopharmaceutical Research

Thermo Fisher Logo

Products

waters-logo

Waters and BD's Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions Business to Combine, Creating a Life Science and Diagnostics Leader Focused on Regulated, High-Volume Testing

zymo-research-logo

Zymo Research Partners with Harvard University to Bring the BioFestival to Cambridge, Empowering World-class Research

10x-genomics-logo

10x Genomics and A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore Launch TISHUMAP Study to Advance AI-Driven Drug Target Discovery

The Scientist Placeholder Image

Sino Biological Sets New Industry Standard with ProPure Endotoxin-Free Proteins made in the USA