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Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD

Emilie joined the Scientist as an assistant editor in 2023 after writing for publications such as the Guardian, Scientific American, and STAT. She has a degree in chemistry and a PhD in biophysics, but she enjoys writing about everything from ancient DNA to organoids. She lives in Brooklyn, where she can often be found searching for songbirds with her binoculars. 

Articles by Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD

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The Viral Microbiome

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New Epigenetic Clocks May Confirm Extreme Age

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Prime Editing Comes of Age

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A Quest to Drug RNA

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The Origins and Recent Promise of Nonsense Suppressor tRNAs

The prime editing machinery comprises a prime editing guide RNA (pegRNA) and a Cas9 nickase enzyme fused to a reverse transcriptase.

Infographic: How Prime Editing Works

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CRISPR-like Abilities in Eukaryotic Proteins

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Mice Heal Themselves in Response to a Common Signaling Molecule

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Deciphering Plants’ Biochemical Messages

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What Was the First Animal to Evolve a Brain?

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A New Kind of MINFLUX

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A Stem Cell Zoo Reveals Surprising Differences in Embryogenesis

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Is DIANA fMRI Data Real?

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Cancers Protect Themselves Against Their Own Mutations

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How should we proceed with image-analyzing AI?

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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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