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

3d illustration of microscopic close up showing viruses and intestine villus into digestive tract.

The Viral Microbiome

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | | 2 min read

An elderly person in beige shirt and a knitted, cream-colored vest holds a wooden walking stick.

New Epigenetic Clocks May Confirm Extreme Age

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | | 4 min read

A computer-generated image of chromosomes on a black background. One chromosome has a ring of bright orange to indicate a mutation.

Prime Editing Comes of Age

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | | 10+ min read

Matthew Disney

A Quest to Drug RNA

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | | 5 min read

A man sitting at a desk in a white lab coat holds up a large model of a <em >Drosophila</em> fly. In the background is a window and a bookcase.

The Origins and Recent Promise of Nonsense Suppressor tRNAs

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | | 4 min read

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

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | | 6 min read

This shows a cryo-EM map of a Fanzor protein in complex with its guiding RNA (in purple) and DNA (target strand in red, complementary strand in blue).

CRISPR-like Abilities in Eukaryotic Proteins

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | | 5 min read

A fluorescence microscopy image of a common mouse ear with a black background, an embedded bead visible as a white circle, and regenerating tissue around it shown in green.

Mice Heal Themselves in Response to a Common Signaling Molecule

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | | 5 min read

A yellow, hairy caterpillar is sitting on a green leaf off a thin plant stem.

Deciphering Plants’ Biochemical Messages

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | | 2 min read

Digital illustration of a brain, constructed by tiny dots and lines. Most dots and lines are teal-colored; others are green, yellow, red, and purple to denote areas of activity.

What Was the First Animal to Evolve a Brain?

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | | 1 min read

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A New Kind of MINFLUX

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | | 1 min read

This is an image of a bioluminescent from gene expression reporter in stem cells from a rhinoceros.

A Stem Cell Zoo Reveals Surprising Differences in Embryogenesis

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | | 2 min read

Six black-and-white MRI images of a brain at different cross-sections.

Is DIANA fMRI Data Real?

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | | 4 min read

Tumor microenvironment concept with cancer cells

Cancers Protect Themselves Against Their Own Mutations

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | | 2 min read

Digital illustration of AI concept

How should we proceed with image-analyzing AI?

Ida Emilie Steinmark, PhD | | 2 min read

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March 2025, Issue 1

How Do Embryos Know How Fast to Develop

In mammals, intracellular clocks begin to tick within days of fertilization.

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