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Meenakshi Prabhune, PhD

Editor-in-Chief at The Scientist

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University of Goettingen

PhD

Articles by Meenakshi Prabhune, PhD

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AI Digs Data Over Dogma. Are Biological Complexities a Thing of the Past?

Illustration of a person standing with a telescope looking out over a blue background with strands of DNA floating in the distance. This represents Daniel Lin-Arlow directing the science vision for the company Ansa Biotechnology as the chief scientific officer.

Career Chat: A Synthetic Biologist-Turned-Startup Founder Leads the Company’s Scientific Vision

A silicon chip containing 100 million single-molecule sensors on Pumpkinseed’s high-throughput Raman microscope.

A Nanochip Platform “deSIPHRs” the Proteome

A hand in a blue glove holds a white chicken egg while a syringe is inserted into the yolk.

Chicken Eggs Become Bioreactors to Brew Low-Cost Medicines

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TS Turns 40: Celebrating Decades of Regaling Readers with Human Stories

Greg Brockman of OpenAI and Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures sit together on stage during a fireside chat at the Precision Medicine World Conference 2026.

OpenAI Co-Founder Predicts “Full Lights Out Operations” for Future Wet Labs

The photo shows Kiana Aran, after she just got out of her darkness retreat and opened her eyes, smiling. An EEG sensor is attached to her forehead.

A Researcher’s Dark-Cave Experiment Sheds Light on the Science of “Sensory Deprivation” 

Image from Robert Hooke’s “Micrographia” book showing the drawing of cork cells. This was the first description of a cell.

The Curious Case of Tiny Yet Mighty Cells 

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As Neural Organoid Research Accelerates, Scientists Discuss Ethics

3D illustration of human heads made of gears and machine cog wheels degrading to demonstrate neurodegeneration and aging.

Our Brain is Listening: Are We Playing the Right Melody?

A person holds a smart suit embedded with wearable sensors developed by scientists at the Wyss Institute.

Smart Wearable Biosensors Power Pathogen Diagnostics

A man with dark hair wears a blue shirt with his arms crossed as he leans against the wall of a slot canyon.

Hearing Loss May Be the Canary in the Coal Mine for Dementia

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Epic Fail: Sea-Monkeys Sabotage Fieldwork

When Barry Hicks set out to photograph thrombolites, thousands of unexpected visitors photobombed his underwater images.

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