Nathan Ni, PhD

Nathan Ni is a freelance science writer and editor with a decade of experience in journalism, marketing, and educational works. He earned a PhD in Physiology from Queen's University, where he investigated the role of inflammatory leukotriene pathways in myocardial infarction.

Articles by Nathan Ni, PhD

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The Fundamentals of Academic Science Writing

Nathan Ni, PhD | | 5 min read

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Turning Off Metastasis in Breast Cancer

Nathan Ni, PhD | | 4 min read

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Why Scientific Communication Matters for Manuscripts

Nathan Ni, PhD | | 4 min read

qPCR: Driving Wastewater Surveillance for Infectious Disease

Nathan Ni, PhD | | 3 min read

Dendritic Cell activate T cells, trigger immune responses, they are responsible of cells protection of the body.

Circadian Signaling Affects T Cell Responses to Vaccination

Nathan Ni, PhD | | 3 min read

Sir Richard Roberts won the 1993 Nobel Prize “for their discoveries of split genes.”

How Restriction Enzymes Changed Biology

Nathan Ni, PhD | | 4 min read

Doug Hanahan worked at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in 1982.

Cellular Competence: Making Recombinant DNA Accessible

Nathan Ni, PhD | | 2 min read

Exploring how spatial relationships drive heart function

Mapping Out What Makes the Heart Tick

Nathan Ni, PhD | | 3 min read

Mapping the Brain in 3-D

Mapping the Brain in 3-D

Nathan Ni, PhD | | 1 min read

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The Next Generation of CRISPR-Cas Systems

Nathan Ni, PhD | | 1 min read

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December 2025, Issue 1

Wooden Neurons: An Artistic Vision of the Brain

A neurobiologist, who loves the morphology of cells, turns these shapes into works of art made from wood.

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Driving Innovation with Cell Culture Essentials

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Exploring the Inflammatory Tumor Microenvironment

Within the tumor microenvironment, networks of cells and molecular signals form a dynamic landscape that drives disease progression.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Next-Generation Sequencing

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