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Sahana Sitaraman, PhD

Assistant Editor at Labx Media Group

Sahana is an Assistant Editor at The Scientist, where she crafts stories that bring the wonders and oddities of science to life. In 2022, she earned a PhD in neuroscience from the National Centre for Biological Sciences, India, studying how neurons develop their stereotypical tree-like shapes. In a parallel universe, Sahana is a passionate singer and an enthusiastic hiker.

Education

National Centre for Biological Sciences, India

PhD

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Rukhmabai Initiatives Fellowship

Sharon Dunwoody Science Journalism Mentoring Program

Articles by Sahana Sitaraman, PhD

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Social Interactions Slow Cancer Via an Anxiety-Reducing Neural Circuit

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Restoring Autophagy Eases Chronic Pain in Mice

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What’s the Secret to Civet Coffee’s Distinctive Taste?

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A Neural Network Maps the Mouse Brain in Unprecedented Detail

A network of sympathetic nerves (white) innervating and growing alongside the eggs (green) within a fragment of a human ovary. A large growing follicle containing an egg is shown in magenta.

A Cellular Atlas of the Aging Ovary Reveals How Fertility Fades

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Peripheral Immune Tolerance Research Wins Nobel Prize

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Ants Can Ferment Milk to Make Yogurt. But How?

A woman capturing a photograph of an elephant, while on a safari. Such salient moments can strengthen the memory of mundane stuff that occurred before or after.

Why Do Some Memories Stick, But Others Fade Away?

Young woman clutching abdomen in discomfort, showing symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease.

Why Smoking Surprisingly Soothes Ulcerative Colitis Symptoms

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Biofilm Bacteria May Fuel Heart Attacks

A woman applying cream to her face. The skin stretching in this process could stimulate immune surveillance and open up hair follicles.

A Skin-Stretch Approach Can Deliver Needle-Free Vaccines

Conceptual illustration of a person pushing a boulder uphill beneath a fiery sky, symbolizing resilience and the hormone oxytocin’s role in maintaining balance through homeostasis and allostasis.

The Goldilocks Hormone: Oxytocin Keeps the Body Resilient

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November 2025, Issue 1

Why Do We Feel Butterflies in the Stomach?

These fluttering sensations are the brain’s reaction to certain emotions, which can be amplified or soothed by the gut’s own “bugs".

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