Tess Joosse

Tess Joosse is a science writer based in Madison, Wisconsin. Her work has been published in Science, Scientific American, the Mercury News and beyond. She studied biology at Oberlin College and got a master’s degree in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Articles by Tess Joosse

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Sweet Taste Receptors Regulate Proteins in Developing Fruit Flies

Tess Joosse | Nov 14, 2022 | 2 min read

An unexpected find shows that sweet-sensing receptors also help epithelial cells in Drosophila larvae stay alive amid proteotoxic stress.

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Chytrid Fungus Deploys Varying Strategies to Infect Amphibians

Tess Joosse | Nov 14, 2022 | 2 min read

The ability to activate different sets of genes has likely helped the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis spread widely in amphibians, resulting in global population declines.