Viviane Callier

Viviane was a Churchill Scholar at the University of Cambridge, where she studied early tetrapods. Her PhD at Duke University focused on the role of oxygen in insect body size regulation. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Arizona State University, she became a science writer for federal agencies in the Washington, DC area. Now, she freelances from San Antonio, Texas.

Articles by Viviane Callier

Brown-red ants climb over a pile of white translucent larvae and orange pupae. Some use their mandibles to position the larvae.

Ant Pupae Feed Adults, Larvae with Secreted Liquid 

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Science Snapshot: The Need for Speed

Microscopy image of a cricket embryo, illuminated in green, pinched near one end, with one side full of bright green dots representing cell nuclei

How Wandering Nuclei Shape Developing Embryos

Antibiotic resistant bacteria inside a biofilm, 3D illustration. Biofilm is a community of bacteria where they aquire antibiotic resistance and communicate with each other by quorum sensing molecules

How a Bacterium Manages to Reproduce During Famine

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Infographic: Nutrient Scarcity Drives Phase Separation in Bacteria

Wild water striders (Microvelia longipes) on a puddle. The animals with long third legs are the males; the others are females.

A Multipurpose Gene Facilitates the Evolution of an Animal Weapon

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Paper Recommends Women Avoid Female Mentors, Drawing Outrage

Newly Found Proteins Stop Fungal “Bleeding”

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Insects Showcase Unexpected Ways to Make Water-Repellent Surfaces

How a Pea Aphid Decides to Make Wings or Not

Infographic: How the Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genomes Interact

The Two Genomes in Every Eukaryotic Cell

milkweed bug eggs Oncopeltus fasciatus

Ecology, Not Physics, Explains Diversity of Insect Eggs

The Open Data Explosion

Gender Bias Dissected in eLife’s Peer Review

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3D illustration of a gold lipid nanoparticle with pink nucleic acid inside of it. Purple and teal spikes stick out from the lipid bilayer representing polyethylene glycol.
February 2025, Issue 1

A Nanoparticle Delivery System for Gene Therapy

A reimagined lipid vehicle for nucleic acids could overcome the limitations of current vectors.

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Enhancing Therapeutic Antibody Discovery with Cross-Platform Workflows

Enhancing Therapeutic Antibody Discovery with Cross-Platform Workflows

Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

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From Water Bears to Grizzly Bears: Unusual Animal Models

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

Sex Differences in Neurological Research

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