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Our next Science Stories speaker is Emily Buder, a Pulitzer prize-winning filmmaker and senior video producer for Quanta Magazine Register free for Emily's online talk here 👉 bit.ly/emilysciencest… McMaster Faculty of Science McMaster Alumni #sciviz #scicomm #storytelling

This week! Join me for a free virtual talk by Pulitzer prize-winning filmmaker Emily Buder. Hear how Emily brings science to life through video explainers and short docs. McMaster Faculty of Science McMaster Alumni #scicomm #sciviz bit.ly/emilysciencest…

Our next Science Stories speaker is the magnificent Dr. Raven the Science Maven! Please join us for this free virtual event: From Complexity to Clarity: Women, Creativity, and the Transformation of #SciComm 👉bit.ly/sciencestories… Get ready to be INSPIRED! McMaster Faculty of Science McMaster Alumni

One more week! Please join me and Dr. Shaiya in conversation with Dr. Raven the Science Maven — talking #science, #scicomm, and representation in #STEM. I can't wait for this. Register for this free online event here 👉 bit.ly/sciencestories… McMaster Faculty of Science McMaster Alumni

There's still time to register for tonight's fireside chat with Dr. Raven the Science Maven. Come and get inspired about #science, #scicomm and women in #STEM. Dr. Shaiya McMaster Faculty of Science McMaster Alumni Register here for the virtual event at 7 pm: bit.ly/sciencestories…

A drug containing snippets of RNA reverses defects seen in neurons derived from children with Timothy syndrome, according to a study published today in Nature. By Katie Moisse bit.ly/3WddHQ3

This week's Spectrum (Autism Research News) news story is about a RNA drug that corrects calcium signaling in chimeric model of Timothy syndrome, the rare genetic condition characterized by heart problems, seizures and autism. Read more by Katie Moisse for The Transmitter thetransmitter.org/spectrum/rna-d…

A clear and actionable definition for the term "profound autism" could enhance research and improve care, Matthew Siegel says. By Katie Moisse thetransmitter.org/spectrum/pinni…

Had the best time at the ComSciConCAN create-a-thon with this talented team. The future of #scicomm is bright! McMaster Faculty of Science

Monkeys can memorize a sequence of images and then toggle between them in their minds, a new study has found. By Katie Moisse thetransmitter.org/cognitive-neur…

Join me for a special Science Stories with one of my favourite writers (and humans tbh), Yasmin Tayag. Yasmin is a staff writer for The Atlantic covering the future of food. It'll be a fun and filling night! bit.ly/yasminsciences… #scicomm McMaster Faculty of Science McMaster Alumni

One week away! Register for this free online talk by the incredible Yasmin Tayag from The Atlantic on the future of #food. #scicomm #science McMaster Alumni McMaster Faculty of Science McMaster Health Sciences bit.ly/yasminsciences…

I hope this story resonates with young researchers. Grateful to my endlessly generous sources: Ubadah Sabbagh, kaela, Mayank Chugh (he/him), Nanthia Suthana, Andrew W. Lo, Marjorie Rose Levinstein, Song and Ming Labs, Letitia Weigand, Martin Reese, Jakob Voigts, Gerry Rubin and several NIH folks.

Also grateful to my amazing editor, Brady Huggett, and the incredible team at The Transmitter: Hope Vanderberg, rebecca horne and Ivan Oransky. With superb fact-checking by Abe Musselman, beautiful illos by Owen Gent and data viz by Jonas.

Join me next week for chat with my mentor, Rich Besser, president and CEO of RWJF. We'll discuss his leadership in public health, including his time as Acting Director of the CDC and ABC News Chief Health and Medical Editor 👉 bit.ly/sciencestories… McMaster University #scicomm

Happening tonight! Join me for this free online fireside chat with Rich Besser. We'll talk #health, #healthcare, #CDC, #journalism, #scicomm and #equity. Don't miss it. bit.ly/sciencestories… RWJF McMaster University McMaster Alumni McMaster Faculty of Science McMaster Health Sciences

This is very, very cool: microns-explorer.org Go play with it! The Transmitter Allen Institute

Huge thanks to Timothy O'Leary for walking me through this debate.