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Aparna Nathan, PhD

Aparna is a freelance science writer pursuing a PhD in bioinformatics and genomics at Harvard University. She uses her multidisciplinary training to find both the cutting-edge science and the human stories in everything from genetic testing to space expeditions. She was recently a 2021 AAAS Mass Media Fellow at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Her writing has also appeared in Popular Science, PBS NOVA, and The Open Notebook.

Articles by Aparna Nathan, PhD

A protein ribbon structure is shown in red and blue against a black background.
| 9 min read
A phage injects DNA into a bacteria cell in purple and blue.
| 8 min read
Natural killer cells are shown attaching a tumor.
| 4 min read
Electron microscopy images show the system used to measure force.
| 9 min read
A woman with ichthyosis sits at a table working on a laptop.
| 9 min read
Two soccer players jump up to head a ball as their teammates watch.
| 9 min read
From contact lenses, glue, to even the inside of an aloe leaf, hydrogels are everywhere.
| 10 min read
Avani Parikh wears a lab coat while conducting an experiment at a lab bench.
| 10 min read
Two Antion Biosciences researchers look at a fluorescent image on a computer monitor while wearing white lab coats and purple gloves.
| 8 min read
A close-up of a scientist’s hands in black gloves holding an obscured object under a microscope.
| 10+ min read
Amir Razai wears a white lab coat while holding a column in a laboratory at Arialys Therapeutics.
| 7 min read
A 3D illustration of a chromosome (left), the mutated huntingtin gene shown as a piece of DNA (2nd from left), a mutated huntingtin protein (2nd from right), and a neuron showing degeneration (right).
| 7 min read
Multiple 3D printers line a wall of a clean room.
| 7 min read
Three teeth on a piece of gauze with dental instruments next to them.
| 8 min read
A woman in yoga attire sits on the sand at the beach with her back to the camera, facing the water.
| 7 min read
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