Journal
Writing & Research Notes
Essays, findings and field notes from the lab — on cell fate, imaging and the biology of decision-making.
Mitochondria: The Strange Story of Your Body's Most Fascinating Organelle
A while back, I found myself thinking about this: right now, as you're reading this text, trillions of tiny living beings are at work inside your body. Not bact…
Read →647,000 stem cell papers — and one idea changed how I think about aging
I spent an evening going down a rabbit hole on PubMed, and one number wouldn't leave me alone.647,251 papers on stem cells.I'm not a medical doctor — I'm a rese…
Read →STEM CELL INJECTION: A LIFE-CHANGING BREAKTHROUGH
Three years ago, exactly these days, I was in the worst situation of my life. I tried everything to regain my health, but instead of open and risky surgery, I d…
Read →How Stem Cells Determine Their Commitment to a Disc Cell Fate
A central question in regenerative therapies for disc disease is what actually directs a transplanted stem cell to adopt a nucleus pulposus-like identity, rathe…
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