Stories & Essays

Learn more about microbiologist and educator Helen Davies’ life and science in an obituary I wrote for ASBMB Today.

For ASBMB Today, I spoke with 2022 Journal of Biological Chemistry Tabor Early Career Investigator Jodi Brewster about her career and science. Full story here.

Gerald “Jerry” W. Hart and Lance Wells are co-organizing a July 2022 meeting about O-GlcNAc regulation of cellular physiology and pathophysiology. Learn more in my Q&A for ASBMB Today.

I spoke with Judith Simcox – a newly appointed Junior Associate Editor of Journal of Lipid Research – about her career and research. Full story available here.

In recognition of NIH NIAMS’s Bone & Joint Health National Action Week 2021, I wrote an essay for ASBMB Today. My text demonstrates how basic research on bones may inform the development of future therapies; I used recent Journal of Biological Chemistry publications as case studies.

For ASBMB Today, I spoke with Jürgen Bernhagen and Ralph Panstruga about their recent Journal of Biological Chemistry paper, research collaboration, immunity, and evolution. Full story available here.

For the Biophysical Society Blog, I wrote about biophysics education research the journal The Biophysicist.

In honor of 2021 International Day of Women & Girls In Science, I wrote an essay about Karen Fleming’s data-driven approach to gender equity and the Journal of Biological Chemistry‘s virtual issue “Women in Biological Chemistry” for ASBMB Today.

I wrote summaries of recent papers published in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics for ASBMB Today. Topics include: proteins targeted by an oncology therapy; the saliva peptidome in oral cancer; & effector protein localization to host cell mitochondria

I spoke with 2020 Biophysical Journal “Paper of the Year” recipient César Ramírez-Sarmiento for the Biophysical Society Blog. My piece describes his past, present, and future research interests.

I interviewed Claudio Villanueva for ASBMB Today. My story describes his life, career in metabolism research, and work to promote diversity in STEM.

I highlighted a Journal of Lipid Research paper about the role of sphingolipid biosynthesis in myelination for ASBMB Today. Full text is available here.

For ASBMB Today, I wrote a profile about Nan-Shan Chang and his research on WWOX, which is involved in neurodegeneration and cancer.

I wrote a biography about writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for Women of Hopkins. My text is part of a larger art installation at Johns Hopkins, which highlights the contributions of women faculty, students, and alumni to society.

I wrote a biography about cardiologist Bernadine Healy for Women of Hopkins. My text is part of a larger art installation at Johns Hopkins, which highlights the contributions of women faculty, students, and alumni to society.