Archive - De Novo

Fighting malaria with gene drives: an interview with Dr. Michael Santos

Malaria is one of humanity’s biggest foes, killing an average of 600,000 people per year (mostly African children).

Apr 25 •

March 2025

Book Review: The Nobel Duel

A cautionary tale about competition in science

Mar 30 •

Preserving the memory, and the cells, of the best cat ever

Mar 8 •

December 2024

November 2024

Reproductive Biology for Politicians and Voters, Part 1

Embryos, IVF, and fetal development

Nov 11, 2024 •

October 2024

This is why we can't have nice things

scRNAseq data de-anonymization

Oct 6, 2024 •

September 2024

August 2024

Announcing Ovelle

I'm founding a startup!

Aug 22, 2024 •

July 2024

How (and why) to get tested for CMV

As long-time readers of this blog will know, I’m not a fan of cytomegalovirus (CMV), a herpesvirus that is usually asymptomatic, but causes all sorts of…

Jul 15, 2024 •

June 2024

Meiosis Project Update: Preprint Edition!

I’m happy to announce that the meiosis project preprint is now out!

Jun 1, 2024 •

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