Scientists tried to replicate a provocative gene editing paper in real-time, and documented it on Twitter
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Alison Koontz
Neurobiology
Caltech
I’m a PhD student at Caltech, working in the lab of Dr. Marianne Bronner. I research questions on the neural crest and neural placodes and their role in building the sensory nervous system during development. I also investigate developmental stem cell populations, particularly of the peripheral nervous system.
Our concept of life is too Earth-centric — alien life might look totally different
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