Niko McCarty.

@NikoMcCarty

Biotechnology for flourishing. Founding Editor @AsimovPress. Fellow @RenPhilanthropy. Podcast, essays, and occasional microgrants. Site: nikomc.com

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Niko McCarty.
@NikoMcCarty
Aug 6, 2024
This is an ongoing thread for my series, "30 Essays to Make You Love Biology." ❤️🧬 I'll pin it on my profile.
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Niko McCarty.
@NikoMcCarty
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Bunsen burners don’t reduce contamination. It was all an illusion. My biology teacher was wrong. This isn’t surprising, though. So much of biology, and the way we do experiments, claims to be “scientific” but is actually swaddled in mysticism. Just walk into a laboratory and
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Niko McCarty.
@NikoMcCarty
Sep 8
Life updates: @AsimovPress is officially back, with a renewed focus on original reporting and arguments in biotechnology. Also, we'll be helping (some) scientists launch philanthropic funds around the ideas published in the magazine with @RenPhilanthropy. More on this soon!
Asimov Press
@AsimovPress
Sep 8
It's official: We're back! Asimov Press is returning with a sharper focus on intensive reporting in biotechnology. We're also working with @RenPhilanthropy to build our ideas in the real world. See more: press.asimov.com/articles/back
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Niko McCarty.
@NikoMcCarty
Sep 8
Very excited to see this new FRO launch!
Anand Muthusamy
@mu_anand
Sep 8
Hello world! We’re @MelodyFRO. Most wearables don’t go far beyond heart rate and activity. Lab diagnostics paint a deeper picture but don’t read continuously. Melody is building biosensors, devices, and standards to bridge this gap. Hear our story at melodyfro.org
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Niko McCarty.
@NikoMcCarty
Sep 7
This is a "detective story" paper that shows how setting up the right negative controls can lead to real discoveries. Basically, the authors wanted to reproduce a published result showing that a specific CRISPR tool, called Csm, could chop up RNA molecules and lower their levels
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