Our editors
The people who research, write and check every piece. Each one covers the subjects they know from work.
Helen Marchetti
Helen ran cell-culture and cryostorage benches in academic labs for over a decade before moving into science writing. She covers stem cells, cord blood and regenerative medicine, and is happiest explaining why a promising result in mice is not yet a treatment.
Owen Rasmussen
Owen spent years reading biotech pipelines and company filings as an industry analyst. He writes about how drugs and cell therapies are developed, manufactured and paid for, with the numbers and the caveats left in.
Leela Ramaswamy
Leela trained in molecular biology and worked on organoid and iPS cell projects before turning to full-time writing. She explains new research papers, what they measured and what they did not, for readers without a lab coat.
Jerome Okafor
Jerome coordinated clinical studies at a university hospital, from consent forms to data queries. He writes about clinical trials, donation and the practical side of health research, and how patients can ask better questions.
Celia Dunmore
Celia taught high school biology and later advised university students on science careers. She writes about jobs in the life sciences, science education and the questions society keeps asking about new biotechnology.