Michelle Taylor

Editor-in-Chief

Michelle Taylor has worked on the Laboratory Equipment brand since 2010, and the Forensic brand since 2016. Well established in the industry, Michelle has attended dozens of scientific conferences and conducted interviews with key opinion leaders, including multiple Nobel Prize winners. Always keeping a pulse on the industry, Michelle enjoys

writing about CRISPR-Cas9, CTE, STEM, next-generation sequencing and more. Michelle received her BA in journalism from Elon University in North Carolina. Michelle can be reached at [email protected]

Gecko Hand, Zebrafish Embryo Win Nikon’s Small World Competitions
November 08, 2022
In its 48th year, the first-place prize was awarded to Grigorii Timin, supervised by Michel Milinkovitch at the University of Geneva, for his image of an embryonic hand of a Madagascar giant day gecko. read more
Genome of the Most Popular Apple Will Help Breed Better Varieties
November 04, 2022
The sequencing provides a valuable resource for understanding the genetic basis of important traits in apples and other tree fruit species. read more
A Genetic One-of-a-Kind: Unique 12-tumor Case Opens Path to Early Diagnosis
November 03, 2022
In her 36 years of life thus far, the woman has developed 12 tumors, at least five of them malignant. Each has been of a different type and in a different part of the body. read more
Flies Move their Retinas, Not Heads, for Better Visuals
November 01, 2022
Rather than adjusting their vision by moving their heads, they actually move their retinas inside their eyes. read more
Battery-free Pacemaker Could Treat More Heart Conditions
October 28, 2022
Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a flexible mesh pacemaker that encompasses the entire heart. read more
CT Scans of Bee Swarms Reveal Use of Complex Physics
October 27, 2022
Scientists wanted to use X-ray computed tomography to get a deeper look inside of the swarms honeybees so often create. These swarms, as it turns out, are not just bees clumped together in a random group. read more
Genomics-based Method Eliminates Uncertainty of Sepsis Diagnosis
October 25, 2022
Sepsis is one of the top 10 public health issues in the world, causing an estimated 20% of deaths globally. Despite its prevalence, the cause of sepsis goes unknown in an estimated 30 to 50% of cases. read more
Earth's 'Borgs' Help Fight Climate Change
October 21, 2022
Methanoperedens and other methane-consuming microbes live in diverse ecosystems around the world but are believed to be less common than microbes that use photosynthesis, oxygen, or fermentation for energy. read more
Black Death Immunity Genes Linked to Modern Autoimmune Diseases
October 20, 2022
Analyzing DNA as old as the 1300s, a research team identified key genetic differences that determined who lived and who died during the Black Death—and showed how those genetic variants continue to affect human susceptibility to disease today. read more
80 Years Later, Nazi Shipwreck is Still Polluting the North Sea
October 18, 2022
A new study from Belgian researchers says we should be considering and evaluating pollution from long-ago shipwrecks that were casualties of the World Wars and other conflicts. read more
Baby With World’s First Spina Bifida Stem Cell Treatment Turns 1
October 14, 2022
If Robbie, who just celebrated her first birthday on Sept. 20, is anything to go by, a clinical trial for the world’s first stem cell treatment for spina bifida delivered during fetal surgery is off to an incredibly successful start. read more
Brain Cells in a Dish Learn to Play Pong
October 13, 2022
For the first time, scientists have shown that brain cells living in a dish can exhibit inherent intelligence, even modifying their behavior over time. read more
Ancient Roman Bowl Shows Modern Pesticide Damage
October 11, 2022
Typically, it’s the past that affects the present, not vice versa. But in a scientific twist, UK researchers have found that modern chemicals are harming yet-undiscovered ancient artifacts. read more
Two Years After Proof-of-concept, Chemists Build Marijuana ‘Breathalyzer’
October 07, 2022
THC, the active compound in marijuana that leads to a high, is much different than, for example, the level of ethanol that is measured with a traditional alcohol breathalyzer. read more
Model Identifies ‘Superspreader’ Monkeys in Possible Spillover Events
October 06, 2022
The study results demonstrate the critical role the centrality of the first-infected macaque plays in the spread—or halting—of viruses. read more
2022 Nobel Prize Winners in Chemistry, Physics and Medicine
October 05, 2022
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless “for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.” read more
The New ‘Canary in the Coal Mine’ for Polluted Water
September 30, 2022
A new study shows water fleas, or Daphnia, can be used as an “early warning system” for chemical pollution in lakes and rivers, as well as a bioremediation agent. read more
Interactive COVID-19 Time Capsule Highlights ‘Confusing’ Years
September 29, 2022
COVID-19 and Brexit left a highly divided UK at a turning point—one that has been captured in a new interactive online exhibition by artist Helen Snell. read more
For the First Time, New Rat Model Can Test Drugs for Rare Children’s Disease
September 27, 2022
In addition to being a rare disease, HSPs have traditionally been extremely under-researched since there was no good model to study the disease’s origins or test therapeutics—until now. read more
New SARS-CoV-2-associated Virus Found in Bats Could Infect Humans
September 23, 2022
After initially appearing harmless to humans, researchers at Washington State University (WSU) have now discovered a coronavirus found in Russian bats in 2020 does indeed have the potential to spillover to humans, and it is resistant to SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and vaccination. read more