Michelle Taylor

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]
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  • Modern Diets Do Not Reflect Availability of 7,000 Types of Fruits, Vegetables

    November 19, 2020
    Let’s say someone brings you to an open field where there are 7,000 different balls for you to throw/kick around. Of those 7,000, how many would you pick up to play with? If you answered four, you’re right on target for how the global food system operates. read more

  • With 95% Efficacy in Final Analysis, Pfizer To Seek EUA Approval Immediately

    November 18, 2020
    Final analysis of the Phase 3 trial of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine suggests it is 95% effective, even for adults 65 and over who are most at risk of dying from the novel coronavirus. The pharmaceutical giant plans to submit data to the FDA for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) within days. read more

  • Moderna's Coronavirus Vaccine is 94.5% Effective, Says Early Data

    November 16, 2020
    Monday morning, Moderna announced that early data for the Phase 3 study of mRNA-1273—the company’s vaccine candidate against COVID-19—shows it is 94.5% effective. The biotechnology company also said it has made significant progress in the distribution, storage and handling of the vaccine using existing infrastructure. read more

  • Technique Boasts 100% Accuracy in Wine Authentication

    November 12, 2020
    A new study by Australian researchers further builds on fraudulent wine techniques by combining fluorescence spectroscopy and machine learning to develop a method that is simpler, cheaper and more accurate. read more

  • Children Produce Different Antibodies in Response to SARS-CoV-2

    November 10, 2020
    A study of pediatric and adult COVID-19 patients at two New York Hospitals has found that children and adults produce different types and amounts of antibodies in response to the novel virus. read more

  • Pfizer: Early Data Says COVID-19 Vaccine is Effective

    November 09, 2020
    Early Monday morning, Pfizer said its mRNA-based vaccine is more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in trial participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection. The pharmaceutical giant expects to file for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) the third week of November—when it anticipates meeting the required safety milestone. read more

  • Study Shows Tarballs Pollute Atmosphere at the ‘Roof of the World’

    November 06, 2020
    While “tarballs” most commonly invoke the image of oil “blobs” in bodies of water, they also appear at the complete opposite end of the world—atop the Himalaya–Tibetan Plateau, which has an average elevation that exceeds 4,500 meters. read more

  • Newly Characterized Wild Olive Trees Produce Healthy, Quality Oil

    November 05, 2020
    Spanish researchers have published a study that will delight both chefs and spectroscopists—olive oil produced from recently identified and characterized wild olive trees boasts sensorial, physicochemical and stability characteristics that are within the values set by the International Olive Council. read more

  • Viral Ice Bucket Challenge Pays Off as New ALS Drug Prolongs Survival

    November 03, 2020
    The Ice Bucket Challenge raised awareness and over $200 million for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease. But did all that money really help the cause? The results from two recent clinical trials at Massachusetts General Hospital indicate a resounding yes. read more

  • Hurdle 1: Develop COVID-19 Vaccine. Hurdle 2: Deliver it at Ultra-low Temperatures

    October 30, 2020
    Delivery, distribution and storage of the possible first and second coronavirus vaccines will be much more complicated than any previously approved pharmaceutical treatment. The initial vaccine candidates from Pfizer and Moderna are both mRNA vaccines, and if one gets approved for the treatment of coronavirus, it would be the first mRNA ever approved. read more

  • Cancer Researchers Discover New Salivary Gland

    October 30, 2020
    In an incredible discovery, researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute proved we don’t know as much as we thought we did. Using a very specific type of CT-based imaging, Wouter Vogel and Matthijs Valstar discovered a previously overlooked salivary gland way in the back of the nasopharynx. read more

  • 1 Down, 3 To Go: Entomologists Eradicate First Asian Giant Hornet Nest in U.S.

    October 27, 2020
    Armed with bee suits ordered off Amazon (that may or may not work as [thankfully] no one has tested them out yet), red lights to see but not disrupt the hornets, a FLIR thermal imaging camera, soft foam, shrink wrap and a vacuum, entomologists successfully eradicated the first Asian giant hornet nest found in the United States on Saturday. read more

  • Women in Science: How COVID-19 is Impacting the Burgeoning Biohealth Sector

    October 26, 2020
    “The approach to product research within an academic environment is primarily focused on novel findings,” Rasmussen explained. “You can have a great foundational idea but having the means to translate that idea into a viable therapy or product in an efficient and cost-effective way is critically important.” read more

  • FDA Approves First Treatment for COVID-19

    October 23, 2020
    On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the antiviral drug remdesivir for patients with COVID-19 severe enough to require hospitalization. Remdesivir has been on the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) list for COVID-19 patients since May 1, 2020. read more

  • 2020’s Greenest Universities and Colleges

    October 22, 2020
    For the past 14 years, Sierra Club, one of the largest grassroots environmental organizations in the U.S., has ranked universities and colleges according to their environmental commitments. Although 2020 was different, the list continues with 20 of the greenest schools. read more

  • Microscopy Reveals Secrets of the Nearly Indestructible Diabolical Ironclad Beetle

    October 21, 2020
    Researchers used high-resolution microscopic and spectroscopic techniques—even going so far as building a device inside an electron microscope—to shed light on one of the animal kingdom’s most interesting insects: the (aptly named) diabolical ironclad beetle. The beetle’s exoskeleton is one of the toughest, most crush-resistant structures known to man. You can run an diabolical ironclad beetle over with a car, and it’ll just pop right back up. read more

  • With Deep Learning Network, Standard CT Produces Spectral Images

    October 20, 2020
    Using dual-energy CT-derived virtual monoenergetic images, Wang and team taught the ResNet deep learning network to map single-spectrum CT images at pre-specified energy levels. read more

  • VR Software Allows Scientists to ‘Walk’ Inside Cells

    October 16, 2020
    Anoushka Handa recently stood inside of and explored her own immune cell. While this may sound like a really good episode of The Magic School Bus, Handa actually used virtual reality (VR) technology developed by her principal investigator, Steven Lee. read more

  • Multiple New Studies Say COVID-19 Antibodies Last Several Months

    October 14, 2020
    Three separate studies just published in the journals Immunity and Science Immunology suggest COVID-19 antibodies persist in survivors for at least three months—if not longer. read more

  • Sequencing of Y Chromosome Lends Clues About Ape Evolution, Human Fertility

    October 13, 2020
    New research that has successfully sequenced and assembled the traditionally difficult Y chromosome is providing a clearer picture into human fertility, as well as the ability to track male lineages in great apes, which can help with conservation efforts. read more
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