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Grace
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Niewijk
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Grace Niewijk is a Chicago-based science communicator with training and experience in journalism, biochemistry/biophysics, and content marketing. Her skills include long- and short-form writing, editing, interviewing, social media, and SEO. She has been a freelance science writer and editor since 2017, and has also worked at a life science and healthcare marketing agency and as an in-house science writer and media relations specialist for an academic medical center. She especially enjoys writing about genetics, public health, biopharmaceuticals, and patient stories, but considers any science topic fair game, with past experience writing about AI, physics, materials science, and more.
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Controversy Aside, Why the Source of COVID-19 Matters (September 2020 investigative feature article for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)
Debate continues over the origin story of COVID-19—whether it was a lab accident or a natural animal-to-human transmission. Determining the origins of this pandemic is unlikely to help current efforts to treat and cure the disease. It could, however, be an important determinant for efforts to prevent future outbreaks.
Debate continues over the origin story of COVID-19—whether it was a lab accident or a natural animal-to-human transmission. Determining the origins of this pandemic is unlikely to help current efforts to treat and cure the disease. It could, however, be an important determinant for efforts to prevent future outbreaks.
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Close Proximity: Advanced techniques for characterizing molecular interatcions (eBook for C&EN BrandLab commissioned by MilliporeSigma)
This resource provides a technical yet accessible overview of chemical proximity labeling techniques for investigating protein interactions, both for basic science investigation and pharmaceutical research.
This resource provides a technical yet accessible overview of chemical proximity labeling techniques for investigating protein interactions, both for basic science investigation and pharmaceutical research.
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Health information on TikTok: The good, the bad, and the ugly (Article for UChicago Medicine)
Researchers analyzed health information on TikTok to identify trends in video quality — how much misinformation is out there, and does it come from specific sources?
Researchers analyzed health information on TikTok to identify trends in video quality — how much misinformation is out there, and does it come from specific sources?
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Academic Writing and Editing, Blogging, Copy-Editing, Copywriting, Features Writing, Ghostwriting, Journalism, Magazine Writing, Newspaper Writing, Proofreading, Research (History, Science, Genealogy, Economics), Social Media Writing, Substantive Editing, Technical Writing, Transcription, Web Writing