Elie Dolgin, PHD, Science Journalist
Eli Dolgin, PHD, Science Journalist

Science journalist

Elie Dolgin, PhD, is a freelance science journalist who specializes in biomedical research and drug discovery.

Elie Dolgin is a highly accomplished science journalist based in Massachusetts. He holds a bachelor's degree in biology from McGill University and a PhD in evolutionary genetics from the University of Edinburgh. A former news editor at STAT, Nature Medicine and The Scientist, Elie has also written for publications including the New York Times, Newsweek and Science magazine.


His 2021 feature article for Nature, "The tangled history of mRNA vaccines," gained significant recognition and was referenced widely in the scientific literature, in national newspaper stories and by award selection committees.

Recent Projects

Man wearing the FSYX Ocular Pressure Adjusting Pump device for glaucoma treatment.
By Elie Dolgin 22 Mar, 2024
FDA panel’s green light on glaucoma wearable device offers hope in sight.
Insulin-producing pancreatic islet cells
By Elie Dolgin 28 Feb, 2024
Gene-editing strategies that allow stem cells to evade the immune system offer hope for universal cell-replacement therapies.
A colored microscope image of a mouse brain with many dots lit within.
By Elie Dolgin 28 Feb, 2024
40-Hz sound and light oscillations activate the brain’s waste-disposal function.
Phase separation causes complex mixtures to segregate — like oil droplets in water.
By Elie Dolgin 27 Feb, 2024
Imaging and molecular manipulation reveal how ‘condensates’ form and offer clues to the role of phase separation in health and disease.
Functional precision medicine
By Elie Dolgin 14 Feb, 2024
Researchers are blasting patients’ cancer cells with dozens of drugs in the hope of finding the right treatment.
Protein–RNA complexes shroud inactivated X chromosomes
By Elie Dolgin 01 Feb, 2024
Rogue antibodies are drawn to the protein–RNA coating on half of the X chromosomes in an XX cell.
People being evacuated following flooding caused by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine.
By Elie Dolgin 14 Dec, 2023
Climate change could intensify the role of this vital and strategic asset in armed conflict.
Svetlana Mojsov played a pivotal role in identifying and characterizing the active form of GLP-1.
By Elie Dolgin 13 Dec, 2023
How a biochemist finally gained recognition for her part in developing multibillion-dollar weight-loss drugs.
Immune system processing self-amplifying RNA vaccine.
By Elie Dolgin 06 Dec, 2023
Researchers look ahead to the potential uses and benefits of a technology that has been more than 20 years in the making.
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