Science journalist
Elie Dolgin, PhD, is a freelance science journalist who specializes in biomedical research and drug discovery.
Elie Dolgin is a science journalist who splits his time between rural Vermont and urban 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.
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Recent Projects
Pixels meet paint, as a digital “mask” conceals damage on a 15th-century painting.
Options are emerging for the tens of millions of people who stop taking GLP-1 drugs because of side effects, cost or availability.
Vortex creation in filter feeding animals is rare.
It’s like a mood ring — on your forehead!
Researchers encode data in tiny custom-built plastics.
‘Directed’ evolution in the laboratory creates an editing tool that outperforms classic CRISPR systems.
With organoids, assembloids and a growing bioengineering toolkit, scientists are pushing the limits of human brain models.
Drug makers are scrambling to navigate an ‘existential threat’ to a once-celebrated technology.
Ultrasound enables minimally invasive 3D-printing of tissues, therapies, and more.