Bree Iskandar

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Bree Iskandar

@breezyscience

Drug discovery scientist @Merck & freelance science writer | PhD @UNCPharmacy @BowersRangers | ‘23 @AAASMassMedia Fellow @statnews | opinions my own!

Katılım Şubat 2022
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Scientific American
Scientific American@sciam·
Technological doping refers to the use of equipment—from swimsuits to super shoes—that provides an unfair athletic advantage. But the boundaries of what is allowed are somewhat arbitrary trib.al/7MT3uEh
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Bree Iskandar@breezyscience·
For @sciam, I delve into technological doping—the use of equipment to gain an unfair athletic advantage—and explore the blurry, somewhat arbitrary line separating “clean” and “dirty” sport ahead of the #Olympics 🏃🏻‍♀️🏊‍♂️ scientificamerican.com/article/is-tec…
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Bree Iskandar@breezyscience·
Happy solar eclipse day! After taking a bit of a break, I exercised the ol’ writing muscles again with this piece on how solar eclipses may have boosted the economies of our ancestors 🌕🌗🌑 inverse.com/science/how-so… Check it out on @inversedotcom!
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STAT@statnews·
Any attempt to target KRAS in the last four decades has failed, leading many researchers to brand the protein “undruggable.” But that attitude is changing. Read 'On Target' from @angRchen and @breezyscience. trib.al/ufuSR7L
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AAAS Mass Media Fellowship
AAAS Mass Media Fellowship@AAASMassMedia·
And that's a wrap on Wrap-Up for MMF 2023! As our fellows begin to leave DC to return to their homes and universities, they take with them a wealth of #scicomm experience. Special thanks to @aaas, the newsroom host sites, and program sponsors for the continued support!
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AAAS Mass Media Fellowship@AAASMassMedia

Stop the presses! We’re so excited to share the 2023 Mass Media Fellows! This summer, these 21 fantastic scientists and writers will be honing their #SciComm skills at news outlets across the country. Learn more about the incoming class here: aaas.org/news/aaas-anno…

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Julie Jung
Julie Jung@drjuliejung·
@JasonPDinh How in the world did you write 40+ articles during your AAAS mass media fellowship?!
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STAT
STAT@statnews·
A small percentage of people suffering from frontotemporal dementia or FTD experience an explosion of creativity, often manifesting as obsessively engaging in artistic activities like painting. trib.al/AhpEOEA
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Bree Iskandar@breezyscience·
My first ever narrative feature was published today in @statnews 🥹 Some patients with a dementia called FTD experience an explosion of artistic creativity, and now we have a neurological basis for explaining it: statnews.com/2023/08/10/dem…
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Barry Meier
Barry Meier@BarryMeier·
Thank you @Statnews and @breezyscience for chatting with me about Pain Killer. The book that first shed light on the opioid epidemic and the Sacklers is back as a new Netflix series and a new paperback. amzn.to/43iRy2n
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For @statnews, I spoke with journalist @BarryMeier on the upcoming @netflix show Painkiller, which is based on his book about OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, and the origin of the opioid epidemic in the US. statnews.com/2023/07/28/bar…

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Bree Iskandar@breezyscience·
The CDC reports rising cases of alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by ticks. I spoke to allergy experts and tick ecologists to find out why 🤔🙅‍♀️🥩 My latest for @statnews: statnews.com/2023/07/27/alp…
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Elaine Chen
Elaine Chen@elaineywchen·
“I’ve been told many times I have all the talent and the whole package, but I’m just ‘not the right person.’” Though Asian American doctors are overrepresented in medicine, they're largely invisible in leadership. via @ushamcfarling statnews.com/2023/07/26/asi…
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