My Work - Scientific Outreach

Every new scientific discovery has the potential of deeply impacting our lives and our planet: Isn't it fundamental to be informed?
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With the development of social media such as Twitter and Facebook, people have simpler and quicker access to facts and information, including scientific information. However, the biggest drawback of easily accessible knowledge is that not everything that you find out there is checked for quality or truthfulness. Nonetheless, too often the more sensational the news, the more quickly it spreads initiating debates among people that have no sufficient information to develop fact-based opinions. This can be very dangerous. While I believe in the dream of getting more and more people interested in science, I also believe in the importance of sharing good quality scientific information, in particular by vulgarizing specialistic literature into more accessible material for the lay public.

In my portfolio (you can read my articles below) you will find accessible scientific information, mainly directed to a non-specialized audience. My promise to you: facts are checked and up-to-date with current literature at the time of writing. My main interest is in the fields of synthetic biology and biocatalysis, but I am happy to write about any scientific discipline.
Would you like me to write a piece for you? Would you like to collaborate on a project? Contact me!

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Are you in the synthetic biology field? In this case, the more specialized PLOS blog articles are for you! In the year 2016/2017 I acted as Community Editor of the PLOS Synbio community. My job was to write about the latest advancements, and interview leaders in the field of synthetic biology. You can read my articles on PLOS Blogs (links below).  
Synthetic Biology: the Dawn of a New Era 
Building the Family Tree of Humankind
Presenting You the Smallest Synthetic Living Organism Yet
These Rats are Heroes: for More Than One Reason!
The answer to Antibiotic Resistance Might Reside Within Us
Fragrant Moss: a Product of Synbio and a Symbol for the Future
Big Data: Automation and Collaboration
Big Data: Challenges Create Opportunities​​
Greetings from Your New PLOS Synbio Community Editor: an Honour to Meet You
Interview with Bill Liao: Co-founder of IndieBio
BIOFABRICATE: Biotech and Synbio for the Production of New Sustainable Materials
SynBioBeta: Interview with the CEO, Kate Wildauer
Interview with Christina Agapakis, Creative Director of Ginkgo Bioworks
Antha: a Platform for Engineering Biology
Synbio for Bioremediation: fighting plastic pollution
EVOLVA: an Interview with CEO Neil Goldsmith
Directed Evolution in Synthetic Biology: an Interview with Professor Frances Arnold
​Synthetic Biology: Step by Step Towards Its Democratization
An all Canadian Collaborative Synthetic Biology Project
​Synbio at the BIOWorld Congress on Industrial Biotechnology
​Fragrant Moss: a Product of Synbio and a Symbol for the Future
Time to say goodbye: PLOSSynbio seeks new Community Editor
Chemistry: Let's Make the Public Love it!
Ribo-T: the Protein Factory of The Future
Interview With The Fruit Fly Expert
Biocatalysis: Harnessing the Power of the Enzymes
Data Publishing for Better Science
Scientific Outreach: So Many Reasons to Bother
Zika Virus Might Target Development in Neural Stem Cells
Antibacterial Resistance: We Are Already at War
The Art of Planning in Science
The Negative Impact of Not Teaching About Impact
What Does it Take to be a Bio-scientist? A personal opinion
Journal Clubs: an Interesting Tradition
From Academia to Industry and Back​​
Technology Goes Bio: Enzymes to the Rescue!​
A Scientist's Journey from Autodesk Research to P.I: an Interview with Dr. Paul Jaschke​
Synbio for All Things Green: an Overview of SynBioBeta SF Sigma-Aldrich Green Chemistry Session​
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