Benign bacteria reduce Zika virus transmission by mosquitoes
You are probably familiar with Zika fever, an obscure disease that you likely hadn’t heard of until last year when an explosion in the number ...
Author: Lorena Infante
I was born and raised in Mexico City, but I have lived in six cities in four different countries, finally moving to the U.S. when I was in high school. I obtained a B.S. in Biology from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Vanderbilt University. As a graduate student, I worked in the lab of Neil Osheroff, where I focused on characterizing oligonucleotide-based topoisomerase II poisons against human type II topoisomerases. Although I enjoy doing research and figuring out biological puzzles, but I also have a passion for communicating science, which itself is a puzzle with many solutions.
While in my doctorate, I wrote articles for general and scientific audiences through various on campus newsletters (VUMC Reporter, Results and Discussions, BioVU) and off campus publications (A-BOM Reports, NIH ExRNA Blog, Science Center).
In 2017, I was a Spanish Language AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellow. I spent the summer writing for the online news division of Univision Noticias, communicating scientific discoveries to general audiences.
I now work for the Office of the Dean of Basic Sciences at Vanderbilt University, striving to increase the visibility of our research within Vanderbilt, across the nation, and beyond.
When not in lab or writing articles, you will most likely find me rock climbing, playing ultimate (frisbee), or playing board games with friends, probably while sampling all kinds of craft beer.
Unsound judgments on sound science: myopic misunderstandings of basic research
Every scientist has experienced it. When they tell someone that they have or are completing a PhD in biomedical sciences, often the first words out ...
