OLIVIA
KONEN

I am a science writer who covers a wide range of topics. With my background in cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, and bioinformatics, I revel in transitioning from wielding a pipette to wielding a pen. In my years of academia, I explored a variety of questions: 

• Do probiotics significantly change the gut microbiome of domestic horses?

• Can we use bacteriophages (viruses that attack bacteria) instead of antibiotics for successful cell culture?

• Can interrupting a certain molecular complex's interaction promote the death of colon cancer cells? 

Now, I focus on other scientists' and researchers' questions. There is so much happening in clinics and laboratories worldwide, and I endeavor to share cutting-edge and obscure discoveries, hypotheses, and investigations with everyone in an accessible and creative way.