NICOLETTA LANESE
Science Communicator + Journalist
Staff reporter for Live Science
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Host of our COVID-19 Q&A on Facebook Live (28 episodes, 2/6 - 8/13/2020)
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Voice of our coronavirus special reports on the Life's Little Mysteries podcast
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Recurrent host of various Live Science videos
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Based in NYC
RECENT HIGHLIGHTS
ALL ABOUT ME
Dance has long served as my vehicle to bring science to new audiences.
I spent my college years sprinting from
mirror-lined dance studios to dimly lit neuroscience laboratories and then
back again for rehearsal.
I translated the intricacies of memory formation and neurological disease into movement phrases, and I brought those
to the stage.
AS A SCIENCE COMMUNICATOR,
MY GOAL IS THE SAME:
I want to get science out of the laboratory and in front of fresh eyes.
MY CREDENTIALS
At the UC Santa Cruz Science Communication Program,
I received expert training in writing, reporting and
digital media content creation.
You can find my byline in The Scientist Magazine,
Science News, Live Science, Space.com, Eos, Mongabay,
the San Jose Mercury News, the Monterey County Herald,
Stanford Medicine Magazine, and the Asahi Shimbun GLOBE+.
In the past, I've also served as a public information officer at Stanford University School of Medicine, UC San Francisco, and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
Graduate University.
I jump at any chance to cover brains or medicine, and am eager
to explore platforms for SciComm beyond written articles, namely video and social media.
SELECT CLIPS
Live Science - May 14, 2020
Blind people could 'see' letters that scientists drew on their brains with electricity
BrainFacts - Sep. 19, 2019
How Your Brain Keeps You From Running Into Walls
The Scientist - August 16, 2019
Immune Cell Bank Bets on Future CAR T Success
Science News - June 27, 2019
Antioxidants may encourage the spread of lung cancer rather than prevent it
Stanford Medicine Magazine - Mar. 11, 2019
Hitting pain’s off switch (adaptation of Science Notes piece)
Featured by SciShortform Jul - Sep 2019:
The Scientist Magazine - Jul. 25, 2019