Emily Singer.

Emily Singer

Chief opinion editor
The Transmitter

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Emily Singer commissions and edits scientist-written content and develops new resources for the community. She joined The Transmitter in 2023 and has previously held a variety of editorial roles at the Simons Foundation, including editor for neuroscience collaborations, and senior biology writer and contributing editor at Quanta Magazine. Before joining the foundation, she was biomedical editor at Technology Review.

From this contributor

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Artificial intelligence

Neuroscience gave AI its start. What happens now?

By Emily Singer
27 October 2026 | 10 min read
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Funding

Amid funding uncertainty, neuroscientists report a mix of cynicism, persistence

By Emily Singer
28 August 2026 | 5 min read
Art in science

A planetarium for the brain

By Emily Singer
27 July 2026 | 1 min watch
Methods

How insights from network theory can boost interdisciplinary efforts

By Emily Singer
23 February 2026 | 0 min watch
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Spectrum

Fast-fail pipeline

By Emily Singer
24 May 2013 | 2 min read

Education

  • Certificate in science communication, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • B.A. in biology, University of California, Santa Cruz

Fellowships

  • AAAS Mass Media Fellowship

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