Kate Yandell

Contributing Writer
Spectrum

Kate Yandell is a Philadelphia-based freelance writer with a love for genomics and neuroscience. She writes for Spectrum‘s Toolbox section.

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With new part, CRISPR can cut RNA in living cells

By Kate Yandell
15 July 2016 | 2 min read
Spectrum

Sequencing approach bares large variety of brain cell types

By Kate Yandell
24 February 2016 | 2 min read
Spectrum

Precise program traces firing patterns in neural networks

By Kate Yandell
17 February 2016 | 2 min read
Spectrum

Simple steps let star-shaped brain cells thrive in culture

By Kate Yandell
10 February 2016 | 3 min read
Spectrum

Method marks variants among repeated DNA segments

By Kate Yandell
9 December 2015 | 2 min read

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