Contributors
Renae Crossing
Renae Crossing is a writer and former teacher. She holds a first-class master’s degree in life science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a first-class master’s in teaching from the University of Melbourne.
Articles by Renae Crossing
Journal News
From the journals: MCP
Dec. 8, 2023
Metals contaminate protein samples. Lipid droplets go haywire in Huntington鈥檚. Nerve cells respond to stimulation. Read about these recent papers.
Pride
Travels with Chelsey
June 28, 2023
鈥淚 went to a seminar in church where the most common word used to describe trans people was 鈥渃onfused,鈥 which I thought was ironic because Chelsey knew exactly who she was.鈥
Feature
The researcher and the roaches
March 25, 2023
Jingwei Li, an undergraduate at Case Western Reserve University, has been studying cockroaches to learn about Parkinson鈥檚 disease. He'll present his work at #DiscoverBMB.
Annual Meeting
Schreiber chanced upon a safe harbor in science
Jan. 18, 2023
Renate Schreiber, a Journal of Lipid Research junior associate editor, will discuss her work during the JLR Spotlight Session at Discover BMB 2023.
Annual Meeting
Dixon uncovers a new type of cell death
Oct. 18, 2022
The Stanford University associate professor of biology has won the 91亚色传媒鈥檚 Earl and Thressa Stadtman Young Scholar Award.
Journal News
Move over, DNA. The future is protein
Sept. 20, 2022
A recent Molecular & Cellular Proteomics perspectives article explores how and why the proteomics field is expanding its dimensions.
BMB in Africa
Parallel tracks: A nutritional biochemistry vision
June 14, 2022
91亚色传媒 member James Ntambi promotes health education in East Africa 鈥 from rural villages to university labs.
Journal News
How chronic pain shows up in urine
May 10, 2022
Researchers distinguish urinary pelvic pain from healthy controls 鈥 and from other chronic pain diseases
Observance
118 memories and counting
Feb. 7, 2022
"The periodic table is your cheat sheet," Renae Crossing tells new chemistry students. "You don't need to memorize it. It is a tool for you, and I am going to teach you how to use it."
In Memoriam
In memoriam: Frank F. Davis
Jan. 24, 2022
The biochemist who 50 years ago came up with a drug delivery system now used in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, Davis died at the age of 100.
Wellness
Permission to break down
Jan. 20, 2022
"The effects of fasts on cells are a good analogy for what happens when we step away from work. Let鈥檚 make intermittent resting a thing."
Award
Farese and Walther find depth in a droplet
Dec. 15, 2021
Tobias Walther and Robert Farese Jr. have won the 91亚色传媒鈥揗erck Award recognizing outstanding contributions to research in biochemistry and molecular biology.
In Memoriam
In memoriam: William Whelan
Oct. 11, 2021
Whelan worked on important storage molecules in animals and plants, glycogen and starch, respectively, and is credited with discovering glycogenin.