Megha Satyanarayana
Scientific American
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Past articles by Megha:
Which Animals Catch COVID? This Database Has Dozens of Species and Counting
Tracking how SARS-CoV-2 spreads among animals could help us prepare for the next pandemic → Read More
“It’s O.K. to abandon ship”: How to critically evaluate scientific claims before pursuing a story
“We owe it to our readers and to the general public, and even to our sources, to be thoughtful in what we decide to cover, and to make sure that it’s worthy of the platform that we’re giving it.” → Read More
Lessons Learned: Here's how you job hunt while postdoc-ing oversea
Erick Loomis did a biomedical science Ph.D., then went to the U.K. for his postdoc, and had to figure out how to get back to the U.S. when he was done. → Read More
Lessons Learned: This is how you go from clinical practice to a startup
Dr. Falabella was a practicing retinal surgeon before going into research. That led to consulting, which turned into a full time, in-house job at a biotech. → Read More
Lessons Learned: One way to get into biopharma consulting? Start a club in grad school
While in grad school, Michaela Tolman co-founded a consulting group at Tufts that addresses real-world biotech/biomedicine problems. → Read More
Lessons Learned: This is how you leave the bench for clinical consulting
After finishing his Ph.D., Michael Cho jumped to consulting and now works with drug makers to understand claims data and other data. → Read More
Lessons Learned: This is how you become a venture capitalist in biotech
The critical thinking skills of graduate school lend themselves to venture capital. Here's a woman who got her Ph.D., asked for a VC internship, and now it's her full-time job. → Read More
This is how you leave academics, start a company, and then come back again
After spinning a company out of his research and leaving academics to help run it, Omid Veiseh decided to come back. → Read More
Lessons Learned: This is how you go from academia to industry for a postdoc
Max Salick is a fourth-year post doc at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research. He shares tips for others considering the academics-to-industry jump. → Read More
Drones are helping researchers figure out what viruses live in whales. Some are similar to ones in humans
Using drones to capture the mist from humpback whale blowholes, a team of Australian researchers has found viruses related to human pathogens like ones that cause the common cold. → Read More
Stubborn genes: New research looks at how our bodies respond (or don’t) to night shift work
Researchers have been studying night workers for years. A new study looks at how gene expression changes in a simulated night shift scenario. → Read More
Long miles, lonely roads: In rural Texas, dying at home means little is easy
In remote parts of Texas, treating hospice patients who decide to die at home means long miles for nurses and extra work for caregivers. But for patients, there is nowhere they would rather be. → Read More
Get ready for STAT Madness 2018
What does great biomedical science look like? Is it an advance in cancer therapy? A device that helps people recover from injury faster? Or, is it an inexpensive tool that gives developing nations a chance to fight crippling disease? → Read More
Black doctors trying to improve their ranks share their own experiences
These young doctors and dentists are trying to improve the ranks of minorities in medicine. But in getting there themselves, they've faced many challenges. → Read More
Amid bowel bugs, one more makes colon cancer grow
For decades, doctors have made a curious observation: people stricken with a particular heart or blood infection often developed colorectal cancer. → Read More
Med school on the cheap: Why becoming a doctor in Texas is a bargain
With a state law capping tuition for medical school, many aspiring doctors are deciding to stay in (or move to) Texas for their education. → Read More
With genes named happyhour and turnip, fruit fly scientists have all the fun
Giving fruit fly genes descriptive names helps us remember what they do, says Hugo Bellen, a fruit fly researcher at Baylor College of Medicine. → Read More
How much protein is in that Big Mac? Take our nutrition quiz
Experts disagree over what makes food nutritious — even if they agree on certain principles. How much do you know about the building blocks of the body? → Read More
QUIZ: How well do you know the health care debate?
The debate over health care has been long. And full of memorable soundbites. For our latest quiz, we've collected eight quotes of note. → Read More
Female doctors earn less than men, even in the same specialty
In a survey, female doctors earned up to 20 percent less than their male counterparts, translating to tens of thousands of dollars in lost wages each year. → Read More