Laura Howes

Journo for @cenmag with a taste for biomolecules; All opinions are mine, all mine. She/her. DMs open. I say my name like this:

[Laura Howes @L_Howes]

Just a reminder, I'm probably more often at https://t.co/Kre0Glxtpv than here these days.

[Laura Howes @L_Howes]

It gets earlier every year... Next Wednesday, join me and an expert panel to discuss who might win the 2025 #ChemNobel. Free to attend.
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time: 2–3 PM ET
Register here: https://t.co/kRAddjBXS2

[Rowan Walrath @rowanwalrath]

I am so honored that a feature I published in @cenmag in September, "R&D for long COVID is collapsing," was selected as a finalist among trade publications in the 2025 @NIHCMfoundation Awards in Journalism and Research. I am in some great company here. https://t.co/nVTiNpoxd1

[Laura Howes @L_Howes]

@Ananyo @TomChivers I also think there are probably better approaches if you want to address issues like male violence or online radicalisation in schools?

[Laura Howes @L_Howes]

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[John Carroll @JohnCendpts]

Big Pharma has no problem committing billions to moving part of its manufacturing to the US to appease Trump, but they'll fight MFN pricing tooth and nail. I don't see Trump making it stick. But the new bomb throwing destabilizes the industry even more. Heckuva sorry excuse for "reform."

[James Jackson @derJamesJackson]

The CDU-SPD government are choosing gas over nuclear. The Greens have a lot to answer for

[Rowan Walrath @rowanwalrath]

SCOOP: NIH abruptly canceled a slew of #LongCOVID studies funded through its RECOVER initiative this week, including 45 pathobiology studies designed to uncover how the disease works inside the body. @cenmag https://t.co/1f3uOx0Qem

[Rowan Walrath @rowanwalrath]

Tomorrow will have been 5 years since WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic.

Today, @cenmag is publishing a cover package we're ambitiously describing as The Next 5 Years of COVID-19. 🧵

[Rowan Walrath @rowanwalrath]

Academic researchers want to repurpose drugs for #LongCOVID.

Manufacturers aren’t supplying them. 🧵

[Drew Armstrong @ArmstrongDrew]

Names named:

[Marc-Michael Blum @blumscientific]

@OPCW conforms presence of CS gas in samples from an alleged incident at the frontline during Ukraine requested Technical Assistance Visit. The use of CS and other riot control agents in warfare is a violation of the chemical Wespons Convention.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

Germany, France, Belgium and the EU should release the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets and give it to Ukraine, now. Don't wait.

https://t.co/J1tfNOYu9V

[Laura Howes @L_Howes]

I just had a very German reaction to that photo. My assimilation continues...

[Matthew Herper @matthewherper]

Want to Network in Silicon Valley? Bring a Bathing Suit https://t.co/eYOXHwafDR

[Ethan Perlstein 1-to-N @eperlste]

The best piece about founder-led biotech I’ve read to date is in @cenmag by @BosBizRowan

Honored to be in print besides incredible founders like @DrSynbio @ashleyz413 @celinehalioua @jrkelly @kulesatony https://t.co/JHc3JPMGWu

[C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag]

Nominate an outstanding early-career chemist for the Talented 12 Class of 2025. Submissions are open until January 21:
https://t.co/fDoP5HzC7b #CENT12

[Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין @MairavZ]

Israel's Interior Ministry is suspending ties with Haaretz newspaper after its publisher Amos Schoken called Israel an "apartheid regime" engaged in "second Nakba" at a conference in London last week https://t.co/wffpzkKc6W

[Laura Howes @L_Howes]

Very glad disposable vapes are being banned in Eng and Wales, they are a completely unnecessary waste of materials. Europe next pls.

[The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @TBIJ]

🚨 Disposable vapes will be banned in England and Wales from June next year to protect children’s health and the environment

Millions of vapes end up in landfills, despite containing lithium – a key material for making rechargeable batteries 👇

https://t.co/9stQVoI1Ut

[Chris Gorski @c_gorski]

Our team at @cenmag is recruiting for
Deputy Editor in Chief https://t.co/wucOQkOP7L and Exec editor for science policy, scientific publishing, and chemical safety https://t.co/LrJPfIb13o It's an exciting time to join the team. I'm happy to talk to people who are interested.

[Laura Howes @L_Howes]

Should probably say I'm heading back to the island for #UKCSJ24 next week, really looking forward to catching up with people. Will I see you there?

[Laura Howes @L_Howes]

@thenitinsawhney aye