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.

[Rowan Walrath @rowanwalrath]

What are the most important ingredients for chemical innovation?

For @cenmag, my colleague Shea Murphy and I sought to find out. 🧵

[Ali Mortazavi @AAMortazavi]

The state of biotech today

https://t.co/w3OyaHsPGF Biotech VCs have become like bankers and we might all pay the price

[BryanRoth @zenbrainest]

First human trials of designer protein therapies stun US neuroscientists https://t.co/zmwKI7hKj2 via @cenmag

[Matthew Herper @matthewherper]

“Seven days after the girl’s medical team infused trillions of viruses carrying the recipe for the base editor into her spinal fluid, she died of a severe immune reaction linked to the therapy.”

Today’s must read.
https://t.co/nZ0zj71KSk

[Rowan Walrath @rowanwalrath]

In the picture on her GoFundMe page, Mia Delli Gatti looks bright and cheerful. She sticks out her tongue and curls her left hand into a “rock on” symbol. The sun shines through the short, dark curls that halo her face.

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[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 D 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