Bree Iskandar

Drug discovery scientist @Merck & freelance science writer | PhD @UNCPharmacy @BowersRangers | ‘23 @AAASMassMedia Fellow @statnews | opinions my own!

[Scientific American @sciam]

Technological doping refers to the use of equipment—from swimsuits to super shoes—that provides an unfair athletic advantage. But the boundaries of what is allowed are somewhat arbitrary https://t.co/FJi8rypSbA

[Bree Iskandar @breezyscience]

@SciFleur @sciam Ahh thank you Nick!! I am pretty stoked about this one ☺️

[Bree Iskandar @breezyscience]

For @sciam, I delve into technological doping—the use of equipment to gain an unfair athletic advantage—and explore the blurry, somewhat arbitrary line separating “clean” and “dirty” sport ahead of the #Olympics 🏃🏻‍♀️🏊‍♂️

https://t.co/45DueiuFRO

[Kim Hébert-Losier @KimHebertLosier]

Had a nice chat with @breezyscience for a piece in @sciam on 'technological doping' in sport ahead of the Olympics 🗞️📰🏃‍♀️👟https://t.co/d20o06q7Pv

[AAAS Mass Media Fellowship @AAASMassMedia]

Extra extra, read all about it! We are thrilled to announce the 2024 class of #MassMediaFellows! These 20 scientists will spend their summer in news outlets writing, reporting, and working on their #SciComm skills! Learn more about the 2024 class here: https://t.co/JzeR00IZY3

[Bree Iskandar @breezyscience]

Happy solar eclipse day!

After taking a bit of a break, I exercised the ol’ writing muscles again with this piece on how solar eclipses may have boosted the economies of our ancestors 🌕🌗🌑

https://t.co/0533oCOEjl

Check it out on @inversedotcom!

[STAT @statnews]

Any attempt to target KRAS in the last four decades has failed, leading many researchers to brand the protein “undruggable.” But that attitude is changing.

Read 'On Target' from @angRchen and @breezyscience. https://t.co/pgJyBXdOSR

[AAAS Mass Media Fellowship @AAASMassMedia]

And that's a wrap on Wrap-Up for MMF 2023! As our fellows begin to leave DC to return to their homes and universities, they take with them a wealth of #scicomm experience. Special thanks to @aaas, the newsroom host sites, and program sponsors for the continued support!

[Julie Jung @drjuliejung]

@JasonPDinh How in the world did you write 40+ articles during your AAAS mass media fellowship?!

[STAT @statnews]

A small percentage of people suffering from frontotemporal dementia or FTD experience an explosion of creativity, often manifesting as obsessively engaging in artistic activities like painting. https://t.co/08zqGM9un5

[Bree Iskandar @breezyscience]

My first ever narrative feature was published today in @statnews 🥹

Some patients with a dementia called FTD experience an explosion of artistic creativity, and now we have a neurological basis for explaining it:

https://t.co/fIfKIdBqDN

[Barry Meier @BarryMeier]

Thank you @Statnews and @breezyscience for chatting with me about Pain Killer. The book that first shed light on the opioid epidemic and the Sacklers is back as a new Netflix series and a new paperback. https://t.co/1KtAOq03V0

[Bree Iskandar @breezyscience]

For @statnews, I spoke with journalist @BarryMeier on the upcoming @netflix show Painkiller, which is based on his book about OxyContin, Purdue Pharma, and the origin of the opioid epidemic in the US.

https://t.co/02FISSsZe3

[Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @HelenBranswell]

“The alpha-gal story is fascinating,” a researcher told @statnews's Bree Iskandar in a story she wrote about new data from @CDCgov showing cases of this tick-induced food allergy are on the rise.
Ticks scare me.
https://t.co/O9JitSMygz

[Bree Iskandar @breezyscience]

The CDC reports rising cases of alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by ticks. I spoke to allergy experts and tick ecologists to find out why 🤔🙅‍♀️🥩

My latest for @statnews:
https://t.co/TFH9nqW1xe

[Elaine Chen @elaineywchen]

“I’ve been told many times I have all the talent and the whole package, but I’m just ‘not the right person.’”

Though Asian American doctors are overrepresented in medicine, they're largely invisible in leadership. via @ushamcfarling
https://t.co/KsrePEyjqI

[Jonathan Wosen, Ph.D. @JonathanWosen]

Doctors use precision medicine to show melanoma drugs can shrink rare brain tumor by 90% https://t.co/yTDgWAUEWu via @breezyscience for @statnews

[Bree Iskandar @breezyscience]

In a new study, doctors at @MGHCancerCenter treated a rare brain tumor with unprecedented success using medicines developed for skin cancer

My latest for @statnews:
https://t.co/Cft7LMpDNX