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Lauren Richardson

Lauren Richardson is an editorial partner at a16z, overseeing written and audio content for the bio teams (along with Hanne Winarsky).

She was formerly a senior editor at PLOS Biology. She holds a B.S. in biochemistry and molecular biology from UC Davis, a Ph.D in pharmacology from the University of Washington, and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley.

Latest Posts

Quantifying Disease Risk Using Genomics: the New Paradigm

by Peter Donnelly, Vineeta Agarwala, and Lauren Richardson

Bio Eats World: Engineering an Epigenome Editor

by Jonathan Weissman, Vijay Pande, and Lauren Richardson
  • bio + health
  • a16z Journal Club
  • gene editing including CRISPR
  • genetics
  • genomics

Bio Eats World: Evolving Embodied Intelligence

by Li Fei-Fei, Surya Ganguli, Vijay Pande, and Lauren Richardson
  • AI, machine & deep learning
  • bio + health
  • a16z Journal Club
  • AI in bio

Bio Eats World: The Problem with Urgent Care

by Vineeta Agarwala, Justin Larkin, and Lauren Richardson
  • bio + health
  • Digital Health Builders
  • a16z Journal Club
  • digital health
  • healthcare
  • insurance

From @lr_bio

Lauren Richardson@lr_bio

OK OK OK, turns out quitting Twitter is damn hard and I don't want to nuke the network I have here. Before I move off: Are you a science writer, illustrator, graphic designer, video producer, website developer or other cool person? Send me your portfolio and contact info!!

Lauren Richardson@lr_bio

It's a major blow to me to leave Twitter. I'm starting a business & this is how I connect w/ new clients. But every tweet and every minute spent here is *directly enabling* someone I find morally reprehensible. I'll take that blow. **Please follow me on LinkedIn and Mastadon!!**

Lauren Richardson@lr_bio

I love helping founders and scientists translate their ideas in blog posts. These are the 5 most common issues that I see in first drafts how to fix them: a thread ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡ /1

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