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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

16 Minutes #58: The Johnson & Johnson Vaccine and COVID Efficacy Rates

by Jorge Conde, Lauren Richardson, and Zoran Basich
  • bio + health
  • news
  • 16 Minutes
  • coronavirus & the COVID-19 pandemic
  • vaccines

Journal Club: Restoring a Reflex

by Aaron Phillips and Lauren Richardson
  • bio + health
  • a16z Journal Club
  • healthcare
  • neuroscience
  • therapeutics

Journal Club: Assembling an Egg

by Vineeta Agarwala, Justin Larkin, Judy Savitskaya, and Lauren Richardson
  • bio + health
  • a16z Journal Club
  • genetics
  • genomics

Journal Club: Engineering Living Materials

by Tom Ellis, Judy Savitskaya, and Lauren Richardson
  • bio + health
  • a16z Journal Club
  • genetics
  • synthetic biology
  • when science becomes engineering

From @lr_bio

Lauren Richardson@lr_bio

As far as first clients go, @insitro is an ideal one! I'm so excited to work with @mmrozenman @ericmckeeby @DaphneKoller & team on scientific communications at the interface of ML and disease biology heading into 2023!

Lauren Richardson@lr_bio

I'm on Mastodon now, please give me a follow! @[email protected] Semi-related, one thing I miss about creating Bio Eats World is talking about the new research that fascinates me. Would you be interested if I curated a 'Paper of the Week'?

Lauren Richardson@lr_bio

I took a couple months away from Twitter and wow, what a wild time to come back ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ. Before it completely disintegrates, I should probably announce that I'VE STARTED MY OWN BUSINESS ๐Ÿฅณ!! A ๐Ÿงต/1

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