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Max Kozlov

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Video of a swimming Paramecium bursaria, with its Chlorella endosymbionts.
molecular biology

RNA Brakes May Stabilize a Cellular Symbiosis

By Max Kozlov
June 2, 2021
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In some symbiotic partnerships, an RNA-based mechanism may sabotage the growth of greedy hosts.

An illustration representing the genomic mobility of transposons.
genomics

Scientists Catch Jumping Genes Rewiring Genomes

By Max Kozlov
May 12, 2021
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Transcription factors that act throughout the genome can arise from mashups of transposable elements inserted into established genes.

Illustration of a placenta that is a mosaic of different colors, with a connected fetus that is all one color.
genomics

New Genomic Study of Placenta Finds Deep Links to Cancer

By Max Kozlov
April 8, 2021
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A patchwork of genomic differences in the placenta may explain the organ’s “live fast, die young” strategy and its connections to cancer.

Photograph showing cirrus clouds in a blue sky above an expanse of flat, snow-covered ice.
Abstractions blog

Cloud-Making Aerosol Could Devastate Polar Sea Ice

By Max Kozlov
February 23, 2021
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An overlooked but powerful driver of cloud formation could accelerate the loss of polar sea ice.

About the author

Max Kozlov is a science journalist from Boston, Massachusetts, who studied cognitive neuroscience at Brown University. His work has appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he was a AAAS Mass Media Fellow, The Scientist and The Public's Radio. Follow him on Twitter at @maxdkozlov.
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