Emily Singer.

Emily Singer

Chief opinion editor
The Transmitter

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Emily Singer commissions and edits scientist-written content and develops new resources for the community. She joined The Transmitter in 2023 and has previously held a variety of editorial roles at the Simons Foundation, including editor for neuroscience collaborations, and senior biology writer and contributing editor at Quanta Magazine. Before joining the foundation, she was biomedical editor at Technology Review.

From this contributor

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Special report: Graduate education in flux

Amid funding uncertainty, graduate neuroscience programs in the U.S. adapt

By Emily Singer
9 November 2026 | 15 min read
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Special report: Graduate education in flux

The changing nature of the neuroscience Ph.D.

By Emily Singer
9 November 2026 | 7 min read
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Artificial intelligence

Neuroscience gave AI its start. What happens now?

By Emily Singer
27 October 2026 | 10 min read
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Funding

Amid funding uncertainty, neuroscientists report a mix of cynicism, persistence

By Emily Singer
28 August 2026 | 5 min read
Art in science

A planetarium for the brain

By Emily Singer
27 July 2026 | 1 min watch

Education

  • Certificate in science communication, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • B.A. in biology, University of California, Santa Cruz

Fellowships

  • AAAS Mass Media Fellowship

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