Natalia Mesa is a reporter for The Transmitter, covering funding trends, neurogenetics and neural coding. Before joining The Transmitter in 2025, she was a fellow at High Country News and freelanced for National Geographic, Science, The Scientist and elsewhere.
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Genetic profiles separate early, late autism diagnoses
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Natalia Mesa
27 November 2025 | 5 min read
A change at the top of SfN as neuroscientists gather in San Diego
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Natalia Mesa
16 November 2025 | 6 min read
Establishing a baseline: Trends in NIH neuroscience funding from 2008 to 2024
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Natalia Mesa
15 November 2025 | 8 min read
NIH awarded 37 percent fewer neuroscience-related grants in 2025 than in past years
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Natalia Mesa
29 September 2025 | 4 min read
Long-read sequencing unearths overlooked autism-linked variants
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Natalia Mesa
18 September 2025 | 6 min read
Education
- Ph.D. in neuroscience, University of Washington
- B.A. in biological sciences, Cornell University
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