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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Cerebellum responds to language like cortical areas
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Natalia Mesa
6 February 2026 | 5 min read
Cell atlas cracks open ‘black box’ of mammalian spinal cord development
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Natalia Mesa
3 February 2026 | 5 min read
Some facial expressions are less reflexive than previously thought
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Natalia Mesa
8 January 2026 | 5 min read
Cracking the neural code for emotional states
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Natalia Mesa
8 January 2026 | 8 min read
Genetic profiles separate early, late autism diagnoses
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Natalia Mesa
27 November 2025 | 5 min read
Education
- Ph.D. in neuroscience, University of Washington
- B.A. in biological sciences, Cornell University
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