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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From friend to foe: How the brain updates feelings toward others
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Natalia Mesa
9 July 2026 | 5 min read
‘Completely new learning mechanism’ drives navigation in fruit flies
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Natalia Mesa
7 July 2026 | 0 min watch
IQ’s link to brain structure, function in children may be a mirage
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Natalia Mesa
11 June 2026 | 5 min read
Reward-learning algorithm hardwired into dopamine circuit
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Natalia Mesa
5 June 2026 | 5 min read
Supported by a $40 million NIH grant, Yale brain shuttle technology raises questions
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Natalia Mesa
3 June 2026 | 11 min read
Education
- Ph.D. in neuroscience, University of Washington
- B.A. in biological sciences, Cornell University
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