Sarah Thau is a reporter for The Transmitter, covering science policy, neural circuitry and computational models, among other topics. Before joining the staff in October 2026, she was a AAAS Mass Media Fellow at The Transmitter.
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Brainstem neurons add new element to ‘already complex’ anxiety circuitry
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Sarah Thau
19 August 2026 | 0 min watch
How thirteen-lined ground squirrels illuminate retinal development
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Sarah Thau
31 July 2026 | 5 min read
Neuroscientists weigh in on White House proposal for ‘moonshot infrastructure’ for connectomics
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Sarah Thau
24 July 2026 | 4 min read
Education
- B.S. in chemistry and biochemistry, University of Chicago
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