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My work is a conduit that moves discoveries from scientists' lab benches, fields, and computers into Twitter feeds and conversations. I help scientists share their stories, and I help journalists find scientists with stories to share.

Agronomy Day highlights latest crop sciences research at Illinois

Claire Benjamin

Aug 22, 2013
3 min

Agronomy Day highlights latest crop sciences research at Illinois

Close to 1,000 agronomists, farmers, and others attended the 57th annual Agronomy Day at the University of Illinois to learn about crop...

International symposium on photosynthesis addresses food security

Claire Benjamin

Aug 19, 2013
2 min

International symposium on photosynthesis addresses food security

The ability to sustainably feed a growing worldwide population may be partly dependent on understanding two types of plants that...

Illinois researchers advance understanding of schistosome reproduction

Claire Benjamin

Aug 15, 2013
4 min

Illinois researchers advance understanding of schistosome reproduction

Researchers at the University of Illinois quickly realized that one key to controlling schistosomes is being able to control their...

Middle school girls gained real-world science skills at Pollen Power! camp

Claire Benjamin

Jul 21, 2013
3 min

Middle school girls gained real-world science skills at Pollen Power! camp

Middle school girls learned that pollen does a lot more than help flowers reproduce at Pollen Power Camp!, a weeklong summer camp hosted...

Claire Benjamin

Jul 11, 2013
3 min

3D-printed splint saves infant's life

Matthew Wheeler helped develop bioresorbable splints from animal models utilizing 3D-printing technology. Half a millennium after...

Claire Benjamin

Jul 8, 2013
6 min

Cracking how life arose on earth

Does life exist elsewhere or is our planet unique, making us truly alone in the universe? Much of the work carried out by NASA, together...

Claire Benjamin

Jun 15, 2013
4 min

Matt Wheeler: Modeling for success

Creating animal models is one of the messier aspects of life-saving research, but it is a vital step in the approval process for new...

Claire Benjamin

Feb 4, 2013
7 min

A sacred fire

I’m a farmer’s daughter, but I can’t navigate the grain elevator, grease the combine or repair fence lines. I have never mucked a hog pen...