BioBuilder

Rachel Bernstein writes about all areas of science for educational and journalistic venues. She has written news articles for Science, Nature, Cell, and the Los Angeles Times and contributes to the online educational resource Visionlearning. In all of her work she aims to inform and educate by entertaining and telling engaging stories. She also has experience as an editor for PLOS ONE, the largest peer-reviewed journal in the world. A biophysical chemist by training, she received a B.A. in Chemistry in 2005 from University of Pennsylvania, where she also minored in English. In 2011 she completed a Ph.D. in Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley, where she studied protein folding and dynamics. She was also editor-in-chief and managing editor of the Berkeley Science Review, a magazine that shares the wide world of U.C. Berkeley research with broad audiences.

Karen Ingram is an artist who uses design and creative direction to promote scientific awareness. A veteran in the world of digital design, Ingram has worked for Campfire, McCann Erikson, and UNICEF, to name a few. Her work has appeared in many publications including Die Gestalten (Berlin), Scientific American, and The FWA, where she was named a "Digital Pioneer". She's written tutorials on digital design for Computer Arts magazine and New Riders publications.