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Covers:  Climate science, environment and ecology, social sciences, public health, infectious diseases, gender and sexuality
Writer of science things for @BU_Tweets. @EmersonCollege journalism alum. Truth seeker. Pasta eater. she/her. opinions are mine.

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Covering all things science for Boston University's research publication, The Brink. I previously worked as a copy editor and writer for street newspaper Spare Change News, based in Cambridge, MA, tying national news to local issues and politics, such as reproductive health, housing crisis, and climate change.

While I was a student at Emerson College, I interned at Think Progress in Washington, D.C., working in the newsroom and covering many issues related to climate change, including demonstr…

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Software rapidly tracks viral variants with high accuracy to aid outbreak responses

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By Jessica Colarossi Verified
| MSN Verified
It was mid-2020, and Patrick Varilly, a software engineer and data scientist, was stuck at home, eager to help the world navigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He reconnected with Pardis Sabeti, a core institute member of the Broad Institute who was at the forefront of analyzing how the SARS-CoV-2 virus was spreading, and with Ben Fry, her longstanding collaborator and principal at Fathom Information Design, a software firm known for tackling complex data problems.
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Software rapidly tracks viral variants with high accuracy to aid outbreak responses

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By Jessica Colarossi Verified, Lisa Lock, Robert Egan Verified
| Medical Xpress Verified
Flexibility of Delphy. Credit: Nature (2026). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-11012-6 It was mid-2020, and Patrick Varilly, a software engineer and data scientist, was stuck at home, eager to help the world navigate the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Software rapidly tracks viral variants with high accuracy

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By Jessica Colarossi Verified
| Broad Institute
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