Virginia Gewin
Contributor

Virginia Gewin used to track the microbial activity in farmers’ fields before realising her talents for writing exceeded her laboratory skills. For the last decade she has been a freelance science journalist covering environmental and health issues for publications including Nature, Science and Discover. Perched in Portland, Oregon, she is an avid hiker and fledgling guitarist.
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Work published elsewhere
Jurassic Ark: The Quest to Resurrect Extinct Species
The Sequencing Machine
Radical eating
Crop gene banks are preserving the future of agriculture. But who's preserving them?