Tom Ulrich is the associate director for science communications at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Mass. He has been writing about scientific research in one capacity or another since 2000, after completing a master's degree in microbiology and immunology at Johns Hopkins and realizing that he was much better at talking and writing about science than actually doing it. He lives in Boston with his wife, two kids, and an oversized tabby cat.

Twitter: @scribbler_tom