Nuts and bolts: MRI Scanner (Wellcome News, June 2011) [PDF - see p26]
Explanatory article looking at the inner workings of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanner.

Beautiful Creatures: Ralph Lainson and his parasites (Wellcome Trust, May 2011)
Long-length feature article looking at the life and work of pioneering parasitologist Ralph Lainson. This was one of a series of 14 stories commissioned to well-known science writers including the Editor of New Scientist and the Science Editor of The Times. The 14 stories were collected in a commemorative book published in celebration of the Wellcome Trust’s 75th anniversary.

Do you have what it takes to be the next Rebecca Skloot? (Guardian.co.uk, April 2011)
I was an invited contributor to this series of guest posts where established science writers offering advice and insights for aspiring writers.

Genetic vulnerability increases risk of teen smokers continuing the habit (Institute of Psychiatry, January 2011)
News story reports new research on two genetic variants that make teenagers more likely to become heavy smokers.

Study offers insight into schizophrenia drug success (Institute of Psychiatry, December 2010)
News story on new insights into how a key schizophrenia drug relieves symptoms of the disease.

Changing fates: Sir John Gurdon (Wellcome News, December 2010)
Interview with the celebrated scientist who kick-started the field of cloning.

Indian initiatives (Wellcome News, December 2010)
Feature overview of how the Wellcome Trust is boosting biomedical research in India.

Real school, real science: the MBP Squared project (Wellcome Trust blog, November 2010)
Multimedia report on the open day of a unique school project, where A-level students conduct hands-on scientific research. Features video, audio and photos captured and edited by me.

TAM London 2010, Guardian Science Weekly Podcast (Guardian.co.uk, October 2010)
Reporting from the international Skeptics conference in London with interviews on everything from research into the paranormal activity to evolution.

Personalised medicine in the consumer age (Wellcome Trust blog, October 2010)
Reporting from the launch of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics report on how internet connectivity and consumer medical tests are changing our relationship with healthcare providers

Q&A: Dr David Rubinsztein (Wellcome News, September 2010)
Interview discussing a paper on how genetic mutations can lead to neurodegenerative disease.

Comics and medicine (Wellcome News, September 2010)
Feature showcasing how comics and graphic novels are being used to help patients and doctors alike.

The worm in sheep’s clothing (Wellcome Trust blog, September 2010)
Good news for sheep: scientists have moved a step closer to understanding how a disease-causing worm evades the sheep immune system.

Synthetic ‘cradle’ boosts hope of stem cell therapies (Wellcome Trust blog, August 2010)
Reporting on a new development that makes growing stem cells easier.

Beware the bite: World Mosquito Day (Wellcome Trust blog, August 2010)
Highlighting key research at the forefront of the fight against malaria.

Personalising autoimmune disease treatments (Wellcome Trust blog, August 2010)
Describing research that could save patients with severe autoimmune disease from having to take potentially toxic drug treatments for too long.

Antibiotics offer ‘vaccine-like’ immunity to malaria (Wellcome Trust website, July 2010)
News article on a new and novel way to induce immunity against malaria.

Why the first test tube baby nearly didn’t happen (Wellcome Trust blog, July 2010)
Blog post describing a research paper examining the MRC’s decision not to fund pioneering IVF research.

Q&A: Cora Araujo (Wellcome News, July 2010)
Interview exploring a study looking at teenagers’ perceptions of body image.

Me old China (Wellcome Collection blog, June 2010)
Post examining John Thomson’s photographs of China, from a personal perspective.

Putting Africa on the genomic map (Wellcome Trust blog, June 2010)
Article discussing the implications of a new initiative to boost population-based genomic studies in Africa.

Professor Allan Bradley: a decade at Sanger (Wellcome Trust website, June 2010)
Feature article profiling geneticist Allan Bradley and the changing field of genomics.

Media round-up: the genetics of autism (Wellcome Trust blog, June 2010)
Analysis of the media coverage surrounding a new large-scale study of autism spectrum disorders.

H1N1 measures ‘bought valuable time’ in Vietnam (Wellcome Trust blog, May 2010)
Discussion of a paper analysing Vietnam’s response to the H1N1 epidemic.

Packed Lunch and the last crusade (Wellcome Collection blog, May 2010)
Report discussing physicist John Butterworth’s work at CERN.

Smart drugs, smarter students? (Wellcome Trust blog, May 2010)
Article on a new paper investigating the ethical and moral issues associated with cognitive enhancing drugs.

Counterfeit Drugs: a WMD for malaria (Wellcome Trust blog, April 2010)
First in a series of blog posts reporting on the latest malaria research from the Counting Malaria Out conference.

Genetics with a bite (Wellcome Trust blog, April 2010)
Blog post on the first large-scale genetics study of tooth development in young children.

Science and Design (Wellcome Trust blog, April 2010)
Feature-length blog post on scientists collaboration with designers in a new conceptual art project.

iGEM: The student synthetic biology experience (Wellcome Trust blog, April 2010)
Feature-length blog post on the iGEM synthetic biology competition.

‘Building block’ biology (Wellcome Trust website, March 2010)
Feature article on synthetic biology.

Chongqing express (Wellcome Collection blog, March 2010)
Article on China and perceptions of itself during and after World War 2.

China and me (Wellcome Collection blog, March 2010)
Reflections on a China symposium from a British-born Chinese.

Think happy thoughts (Wellcome Collection blog, March 2010)
Report from a talk on the neuroscience of optimism.

Eureka Live: Twins, genes and what makes you “you” (Wellcome Trust blog, December 2009)
Report highlighting key points of discussion from a live event.

More by Mun-Keat Looi on the Wellcome Trust Blog

Cold war – Fighting the threat of latent TB (Wellcome Trust website, December 2009)
Feature article on the Grand Challenges in Public Health Project researching latent tuberculosis. Includes audio clip produced by me.

Pain-staking research: tackling chronic pain (Wellcome Trust website, November 2009)
Feature article on the London Pain Consortium, whose researchers are revealing more about how pain works, along with new ways to treat the neglected burden of chronic pain.

Traditional healers play key role in epilepsy management (Wellcome Trust website, November 2009)
News story on how people with epilepsy in rural Kenya choose traditional healers over biomedical health practitioners because they are more culturally understanding.

Intelligent design: The engineering approach to healthcare (Wellcome News/Wellcome Trust website, October 2009)
Feature article on how medical engineering is pushing the boundaries of healthcare technologies.

Children’s love of sports boosted by early walking start (Wellcome Trust website, September 2009)
News story on a study suggesting that children who begin standing and walking at an earlier age play more sports – and more often – during their teenage years.

Luke Jerram on swine flu in glass (Wellcome Trust website, September 2009)
Q&A with artist Luke Jerram on his glass swine flu sculpture and the message he hopes to convey.

Caution urged over fMRI for life or death decisions (Wellcome Trust website, August 2009)
News story reporting on a paper urging caution in using neuroimaging techniques to make life or death decisions about patients in a vegetative state.

Afghan schoolchildren ‘affected by everyday stress as much as war-related trauma’ (Wellcome Trust website, August 2009)
News story on research suggesting that everyday violence is as much to blame as war-related traumas for stress in Afghan schoolchildren.

Genomics: the next generation (Wellcome Trust website, July 2009)
Feature article on new DNA sequencing technologies, how they work and how this is changing genomic research. Includes animations storyboarded by me.

The warm heart of Africa – 30 years of research in Karonga (Wellcome Trust website, July 2009)
Feature article on the Karonga Prevention Study, one of the largest epidemiological studies in the world.

Platform for research: the African Institutions Initiative (Wellcome News/Wellcome Trust website, July 2009)
Feature article on the challenges facing research institutions in Africa and how a new collaborative effort hopes to address them.

Blood-sampling made easy by automated system (Wellcome Trust, April 2009)
News story on how scientists have developed a new, automated way to collect blood samples, increasing the consistency of samples and reducing the need for multiple procedures.

The pains of youth (Wellcome Trust website, April 2009)
Feature article on research into pain in newborn infants, which differ greatly from those in adults and what this teaches us about pain processing. Includes audio clip produced by me.

The Great Sperm Race review paper (Wellcome Trust/Channel 4, March 2009)
Project-managed production and wrote the executive summary of this review paper, summarising the science behind the Channel 4 documentary.

Study of one million Swedes uncovers link between IQ and risk of death (Wellcome Trust website, March 2009)
News story on a study of one million Swedish men that has revealed a strong link between cognitive ability and the risk of death.

The Wellcome Trust-New Scientist essay competition (Wellcome News, March 2009)
Profile of previous winners of this competition who have become influential science communicators in their own right.

Mapping Malaria (Wellcome Trust website, November 2008)
Feature article on how researchers in Kenya are using geospatial modelling in the fight against malaria.

WHO sets the agenda for climate and health research (SciDev.Net, October 2008)
News story on the WHO’s new research agenda, which aims to better understand the human health impacts of climate change.

World risks ‘scientific apartheid’, says top African scientist (SciDev.Net, April 2008)
News report from Egypt conference where a leading scientist states that global “scientific apartheid” is a real possibility unless research and technology is harnessed to better benefit the poor.

Fatal malaria strain ‘mistaken for more benign form’ (SciDev.Net, January 2008)
News story on how a potentially fatal malaria strain is being mistaken for a more benign form of the disease and doctors must be on alert.

More by Mun Keat Looi on SciDev.Net

Crazy Kary Mullis (I, Science, June 2006)
Editorial on the unorthodox methods of Kary Mullis, the Nobel-prize winning inventor of Polymerase Chain Reaction.

Enhancement Enchantment (I, Science, March 2006)
Editorial on how new technologies and medicines promise to make us fitter, happier and more productive.

Winter of discontent (I, Science, March 2006)
Review of the film ‘March of the Penguins’.

Right or wrong? You decide (Felix, Imperial College London student newspaper, April 2006)
Report of an event examining the ethical questions posed by xenotransplantation.

Science and ethics clash in wartime (Felix, April 2006)
Review of a performance of Michael Frayn’s play Copenhagen at the Bridewell Theatre, London.

What’s your profile? (Felix, March 2006)
Review of an event exploring the implications of genetic profiling.

Tomorrow’s People Daily News Brief (Conference news sheet, March 2006)
Reporting, editing and layout for a conference on human enhancement technologies organised by the James Martin Institute at the University of Oxford.

Junko Mizuno: What’s through the looking glass? (PIMP magazine, 2005)
Interview with cult Japanese character artist Junko Mizuno on international fame and the inspiration behind her designs.

What it means to be British-born (KAL magazine, August 2004)
Feature article on what it means to be a British-born Chinese and the conflict between one’s British status and family heritage.

Archie Panjabi (KAL magazine, August 2002)
Interview with the British actress who has starred in hit films Bend it Like Beckham and East is East.

Ray of Light (KAL magazine, August 2002)
Interview with actor Ray Panthaki (28 Days Later, Ali G Indahouse)

Courttia Newland (KAL magazine, August 2002)
Interview with British novelist and playwright.

Westernised or traditional? (KAL magazine, August 2002)
Account of a round table discussion between British-born Chinese about the pulls of Western and traditional ways of life

Family Fortunes (Student Direct, University of Manchester student newspaper, March 2002)
Interview with Wes Anderson, the American director on his film The Royal Tenenbaums.