Florian Fisch is science editor in the areas of biology and medicine. He studied biology at the universities of Lausanne and Neuchâtel, did research work at the Botanical Institute in Basel and obtained his PhD in biochemistry at the University of York (UK). While working as a freelance journalist, he contributed articles to the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), NZZ am Sonntag, Laborjournal and other media outlets. E-mail florian.fisch@snf.ch