Karl Gruber
Dr. Karl Gruber is a biologist and science writer with 15 years of experience as an academic researcher. Dr. Gruber has published over 500 articles, many featured in outlets such as Australian Geographic, Nature News, The Lancet, Nature Medicine, Nature Cancer, The Washington Post, Particle, The Lancet Oncology, National Geographic, Science Now, New Scientist, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Plants, Nature Ecology and Evolution and EMBO Reports. Dr. Gruber holds a PhD in biological science from the University of Western Australia.
Turning off a gene called “Myc” has a surprising effect in male fruit flies: They start courting other males.