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Sonja Soo, Ph.D., is a science writer at NHGRI. She writes press releases and web stories for genome.gov and also helps develop fact sheets, infographics and video scripts. She received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the University of British Columbia and her Ph.D. from McGill University.