Jamie Magrill, at The Blogs

Feb 24, 2021, 6:23 PM

Ready, set, vaccinate: Startup growth in COVID-19

I got vaccinated for COVID-19 this week (check out that story on TOI Online here). And while Israel, the start-up nation, was vaccinating its 4-millionth person, my own start-up company, DECAP R&D was getting its own inoculation drive to adapt...

Feb 22, 2021, 11:40 AM

Second Shot: my COVID-19 Vaccine Story

I got my second vaccination for the coronavirus this week. I’m 25 years old, with no pre-existing conditions that I know about, and I'm not a healthcare/frontline worker. But I got vaccinated anyways, because I live in Jerusalem, hold dual Canadian-Israeli...

Apr 12, 2020, 10:13 AM

Coping with COVID-19, part 2: Virus and individual

By JAMIE MAGRILL & ALEXANDRA MARKUS HUTZ -- In the three weeks since I wrote Coping with COVID-19, part 1: Country and society, the world has progressed to an eye-popping 1.7 million confirmed COVID-19 cases, more than 100,000 deaths and over...

Mar 24, 2020, 2:05 PM

COVID-19, Big Brother, and Why We are Failing at Social Distancing

This week while Israelis flocked to the beaches, back home in Canada the boardwalks and seawalls were crowded with Vancouverites taking advantage of the good weather. Much to the chagrin of our medical professionals and politicians, it seems that...

Mar 18, 2020, 11:37 AM

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Coping with COVID-19, part 1: Country and society

We still have a short window of time before our hospitals reach capacity, which means that how well each of us self-isolates has a real impact on the public good

Mar 6, 2020, 9:18 PM

Concerns, Questions and COVID-19 in Israel, the Middle East and the World

As I sit in Ben Gurion Airport on my way to Baku, Azerbaijan, the same refrain runs through my head: “Don’t touch your face, don’t touch your face, don’t touch your face, don’t touch your face!” Now is a time...

Jan 27, 2020, 8:21 PM

Innovating the Migraine: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

This week, two of my good friends let me know they have regularly occurring migraines with visual hallucinations or auras. This woke me up to the prevalence of migraines and migraine associated disorders. A little bit of research later,...

Dec 23, 2019, 9:26 PM

CRISPR: Are we the Masters of our Own Genomes?

“CRISPR, kick-starting the revolution in drug discovery” or “A year after the first CRISPR babies, stricter regulations are now in place.” read some of the recent headlines. CRISPR, a new gene editing technology, is making waves around the world...

Dec 5, 2019, 4:23 PM

Living in the Deus Ex Machina Future

In the past century, our global civilization has created a world that is almost entirely reliant on technology for everything from transportation and agriculture, to healthcare and supply-chain economics. Writers, scientists and politicians often worry about this over-reliance when they...

Oct 2, 2019, 8:46 AM

Working and Learning Abroad: A MASA Journey

Rosh Hashanah prompts us to reflect on our triumphs and failures of the past year, and to consider our goals for the coming year. We often find that the next year is a continuation of the same set of...

About Me

Jamie Magrill is a scientist-scholar and world-traveler with an interest in entrepreneurship and startups, particularly in the biomedical and philanthropic fields, an MSc in Biomedical Sciences Candidate at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a Masa Israel Journey alum.