Maren Urner
Maren Urner is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is currently studying for a PhD in Neuroscience as part of the Awareness Group based at University College London's Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and the Wellcome Trust's Centre for Neuroimaging. Her research, conducted in the laboratory of Professor Geraint Rees, focuses on the flexibility of brain activation at rest in response to learning. Previously, she studied Cognitive Science at the University of Osnabrück, during which she spent a term and completed a research internship at McGill University. She obtained her Masters in Cognitive Neuroscience from Radboud University Nijmegen, where she investigated the influence of a common genetic polymorphism on emotional memory and mood disorders, and where she worked as an Editor of the Nijmegen Cognitive Neuroscience Journal.
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| 03 December 2012 - by |
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The risk of depression in adolescents exposed to negative environments during their childhood is partly dependent on their genetic make-up, suggest researchers... [Read More] |
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| 20 August 2012 - by |
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Researchers at Yale University in the USA may have found an explanation for why patients with severe depression often show a decreased brain volume in certain areas of the brain... [Read More] |
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| 06 June 2012 - by |
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A stem cell technique to treat the common bone disease osteonecrosis is being pioneered at Southampton General Hospital in the UK... [Read More] |
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| 12 March 2012 - by |
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A single tumour can have many different genetic mutations at various locations, cancer researchers have found. In a study, two thirds of the specific genetic faults identified in tumours were not repeated in the same tumour... [Read More] |
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| 04 April 2011 - by |
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Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have identified three different genetic mutations linked to acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), a cancer that is characterised by a rapid increase in abnormal white blood cells in the bone marrow.... [Read More] |
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A team of US scientists has studied the immediate consequences of cigarette smoking in humans and found cigarette smoke potentially affects genes within a timescale of minutes.... [Read More] |
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| 08 November 2010 - by |
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Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at The University of Oxford have identified a genetic link between handedness and reading difficulties.... [Read More] |
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| 05 July 2010 - by |
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Babies born after in vitro maturation of ooctyes (IVM), an assisted reproductive technology (ART), seem to be larger and to have more complicated births. Researchers led by Dr Peter Sjöblom from Nottingham University's NURTURE IVF clinic found the average birth weight of 165 IVM babies was six to nine per cent higher than babies conceived by IVF/ICSI. The IVM babies' birth weights were also 0.3 to six per cent higher than the national average for singleton births... [Read More] |
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'Genetic Interest Group' changes name to 'Genetic Alliance UK' |
| 01 June 2010 - by |
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The UK's 'Genetic Interest Group' (GIG), a national charity representing individuals with genetic conditions, today became the 'Genetic Alliance UK'... [Read More] |
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| 19 April 2010 - by |
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Children with a rare genetic disorder called Williams syndrome lack normal social fear and appear to have no racial biases, according to German and French researchers. The study is the first to report the absence of racial stereotyping in any human population, according to study co-author Professor Meyer-Lindenberg... [Read More] |
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