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Dr Rebecca Hill
Genetics Editor
Dr Rebecca Hill is Genetics Editor at BioNews and at the charity that publishes it, the Progress Educational Trust (PET). Together with her fellow BioNews editor Antony Blackburn-Starza and James Brooks, and PET's Founding Chair of Trustees Professor Marcus Pembrey, she runs the BioNews internship scheme which provides practical science writing training and experience for PhD students. She is also a freelance journalist specialising in science, and has written for the Guardian and Times newspapers, the journal Nature, New Scientist magazine's CultureLab, Research Fortnight, and the Science and Development Network. She is cofounder of Science Brainwaves (part of the British Science Association), and she has been a judge at the National Science and Engineering Competition at the Big Bang Young Scientists and Engineers Fair.
Previously, Rebecca studied Biochemistry and Genetics at the University of Sheffield, where she went on to obtain a PhD in Structural and Molecular Biology, and where her research focused on producing a system to purify and analyse groups of proteins in baker's yeast. She also has an MA in Science Journalism from City University London, and she has a particular interest in audio production, having produced audio packages for the Guardian's Science Weekly podcast. She has interned at the Science Media Centre and Sense About Science, and she has been a pie taster on the Pie Panel at Holland's Pies. She tweets as @BekiHill
BioNews Comment articles written by Dr Rebecca Hill:
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Crystal ball gazing: an interview with Professor Sir John Burn on genetics in 2012 |
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Genome sequencing for all, the abuse of stored genetic data and red tape halting research are just some of the issues the NHS will have to deal with this year, according to Sir John Burn, professor of clinical genetics at the University of Newcastle, chair of the British Society for Human Genetics (BSHG)...[Read More] |
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Progress Educational Trust Conference: Should Assisted Conception Always Be Evidence-Based? |
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In what is now synonymous with Progress Educational Trust (PET)'s ethos, the final session of the annual conference, 'The Best Possible Start in Life: The Robust and Responsive Embryo', was a free-form debate. Following on from the previous sessions where a wealth of eminent researchers gave informative and often provocative talks, Guardian columnist Zoe Williams had the task of chairing what proved to be an entertaining debate...[Read More] |
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BioNews Review articles written by Dr Rebecca Hill:
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Event Review: Searching for the Secret of Life - DNA Then, Now and Tomorrow |
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The inaugural London Science Festival, which ran from 19-26 October, promised numerous exciting and entertaining events, many of which have received excellent reviews. So I'm particularly disappointed that I chose to spend my Friday night at 'Searching for the secret of life: DNA, then, now and tomorrow'....[Read More] |
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Event Review: The Age of Personalised Medicine - Genes, Privacy and Discrimination |
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'The age of personalised medicine: genes, privacy and discrimination?' was the last in BioCentre's 2010/2011 symposium series 'Revolution, Regulation and Responsibilities', and promised to 'appraise current developments and consider the current legal and regulatory position for their use before taking time to reflect and assess the future impact on society'...[Read More] |
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BioNews News articles written by Dr Rebecca Hill:
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Fertility treatment only partly responsible for increase in birth defects |
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The increase in birth defects in babies born after assisted conception could be partly due to underlying fertility problems, according to an Australian study...[Read More] |
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Bioscience job skills gap tackled with degree accreditation scheme |
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Many bioscience graduates lack the practical skills that make them attractive to employers, according to a 2010 survey. In order to fill this skills gap, the Society of Biology launched a degree accreditation programme this week...[Read More] |
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US researchers have received approval to test whether cord blood stem cells could be used to reverse hearing loss in children...[Read More] |
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Short people can blame deleted sections of DNA for their diminutive stature, according to a study looking at variations in the genomes of over 12,000 children...[Read More] |
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The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued new guidelines saying that women pregnant with twins or triplets should be monitored more closely, receiving specialist care from a team of healthcare professionals...[Read More] |
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The first interpretation of a family's health risks using whole genome data has been carried out by US researchers. The team, from the Stanford University School of Medicine, looked at the DNA sequences of both parents and two children in this, the second reported study of a four-person family of genomes...[Read More] |
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Researchers have identified 29 new genetic variants with a link to multiple sclerosis (MS). This brings the total number of genetic changes associated with the disease, which affects around 2.5 million people worldwide, to nearly 50...[Read More] |
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$1.1 million more funding for multiple sclerosis trial in Bristol |
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More than £600,000 has been donated to the Frenchay Hospital in Bristol for research into the use of stem cells as a treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS)....[Read More] |
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Scientists have discovered a way to bypass the type of mutation that causes about a third of human genetic diseases. Experiments in yeast have shown how chemical modifications can allow a cell's machinery to ignore mistakes in DNA known as nonsense mutations...[Read More] |
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