Dr Jess Buxton is a Trustee at the Progress Educational Trust (PET), and Contributing Editor at its free weekly email news digest, commentary service and website BioNews. She was previously Genetics Editor at PET and BioNews, and together with Dr Kirsty Horsey she devised the BioNews internship scheme, which provides practical science writing training and experience for PhD students. Her work for PET has also included writing publications such as An Introduction to Stem Cells, a booklet explaining the science, ethics and regulation of stem cells for a lay readership. She is a Research Associate at Imperial College London's Section of Genomic Medicine, where she is a Tutor for the MSc in Human Molecular Genetics; and she is Press Officer at the British Society for Human Genetics, working with Dr Vivienne Raper to coordinate media coverage of the society's annual conference.

Jess obtained her PhD in human genetics from the University of London, where her research focused on the genetic mutation responsible for myotonic dystrophy. She also has a diploma in Science Communication from Birkbeck College for which she wrote a dissertation on public engagement with human genetics, particularly families affected by genetic conditions. She is coauthor (with Jon Turney) of The Rough Guide to Genes and Cloning (buy this book from Amazon UK or Amazon USA), and she has contributed a chapter to Human Fertilisation and Embryology: Reproducing Regulation (buy this book from Amazon UK or Amazon USA).

Left to right: Dr Vivienne Raper, Dr Jess Buxton, (standing) Mark Henderson
Speaking at the Progress Educational Trust event Scientists Engaging with the Media
Photograph by Sarah Norcross

Dr Jess Buxton
At the celebration of the 10th anniversary and 500th edition of the Progress Educational Trust's BioNews publication
Photograph by Ben Jones

Left to right: Dr Kirsty Horsey, Dr Jess Buxton
At the celebration of the 10th anniversary and 500th edition of the Progress Educational Trust's BioNews publication
Photograph by Ben Jones

Left to right: Laura Riley, Juliet Tizzard, Sarah Norcross, Dr Kirsty Horsey, Dr Jess Buxton
At the celebration of the 10th anniversary and 500th edition of the Progress Educational Trust's BioNews publication
Photograph by Viscount Janric Craigavon

Left to right: Juliet Tizzard, Dr Kirsty Horsey, Dr Jess Buxton, Laura Riley
At the celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Progress Educational Trust
Photograph by Viscount Janric Craigavon