Burleen Chhatwal is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, having originally joined under the auspices of its writing scheme. She is an MBPhD student based at the University College London (UCL) Queen Square Institute of Neurology and the Francis Crick Institute, where she is supervised by Professor Nicholas Wood. Her research is centred around exploring the genetic and epigenetic basis of Parkinson's disease. In particular, she is interested in understanding chromosome conformation and gene regulation in Parkinson's disease. Alongside her PhD, she is studying Medicine at UCL, having previously obtained an intercalated Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience at UCL.
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