Dr Melanie Krause is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews having originally joined the publication under the auspices of its writing scheme. She obtained a PhD in Cell Biology of Infection from University College London studying vaccinia virus interactions with host cells for her PhD with Dr Jason Mercer at the Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology. Following her PhD, she is now a postdoctoral fellow at the European Molecular Biology Labatory in Heidelberg, Germany where she works in the field of genome editing in the lab of Professor Lars Steinmetz. She aims to improve genome editing techniques for protein tagging as well as developing novel read-outs for diverse cellular phenotypes. In her spare time, she is an advocate for science education and sustainability in research.
The mechanism by which a single gene influences a person's risk of cardiovascular disease has been described by US researchers...
Clinical trials suggest a new genome editing treatment for a disorder that causes heart failure is safe and may stop disease progression...
A recent spike in hepatitis cases in children may be linked to the effect of a common virus on people with a particular immune gene variant...
Following the finding that monkeypox virus particles can be present in the semen of infected individuals, the World Health Organisation is now exploring the possibility that the virus could be sexually transmissible...
Individuals with a specific version of the OAS1 gene have natural antiviral defences against SARS-CoV-2, resulting in less severe COVID-19 disease...
CRISPR-based genome editing can be used to stop SARS-CoV-2 being replicated inside infected cells, researchers have shown…
A genetic variant that might provide some protection against severe COVID-19 disease has been identified in a new study led by researchers from Newcastle University...
Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute in London have shown the earliest known stage in mammalian heart development...
Oocytes mature differently in older women, in a process that could contribute to a decrease in fertility, a study from scientists in Barcelona, Spain has shown...
The NHS is to trial a new approach in personalised medicine that aims to help calculate patients' individual risk for heart disease...
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