Lone Frank (born Lone Frank Pedersen 1966 in
Århus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...
) is a Danish science journalist, author and PhD in
neurobiology
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, developme ...
. Since 1998 she has written for newspapers. She is also a commentator and lecturer and has worked in radio and television; including organized and participated in science series on television, talking about controversial issues such as
heritability of IQ
Research on the heritability of IQ inquires into the degree of variation in IQ within a population that is due to genetic variation between individuals in that population. There has been significant controversy in the academic community about the ...
and
race and intelligence
Discussions of race and intelligence – specifically, claims of differences in intelligence along racial lines – have appeared in both popular science and academic research since the modern concept of race was first introduced. With the inc ...
. She received her master's degree in biology on a thesis about "the transcriptional regulation of
glutamate receptors
Glutamate receptors are synaptic and non synaptic receptors located primarily on the membranes of neuronal and glial cells. Glutamate (the conjugate base of glutamic acid) is abundant in the human body, but particularly in the nervous syste ...
in
cerebral ischemia
Brain ischemia is a condition in which there is insufficient bloodflow to the brain to meet metabolic demand. This leads to poor oxygen supply or cerebral hypoxia and thus leads to the death of brain tissue or cerebral infarction/ischemic stroke. ...
" from
Aarhus University in 1992.
In September 2011 her book, ''My Beautiful Genome: Exposing Our Genetic Future, One Quirk at a Time'' was released to positive reviews. The book is based on a number of
genetic-based tests, which aims to clarify the biological context of human
personal development. It was also released in German, Norwegian and Dutch.
My Beautiful Genome
Lone Frank Website.
Bibliography
*''Mindfield: How Brain Science is Changing Our World'', 2009, Oneworld Publications
Oneworld Publications is a British independent publishing firm founded in 1986 by Novin Doostdar and Juliet Mabey originally to publish accessible non-fiction by experts and academics for the general market.[Penguin Publishing Group
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External links
lonefrank.dk – Personal website
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References
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1966 births
Living people
Aarhus University alumni
Danish women journalists
Science journalists
Danish science writers
Danish women scientists
People from Aarhus
20th-century Danish scientists
20th-century Danish writers
21st-century Danish scientists
21st-century Danish writers
Weekendavisen people
20th-century Danish women writers
21st-century Danish women writers