Helen is an experienced science journalist. Prior to going freelance, Helen was editor-in-chief at Labiotech in Berlin. Before moving to Germany, she worked at a range of different science and health-focused publications in London including The Biochemist magazine and Springer Nature’s medwireNews. She has written for a wide range of international publications including New Scientist, Chemistry World, The BMJ, Forbes, Cosmos and Inside Precision Medicine. She has a B.Sc. in genetics and an M.Sc. in biological anthropology and spent some time early in her career working in a lab at the Wellcome Sanger Institute near Cambridge before deciding to begin a career in journalism