Lone Frank
{{short description|Danish science journalist}}
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|birth_date = {{bda|1966|09|22|df=y}}
| fields = Intelligence
| nationality = Danish
|alma_mater = Århus University
| thesis_title = transcriptional regulation of glutamate receptors in cerebral ischemia
| thesis_year = 1992
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Lone Frank (born Lone Frank Pedersen 1966 in Århus) is a Danish science journalist, author and PhD in neurobiology. Since 1998 she has written for newspapers.Employee Description of Weekendavisen.dk, http://www.weekendavisen.dk/medarbejder/lone-frank {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318210247/http://www.weekendavisen.dk/medarbejder/lone-frank |date=2014-03-18 }} 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 and race and intelligence{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}. She received her master's degree in biology on a thesis about "the transcriptional regulation of glutamate receptors in cerebral ischemia" from Aarhus University in 1992.{{cite news | url=http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/liv-sj%C3%A6l/kvinden-og-videnskaben | title=Kvinden og videnskaben | work=Kristeligt Dagblad | date=March 2, 2006 | accessdate=November 25, 2014 | author=Daniel Øhrstrøm}}
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.[http://lonefrank.dk/?page_id=341 My Beautiful Genome], Lone Frank Website.
Bibliography
- Mindfield: How Brain Science is Changing Our World, 2009, Oneworld Publications, {{ISBN|978-1-85168-649-0}}
- My Beautiful Genome: Discovering Our Genetic Future, One Quirk at a Time, 2011, Oneworld Publications, {{ISBN|978-1-85168-833-3}}
- The Pleasure Shock: The Rise of Deep Brain Stimulation and Its Forgotten Inventor, 2018, Penguin Publishing Group {{ISBN|978-1-101-98653-0}}
External links
- [http://www.lonefrank.dk lonefrank.dk – Personal website]
- {{imdb name|3970349}}
References
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