Jane Qiu
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Jane Qiu | |
|---|---|
邱瑾 | |
| Other names | Qiū Jǐn |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | Nature Reviews Neuroscience (2004–2006) |
Jane Qiu (Chinese: 邱瑾; pinyin: Qiū Jǐn) is an independent science journalist based in Beijing, primarily focusing on geoscience and the environment.
Qiu earned first-class honours in biology from the University of Essex in 1993.[1] She coauthored the book RNA Isolation and Analysis in 1994,[2] and completed a PhD in cancer genetics[3] in 1997, through the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research of the University of Glasgow. After postdoctoral research at Hunter College in New York City and the Centre for Neuroscience of King's College London,[1] she dropped out of academia to become a science journalist.[3] She became an editor for Nature Reviews Neuroscience in 2004[1] and then, in 2006, a freelance journalist.[3]