Helen Albert
Helen is an experienced freelance science journalist. Prior to going freelance, she was editor-in-chief at Labiotech in Berlin, Germany. Before moving to Germany, Helen 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 range of international publications including New Scientist, Advanced Science News, BioNews, The BMJ, Forbes, Cosmos, GEN and Inside Precision Medicine. Helen has a BSc in genetics and an MSc in biological anthropology and spent some time early in her career working in a lab at the Wellcome Sanger Institute before deciding to begin a career in journalism.
ResearchTen years on, pharma industry still testing for implausible alkyl sulfonate ester contaminants
Risk assessment for potential mutagenic side-products is still required by regulatory bodies, despite lack of evidence they form during drug production
NewsEurope and US face diminishing lithium supply for electric vehicle batteries
China will still dominate the market for the vital battery metal in 2030
ResearchLess than 10% of plastics are produced using recycled materials
Size of the world’s plastic problem laid out
ResearchInnovative antibacterial strategy shows promise for treating infections
New antibiotic mechanism sees molecule infiltrate bacterial cells and destroy them from the inside
ResearchClick chemistry offers new, efficient process to produce unique cancer-fighting antibodies
Chemical approach is fast and flexible and could be an alternative o using protein engineering
ResearchBiocatalytic process shows promise for large-scale medicinal oligonucleotide production
Promising nucleic acid therapies could be made more cheaply, greenly and simply
ResearchBioelectric bacteria-powered sensor detects water contaminants in real time
Synthetic biology harnessed to detect endocrine disruptor and thiosulfate
NewsSoftware from Cambridge crystallographic experts could save pharma industry millions
Informatic tools will help drug formulators understand particle behaviour in their final product
ResearchEdible, fluorescent silk tags could help stem tide of counterfeit medicines
Marker could be a simple answer to ensuring provenance of drugs
NewsBiogas reactor offers a route to decentralising ‘green’ hydrogen production
Chemical looping process produces ultra-pure hydrogen from methane
ResearchContact lenses with gold nanoparticles can help correct colour blindness
Soft lenses can correct red–green colour vision deficiency