Linda Koch is a German-French geneticist, and the chief editor of academic journal Nature Reviews Genetics.

She is a specialist in mouse genetics.

Education

Koch has a PhD in genetics from the University of Cologne.^[1]

Career

She undertook postdoctoral research investigating a knockout mouse model of the fat mass and obesity-associated protein.^[1]

In 2009, she joined Nature Reviews Endocrinology initially as an associate editor, then as a senior editor, before becoming the locum chief editor.^[1] She was appointed as chief editor of Nature Reviews Genetics in 2014.^[1]

Selected publications

Fischer, Julia; Koch, Linda; Emmerling, Christian; Vierkotten, Jeanette; Peters, Thomas; Brüning, Jens C.; Rüther, Ulrich (2009). "Inactivation of the Fto gene protects from obesity". Nature. 458 (7240): 894–898. Bibcode:2009Natur.458..894F. doi:10.1038/nature07848. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 19234441. S2CID 391105.^[2]
Hess, Martin E.; Hess, Simon; Meyer, Kate D.; Verhagen, Linda A. W.; Koch, Linda; Brönneke, Hella S.; Dietrich, Marcelo O.; Jordan, Sabine D.; Saletore, Yogesh; Elemento, Olivier; Belgardt, Bengt F. (2013). "The fat mass and obesity associated gene (Fto) regulates activity of the dopaminergic midbrain circuitry". Nature Neuroscience. 16 (8): 1042–1048. doi:10.1038/nn.3449. ISSN 1546-1726. PMID 23817550. S2CID 11452560.^[3]

Personal life

She lives in Ramsgate, England.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "About the Editors | Nature Reviews Genetics". www.nature.com. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
^ Meyer, Kate D.; Saletore, Yogesh; Zumbo, Paul; Elemento, Olivier; Mason, Christopher E.; Jaffrey, Samie R. (2012-06-22). "Comprehensive Analysis of mRNA Methylation Reveals Enrichment in 3′ UTRs and near Stop Codons". Cell. 149 (7): 1635–1646. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2012.05.003. ISSN 0092-8674. PMC 3383396. PMID 22608085.
^ Blüher, Matthias (2019). "Obesity: global epidemiology and pathogenesis". Nature Reviews Endocrinology. 15 (5): 288–298. doi:10.1038/s41574-019-0176-8. ISSN 1759-5037. PMID 30814686. S2CID 71146382.
^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Germans in UK navigate difficult plans amid further Brexit uncertainty | DW | 09.11.2020". DW.COM. Retrieved 2022-04-03.