Professor Alex Blakemore
Professor in Human Genomics
Heinz Wolff 236
- Email: alex.blakemore@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 268430
Summary
Alex completed her first degree and PhD at the University of Sheffield. After a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from ARC (now Arthritis Research UK), she took up her first academic post as a Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University in 1994. In 2001 she moved to Imperial College London where she was Professor in Human Molecular Genetics, in the Faculty of Medicine and she retains a visiting chair position there. Alex joined Brunel University London as Head of the Department of Life Sciences in January 2016 and undertook that role for 5 years before handing it on and returning to a more research-focussed role in January 2022.
Qualifications
University of Sheffield 1990 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Medium-chain acyl Co-A dehydrogenase deficiency
1986 Bachelor of Science (BscHons), Genetics, First Class Honours
Newest selected publications
Cheang, RTS., Skjevling, M., Blakemore, AIF., Kumari, V. and Puzzo, I. (2024) 'Do you feel me? Autism, empathic accuracy and the double empathy problem'. Autism, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 1362-3613
Almansoori, S., Alsters, SI., Yiorkas, AM., Nor Hashim, NA., Walters, RG., Chahal, HS., et al. (2024) 'Oligogenic inheritance in severe adult obesity'. International Journal of Obesity, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 6. ISSN: 0307-0565
Zagkos, L., Drenos, F., Emmett, P., Blakemore, AI., Nordström, T., Hurtig, T., et al. (2023) 'Associations of adolescents’ diet and meal patterns with school performance in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986: A Mendelian randomisation study'. Appetite, 190. pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 0195-6663
Ramzi, NH., Auvinen, J., Veijola, J., Miettunen, J., Ala-Mursula, L., Sebert, S., et al. (2023) 'Depression mediates the relationship between alexithymia and obesity in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (NFBC1966)'. Journal of Affective Disorders, 331. pp. 1 - 7. ISSN: 0165-0327
Amin, HA., Kaewsri, P., Yiorkas, AM., Cooke, H., Blakemore, AI. and Drenos, F. (2022) 'Mendelian randomisation analyses of UK Biobank and published data suggest that increased adiposity lowers risk of breast and prostate cancer'. Scientific Reports, 12 (1). pp. 1 - 10. ISSN: 2045-2322