Videos and podcasts

Silvia is regularly discussing science through different platforms. See here contribution to a debate about women in science hosted by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She discussed handedness at a Cafe Scientifique at the Royal Society in London and dyslexia at different interviews. 

A number of conference presentations are available here: ASHA 2014, CSHL 2014, Modena 2015 (Italian).

Blogs

Silvia is a regular blogger for Research the Headlines, where discusses science in the media. In 2018 she became co-chair of the blog.

Left/right asymmetry genes and handedness

Our GWAS for a measure of handedness in PLoS Genetics was widely reported in the news:

• New Scientist: Genes linked to left-handedness identified
• Time: Left-Handed? That May Have Happened in the Womb
• Smithsonian: Why Are Some People Left-Handed?
• Science News: Genes for body symmetry may also control handedness
• New York Times: DNA and the way you write
• CNN: 5 studies you may have missed
• Daily Mail: Whether you are right or left-handed IS decided while in the womb: Scientists discover the genes which determine a person’s dexterity
• Medical Daily: Gene Reported For Left-Right Assymetry Defects in Body Could Determine Handedness Too
• Science Daily: Genes Linked To Being Right- Or Left-Handed Identified
• WebMD: Righty or Lefty? It’s Largely Genetic, Study Suggests
• BBC Oxford: Oxford academics assess why we are left or right-handed