Light on the Dark Side of the Genome

Silvia was invited to give a talk at a meeting organised by f-Tales (Flanders Training Network Life Science) aim at the discussing research in functional non-coding genomic regions. The event took place in the beautiful city of Gent, 15-16 September.

Summer Science Exhibition 2016

Silvia has given a series of talks about handedness genetics at the Summer Science Exhibition 2016 held at the Royal Society in London. The talks were mainly attend by pupils from different secondary schools as well as visitors of all ages. It has been a great honour...

Welcome back Chiara!

We are very excited Chiara Diquigiovanni is back! Chiara arrives from the University of Bologna and is visiting us thanks to the support provided by a EuFishBioMed travel scholarship. Chiara spent time with us before to develop cellular models for genes underlying...

Photo prize for Angela!

Congratulations to Angela who won second prize in the Spring photo competition organised by Step Count Challenge 2016. The Challenge – promoted by the Wellbeing & Engagement Group in March – aims to get people more active through walking more in their day-to-day...

Welcome Ece!

Ece Zini joins the lab arriving from Instanbul. Ece will stay with us for three months working mainly on our zebrafish project. We are very excited to have a new lab member and we wish Ece to enjoy her stay in our group and to have a great time in Scotland.

Trip to Hong Kong

Silvia was back to Hong Kong. The visit included meetings with collaborator Prof Cammie McBride (Chinese University of Hong Kong) and her team members. Silvia also delivered a guest lecture during a St Andrews Alumni event; it was very nice to meet people living so...