NEUROGENETICS
Silvia Paracchini Research GroupNews
GENETICS & NEUROBIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE
Silvia will be a lecturer at this exciting course at CSHL: The Genetics and Neurobiology of language. This unique new CSHL course will address core questions about the bases and origins of speech and language, through talks, interactive sessions, keynotes and debates,...
Scotland’s Young Academy
Silvia has been elected as new member of the RSE Young Academy of Scotland. The RSE Young Academy of Scotland fosters interdisciplinary activities among emerging leaders from the disciplines of science and humanities, the professions, the arts, business and civil...
Emily’s experience
I have just completed my final year studying preclinical Medicine at St Andrews. For my dissertation I was fortunate enough to join the Neurogenetics group. Here I undertook a laboratory based project investigating the genetic aetiology of dyslexia and Specific...
Welcome Ana and Becka!
We are very excited two summer students will be with us over the summer and we are very grateful to their sponsor. Ana Sharma, studying second year medical student, is supported by a Wellcome Trust Vacation scholarship and Becka Hughes, studying biology, was a warded...
ESHG
Silvia and Kerry will present the latest results of our research at ESHG 2014 in Milan, 31 May-3 June. Kerry is supported by a travel grant from St Andrews University.
Jure Piskur
Today I have lost one of my mentors. I was about to tell Jure how proud he would have been of the week-end which I spent partying with the group. Anyone stepping into Jure’s lab will understand why I am saying this. It hurts so much to be writing these lines instead....
Seminar: Dorothy Bishop, FRS
CEREBRAL ASYMMETRY AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: ARE THEY LINKED AND IF SO HOW? 15 May 2014, 1:00 PM Lecture theatre, School of Medicine We are delighted Dorothy is visitng St Andrews and is giving a seminar. Abstract: We know that language function in the human brain is...
New papers!!!
Our review on the genetics of reading/language disorders is out in the Special Issue Grand Celebration: 10th Anniversary of the Human Genome Project of Genes In an original research article we report the first parent-of-origin effects in a GWAS for language impairment
March seminars
We will be presenting our work at different venues in March: 5th March 1pm LECTURE THEATRE, EDUCATION CENTRE Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy (Silvia) 7th March 1p seminar room at Dyers Brae, School of Biology, St Andrews (Kerry) 20th March Royal Society Research Fellows...
Congratulations Yiwang!
We are delighted to hear Yiwang Xu, who has been working in our lab during the summer, has been offered a place at Cambridge University to complete his medical training. Very well done!