The group attended the recent North Sea Laterality conference hosted by Abertay University in Dundee. Silvia gave an oral talk presenting for the first time to the public the the ePeg, a new device aimed at measuring handedness more accurately. We also presented a...

We are delighted to welcome our MP Stephen Gethins as part of the Royal Society Westminster Pairing Scheme. Silvia spent a week in London shadowing Stephen back in December (read more about it here) learning about how the Parliament works. Stephen visited our lab...

This week we welcome two new group members: Filippo Abbondanza from Italy and Carlos Castillo  from Colombia. Filippo has just started his PhD in statistical genetics, supported by the Royal Society. Carlos is a Master student in Applied Statistics and is doing...

Many congratulations to Irene Feliciotti who joins our lab from Italy thanks to a internship supported by Regione Toscana. Irene will spend 6 months with us and will work on the characterization of genes implicated in language disorders.

We have a fully funded (UK/EU rate) PhD project in statistical genetics. The project will study the role of brain asymmetries in language-related disorders by analysing large and complex datasets characterised with a large cognitive and behavioural data and for which...

What an incredible experience! It is not often that something can change quite drastically your way of thinking. I never imagined I would get so much out of the Royal Society Pairing Scheme. For context, it is worth keeping in mind the timing of the events: 4th -7th...

We are inviting applications for a fully funded PhD project aimed at dissecting the genetics of human handedness. For informal inquiries please contact Silvia ([email protected]) and for more information see the full advert.