Neurogenetics

We are excited to host Inés García-Ortiz who will spend a month with us as visiting scholar. Ines is a PhD student in the Psychiatric Genomics Group led by Dr Claudio Toma at the Molecular Biology Center “Severo Ochoa” in Madrid. Inés will be investigating the role of brain lateralization in psychiatric conditions, with a […]

We are excited to start a new project funded by the Medical Research Council Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) to explore the link between specific learning difficulties, such as dyslexia and dyscalculia and mental health through a qualitative approach. This work is a collaboration with Dyslexia Scotland and Dr Jeremy Law at the University of Glasgow […]

See our latest publication written with members of the SLDN network  reflecting on the implications of the new dyslexia Delphi definition: Toward an Improved Understanding of Dyslexia: Reflections on a New Consensus Definition and Its Implications https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/dys.70022

We are inviting applications for a fully funded PhD project: “Combining Omics Data and AI Approaches to Dissect the Role of Genetic Factors in Brain Health and Healthy Aging” More information at this link https://medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/news/phd-opportunity-eastbio-combining-omics-data-and-ai-approaches-to-dissect-the-role-of-genetic-factors-in-brain-health-and-healthy-aging/ Get in…

We welcome to the group Priyatam Dutta and Rebecca Watts. Priyatam is a Global PhD student who, after completing the first part of his PhD in at the University of Bonn has now moved to St Andrews to complete his thesis. Rebecca has just started her PhD funded by a Medical Research Scotland scholarship in […]

“Shaping UK Research Priorities in the Area of Specific Learning Difficulties by Surveying People with Lived Experience” – See our new paper reporting the results of the Specific Learning Difficulties Network survey – https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/27546330251348559

Check out our latest review on handedness genetics led by Sebastian Ocklenburg https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016895252500006X

We are inviting applications for a PhD project to investigate heart failure risk in collaboration with Canon Medical Research Europe. All info here: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/ai-approaches-to-improve-heart-failure-prognosis/?p181307

Unravelling the Role of Rare Variants Linked to Language-Related Traits This PhD project focuses on uncovering the genetic basis of language abilities in humans. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the project combines bioinformatics, functional genomics, and molecular biology to analyze new datasets, identify genes, and investigate the molecular effects of genetic variants. With access to state-…

We welcome in the lab Heather Tiernan who has started her PhD in the Neurogenetics group!