Silvia Paracchini
@silparacchini.bsky.social
Prof of Neurogenetics & Genomics @St Andrews and Bonn; interested in cognition, neurodevelopment, dyslexia and handedness. Co-Chair of the @sldnetwork.bsky.social. Made in Italy.
https://neurogenetics.st-andrews.ac.uk/
https://neurogenetics.st-andrews.ac.uk/
On my reading list share.google/YppCLNJhP7KM...
David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh
The judges ‘had never read anything quite like it’, says panel chair Roddy Doyle, announcing the Hungarian-British author’s novel as the winner of the £50,000 award
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November 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
On my reading list share.google/YppCLNJhP7KM...
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You attended the sessions; now it’s your turn to lead one at #ASHG26. Submit your Featured Symposium or Interactive Workshop proposal by January 20, 2026! We're looking for key breakthroughs in #AI, #GeneticCounseling, #PrecisionMedicine & more. 🔗 https://www.ashg.org/annual-meeting-2026/ #ASHG
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
You attended the sessions; now it’s your turn to lead one at #ASHG26. Submit your Featured Symposium or Interactive Workshop proposal by January 20, 2026! We're looking for key breakthroughs in #AI, #GeneticCounseling, #PrecisionMedicine & more. 🔗 https://www.ashg.org/annual-meeting-2026/ #ASHG
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No clear evidence to support any link between maternal acetaminophen (Tylenol) intake and autism or ADHD in offspring, a new umbrella, systematic review
@bmj.com
@bmj.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
No clear evidence to support any link between maternal acetaminophen (Tylenol) intake and autism or ADHD in offspring, a new umbrella, systematic review
@bmj.com
@bmj.com
Mediterranean diet, a good health system and social connections share.google/l7MiadxTA3zp...
Italy’s centenarians grow in number as another 2,000 reach the milestone
Southern European country has more than double the number of people aged over 100 than it did in 2009
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November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Mediterranean diet, a good health system and social connections share.google/l7MiadxTA3zp...
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China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
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The next rounds of the NHS Research Scotland Fellowships are now open for applications, with a closing date of Tuesday 9 December.
Read more about the schemes and apply 🔗 https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/nhs-research-scotland-fellowships/
Read more about the schemes and apply 🔗 https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/nhs-research-scotland-fellowships/
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The next rounds of the NHS Research Scotland Fellowships are now open for applications, with a closing date of Tuesday 9 December.
Read more about the schemes and apply 🔗 https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/nhs-research-scotland-fellowships/
Read more about the schemes and apply 🔗 https://www.cso.scot.nhs.uk/nhs-research-scotland-fellowships/
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Excited to share our latest work on the factors that determine what genes we find (and don't find!) in GWAS and burden tests.
We describe a critical concept that we call *specificity*.
Led by Jeff Spence and Hakhamanesh Mostafavi:
We describe a critical concept that we call *specificity*.
Led by Jeff Spence and Hakhamanesh Mostafavi:
How do GWAS and rare variant burden tests rank gene signals?
In new work @nature.com with @hakha.bsky.social, @jkpritch.bsky.social, and our wonderful coauthors we find that the key factors are what we call Specificity, Length, and Luck!
🧬🧪🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In new work @nature.com with @hakha.bsky.social, @jkpritch.bsky.social, and our wonderful coauthors we find that the key factors are what we call Specificity, Length, and Luck!
🧬🧪🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Specificity, length and luck drive gene rankings in association studies - Nature
Genetic association tests prioritize candidate genes based on different criteria.
www.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Excited to share our latest work on the factors that determine what genes we find (and don't find!) in GWAS and burden tests.
We describe a critical concept that we call *specificity*.
Led by Jeff Spence and Hakhamanesh Mostafavi:
We describe a critical concept that we call *specificity*.
Led by Jeff Spence and Hakhamanesh Mostafavi:
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Our latest paper has just been published in Cell!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
We developed a new method called MCC ultra, which allows 3D chromatin structure to be visualised with a 1 base pair pixel size.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
We developed a new method called MCC ultra, which allows 3D chromatin structure to be visualised with a 1 base pair pixel size.
November 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Our latest paper has just been published in Cell!
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
We developed a new method called MCC ultra, which allows 3D chromatin structure to be visualised with a 1 base pair pixel size.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...
We developed a new method called MCC ultra, which allows 3D chromatin structure to be visualised with a 1 base pair pixel size.
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Development that lasts a life time. Check out the 2025 special issue of @dev-journal.bsky.social on Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
Volume 152 Issue 20 | Development | The Company of Biologists
journals.biologists.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Development that lasts a life time. Check out the 2025 special issue of @dev-journal.bsky.social on Lifelong Development: the Maintenance, Regeneration and Plasticity of Tissues
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
journals.biologists.com/dev/issue/15...
I am not saying that all should be as awesome as Edinburgh @edinburghairport.bsky.social 👇🏼But airports without water refill stations (e.g. Dusseldorf) should be illegal
November 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I am not saying that all should be as awesome as Edinburgh @edinburghairport.bsky.social 👇🏼But airports without water refill stations (e.g. Dusseldorf) should be illegal
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This week's @nature.com cover highlights a report of A.I.- mediated distortion
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This week's @nature.com cover highlights a report of A.I.- mediated distortion
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
31 years ago. Not sure how many times I watched/listen to it, but I am sure I will keep returning to this performance for a long time.
November 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
31 years ago. Not sure how many times I watched/listen to it, but I am sure I will keep returning to this performance for a long time.
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"Intuitions of mathematical curves in young children's drawings"
In this new paper from the lab, Lorenzo Ciccione, Marie Lubineau, Theo Morfoisse and I show that 5 and 6 year olds already possess intuitions of linearity, curvature, period and compositionality.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this new paper from the lab, Lorenzo Ciccione, Marie Lubineau, Theo Morfoisse and I show that 5 and 6 year olds already possess intuitions of linearity, curvature, period and compositionality.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"Intuitions of mathematical curves in young children's drawings"
In this new paper from the lab, Lorenzo Ciccione, Marie Lubineau, Theo Morfoisse and I show that 5 and 6 year olds already possess intuitions of linearity, curvature, period and compositionality.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In this new paper from the lab, Lorenzo Ciccione, Marie Lubineau, Theo Morfoisse and I show that 5 and 6 year olds already possess intuitions of linearity, curvature, period and compositionality.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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💡 Join the 8th Bonn Brain Conference
March 23–25, 2026 | DZNE Bonn, Germany
Explore the latest in brain states, neural circuits, and behavior — with keynote talks by leading neuroscientists including Cori Bargmann and Edvard Moser @edvardmoser.bsky.social
March 23–25, 2026 | DZNE Bonn, Germany
Explore the latest in brain states, neural circuits, and behavior — with keynote talks by leading neuroscientists including Cori Bargmann and Edvard Moser @edvardmoser.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
💡 Join the 8th Bonn Brain Conference
March 23–25, 2026 | DZNE Bonn, Germany
Explore the latest in brain states, neural circuits, and behavior — with keynote talks by leading neuroscientists including Cori Bargmann and Edvard Moser @edvardmoser.bsky.social
March 23–25, 2026 | DZNE Bonn, Germany
Explore the latest in brain states, neural circuits, and behavior — with keynote talks by leading neuroscientists including Cori Bargmann and Edvard Moser @edvardmoser.bsky.social
Another myth busted: No indication that left-handers have a special talent for visual arts and architecture - new paper by
René Westerhausen www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
René Westerhausen www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Handedness of acclaimed architects: No indication for an over-proportional representation of non-right handers
The claim that left handers are over-proportionally common among architects has inspired both scientific theories and popular beliefs about left handedness. However, a review of the existing litera...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Another myth busted: No indication that left-handers have a special talent for visual arts and architecture - new paper by
René Westerhausen www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
René Westerhausen www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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"I’ve always 100% believed in the right to choose. When I was diagnosed myself, it seemed natural to help campaign for it, whether it happens in my lifetime or not." - @sophierblake.bsky.social
Please read this moving photo essay from The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Please read this moving photo essay from The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Bad deaths scar families for ever’: what terminally ill people want you to know about assisted dying
For patients like Maddie Cowey, who was 18 when she was diagnosed with incurable cancer, the stakes of the debate couldn’t be higher. Photographer Alicia Canter spent four months capturing people faci...
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
"I’ve always 100% believed in the right to choose. When I was diagnosed myself, it seemed natural to help campaign for it, whether it happens in my lifetime or not." - @sophierblake.bsky.social
Please read this moving photo essay from The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Please read this moving photo essay from The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
The genetic lottery goes to school: Better schools compensate for the effects of students’ genetic differences
www.pnas.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
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This event is in St Andrews tomorrow!
"Kharkiv is a dream: building cities for a fragile world" - book presentation and talk at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social this Wednesday 29th October 2025, 4-6pm
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/khark...
events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/khark...
October 28, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This event is in St Andrews tomorrow!
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Wilson & Jungner is the classic work on principles and practice of screening from the 1960s. This is how Margaret McCartney ends her brilliant Adelphi Lecture tonight.
October 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Wilson & Jungner is the classic work on principles and practice of screening from the 1960s. This is how Margaret McCartney ends her brilliant Adelphi Lecture tonight.
Exciting! See you in Scotland
Thank you to all our speakers, attendees, volunteers, and staff! Without your participation, the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics wouldn't be possible.
We look forward to seeing everyone next year in Glasgow, Scotland!
We look forward to seeing everyone next year in Glasgow, Scotland!
October 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Exciting! See you in Scotland
Wonderful to meet at #ScotHRIC25 some of our @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Health Data Science MSc students.
October 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Wonderful to meet at #ScotHRIC25 some of our @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Health Data Science MSc students.
Now with the correct hashtag 🥴 #ScotHRIC25
More sunlight 🌞 rather than vitam D supplements 💊 are sssociated with better health outcomes. Great talk by Richard Weller at #scotHIRC25 Paper 👉🏼 share.google/d8zF9ueD6fpi...
October 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Now with the correct hashtag 🥴 #ScotHRIC25
More sunlight 🌞 rather than vitam D supplements 💊 are sssociated with better health outcomes. Great talk by Richard Weller at #scotHIRC25 Paper 👉🏼 share.google/d8zF9ueD6fpi...
October 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
More sunlight 🌞 rather than vitam D supplements 💊 are sssociated with better health outcomes. Great talk by Richard Weller at #scotHIRC25 Paper 👉🏼 share.google/d8zF9ueD6fpi...
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Over 100 inspiring ePosters, over a wide range of topics, are available to browse online throughout #ScotHRIC25 @uofgregiusanna.bsky.social
Browse our four themes and the extensive projects 🔗 https://my.ltb.io/index.html#/showcase/research-conference
Browse our four themes and the extensive projects 🔗 https://my.ltb.io/index.html#/showcase/research-conference
October 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Over 100 inspiring ePosters, over a wide range of topics, are available to browse online throughout #ScotHRIC25 @uofgregiusanna.bsky.social
Browse our four themes and the extensive projects 🔗 https://my.ltb.io/index.html#/showcase/research-conference
Browse our four themes and the extensive projects 🔗 https://my.ltb.io/index.html#/showcase/research-conference
