Dr. Margherita Malanchini
@MarghMalanchini
Developmental psychologist at @QMUL. Director of the Cognition, Development and Education research lab (http://codelab.science). Mum of 2. She/her
Massive shout out to @ElhamAssary for this massive and impressive piece of work, and to our much-missed @Rob_Keers who initiated and led the project.
Researchers @KingsCollegeLon @QMULBartsTheLon @UCLBrainScience have found #genetic factors that may make people more sensitive to the environments they experience. The study in @NatureHumBehav is the largest genetics study of identical #twins to date. 🔗kcl.ac.uk/news/largest-t…
New CoDE Lab study: Disorder-specific genetic effects drive the associations between psychopathology and cognitive functioning. Link to preprint: medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
It’s not very often that a speech in Parliament makes me cry but this did. Humanity in politics is very thin on the ground currently so the humanity here is outstanding. Well said & well done for being a decent & empathic MP which is rare @_Chris_Coghlan
Happy to share our new study on genetic & environmental contributors to age-related decline in ~100K UK Biobank participants! @NatureComms Here, we used simulation work + longitudinal GWAS to explore risks involved in cognitive/physical decline (1/)🧵🧵 shorturl.at/99gqL
Modern GWAS can identify 1000s of hits but it can be hard to turn this into biological insight. What key cellular functions link genetic variation to disease? I'm excited to present our new work combining associations + Perturb-seq to build interpretable causal graphs! A🧵
New CoDE Lab preprint led by @QuanZhouu💫. We investigated whether spatial ability consistently predicts STEM success beyond other cognitive skills and what aspects of spatial ability predict success in STEM more accurately. Link: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
I am excited to join this talented group of researchers who study learning and child development. Thank you, @Foundation_JF! @QM_Psych @QM_SBBS
✍ Meet the 2024 cohort and get inspired today: bit.ly/3OoYSEU #Callforapplications #Educationfellowships #Researchfellowships
The call for applications for the Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship is now open! 🎉 The Program offers #fellowships to early- & mid-career researchers whose work is dedicated to improving the #learning & #development of children worldwide. For information on how to apply,…
My group's work dissecting the contribution of common variants to rare neurodevelopmental conditions is now out at nature.com/articles/s4158…. See this thread from co-first authors @qinqin_huang and @EmilieWigdor with a summary of the key findings.
1/ We’re excited to share our new preprint “Dissecting the contribution of common variants to risk of rare neurodevelopmental conditions” available on medRxiv! medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
Interested in ADHD and ageing? PhD with @adhdlifelab @QMULPsychology investigating ADHD in late life using genetic and longitudinal approaches. Co-supervised by @MarghMalanchini. Funded by Chinese Scholarship Council, Chinese citizens eligible for funding findaphd.com/phds/project/a…