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Hayley Moulding PhD student

PhD student nominated for social mobility award

13 October 2017

Hayley reached the shortlist for the first year of the UK Social Mobility Awards

Sinead Morrison and participant 22q therapy

22q and motor difficulties - developing new therapies

4 October 2017

Researchers at Cardiff University discuss their research into developing new therapies for people with 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.

Katie Lewis in Hadyn Ellis Building

Sleep and mood in bipolar disorder

2 October 2017

Researchers at the Centre investigate the link between sleep loss and bipolar disorder

Two characters from The Library of Imagined Genes production

University scientists at Cardiff Book Festival

19 September 2017

Was Lady Macbeth’s torment or Cinderella’s disposition influenced by their DNA?

Jasmine Donaldson

PhD student Jasmine wins prize at showcase for early career researchers

23 August 2017

Jasmine took home the prize for best talk at the 11th Mammalian Genes, Development and Disease Meeting

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Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2017

21 July 2017

Professor Lesley Jones spoke about genetic research in Huntington's disease (HD) at the Huntington's Disease Therapeutics Conference 2017 in Malta.

summer school 2017

MRC Summer School hailed an "eye-opening opportunity" and "inspiring" success

14 July 2017

Delegates travelled far and wide to join us for the 8th Annual Summer School in Brain Disorder Research

Photograph of Dr James Walters, Jonny Benjamin and Neil Laybourn

MRC Festival: Voices of hope and progress

6 July 2017

Mental health campaigners Jonny Benjamin and Neil Laybourn deliver a powerful talk around schizophrenia, stigma and suicide

Photograph of Dr James Walters sitting at his desk

How do genetic risk factors impact physical health in schizophrenia?

4 July 2017

Dr Walters has been awarded a grant by MQ: Transforming Mental Health to study the link between copy number variants and physical ill-health in schizophrenia

Chromosomes

Genomic copy number variants contribute to cognitive impairment

28 June 2017

Researchers at the Centre find that CNVs contribute to cognitive impairment in the UK.