As it was Mental Health Awareness Week last week, this week’s blog post will highlight the importance of understanding the impact of stress from a neuroscientific perspective and discuss tips on how to reduce stress. Stress is normal and a part of everyday life. Some…
In the last few decades, non-coding DNA has been a hot topic of discussion and debate within the scientific community. In this blog, we decode the mysteries of non-coding DNA, unveiling their genetic significance beyond the “junk” label. Figure from: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2021/09/17/junk-dna-the-98-of-the-human-genome-that-does-not-encode-proteins-is-often-called-useless-but-the-reality-is-more-complicated/ The discovery of…
We often think about depression and anxiety in terms of symptom severity. In this week’s blog, we explore the role functional impairment plays in those disorders, as it tends to be overlooked. What is functional impairment? Functional impairment relates to what is more commonly…
Once only possible in lab based experiments, we are now able to test people’s learning of fear via their smartphones, facilitating bigger experiments and better data. F stands for FLARe. And FLARe stands for Fear Learning and Anxiety Response. It is the name of our bespoke…
Who doesn’t love a story? People’s career stories can make brilliant case studies, for inspiration and advice. This blog will help you think about where to find case studies and what to do with them once you have them. The Life Scientific thread…
PhD student Katherine Thompson outlines findings from her recent paper investigating trajectories of social isolation.
Placement students Rishita (CoTEDS) and Mathu (TEDS) give their outlook on what it is like working at the SGDP centre. Their answers range from day- to- day life, tips for the application process as well as its influence on their future career paths.
Dr Susanna Roberts joined the Medical Research Foundation as a Research Manager in 2019 to deliver research funding competitions and manage a portfolio of funded research grants and fellowships. In this blog, Susanna was interviewed on her career transition by EDIT lab PhD student, Abi, and placement student, Mathu. Susanna…
It was time for me to talk. Read Sarah*’s story of her journey with anxiety, and how realising that the time to talk helped her to regain her voice.
Today’s post forms the second part of Hollie’s interview with Stella Ogunlade, inspired by Black History Month which was celebrated in October. Stella is a black female Assistant Psychologist working with individuals with eating disorders in Yorkshire. Here, she describes her experience as a black woman being employed in the…
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