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Karl Friston

Karl Friston: “The hallmark of a good scientist is asking questions that no-one has asked before”

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Mike Flannigan

Educational Achievement and Intelligence

Behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin on explaining genetic variance in intelligence, the Finnish educational model, and the probabilistic approach to genetic differences in children's abilities to learn

Genetics and Education

Neuroscientist Michael Thomas on the heritability of intelligence, the predictive power of the DNA, and a reductionist explanation of children's educational outcomes

Biomarkers of Aging

Biologist Tim Spector on the different ways of assessing biological age, twin studies, and the microbiome

Metabolic Phenotyping in Health and Disease

Biochemist Ian Wilson on the interaction between genotype and phenotype, prediction of metabolic disease, and the analysis of the metabolites

Prevention of Diabetes

Epidemologist Nick Wareham on how social and economic changes can contribute to the prevention of diabetes, the most balanced diet, and genetic predisposition to the disease

The Link between Obesity and Diabetes

Epidemiologist Nick Wareham on metformin, preventive therapy of diabetes, and metabolism in obese people

Type 2 Diabetes

Epidemiologist Nick Wareham on the discovery of insulin, clinical diagnostic tests for diabetes, and the thrifty metabolism hypothesis

Huntington’s Disease

Molecular Neurogeneticist David Rubinsztein on the Kennedy disease, CAG repeats, and autophagy

Cognitive Variability

Neuroscientist Michael Thomas on differences between children, computational modeling, and the new skills that our species acquired

Genetic epidemiologist Tim Spector on the genetic determinism, origins of addictions and diseases, and differences between twins

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