Michelle Luciano is a Professor (Personal Chair of Behavioural Genetics) at the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on the use of twin studies to estimate genetic and environmental contributions to human behavior.[1] She has conducted research on the relationship between Mediterranean diet and brain volume.[2][3][4][5] She was awarded the Visiting Professor Award to visit Trinity College Dublin in June 2019.[6] She was a lead researcher in a study which identified 42 genetic variants associated with dyslexia and that the genetic risk was similar between sexes, this project was in collaboration with researchers from Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, and 23andMe .[7][8][9][10]
Michelle Luciano | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Scottish, Italian, Australian |
| Education | James Cook University University of Queensland |
| Known for | Behavioral genetics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh |
References
edit- ^ "Michelle Luciano". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Foods for brain health". Age UK. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ Luciano, Michelle; Corley, Janie; Cox, Simon R.; Valdés Hernández, Maria C.; Craig, Leone C. A.; Dickie, David Alexander; Karama, Sherif; McNeill, Geraldine M.; Bastin, Mark E.; Wardlaw, Joanna M.; Deary, Ian J. (31 January 2017). "Mediterranean-type diet and brain structural change from 73 to 76 years in a Scottish cohort". Neurology. 88 (5): 449–455. doi:10.1212/WNL.0000000000003559. ISSN 1526-632X. PMC 5278943. PMID 28053008.
- ^ Luciano, Michelle; Corley, J.; Hernández, M. C. Valdés; Craig, L. C. A.; McNeill, G.; Bastin, M. E.; Deary, I. J.; Cox, S. R.; Wardlaw, J. M. (1 April 2022). "Mediterranean-Type Diet and Brain Structural Change from 73 to 79 Years in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936". The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging. 26 (4): 368–372. doi:10.1007/s12603-022-1760-5. hdl:2164/18821. ISSN 1760-4788. PMID 35450993. S2CID 247501690.
- ^ "Mediterranean diet 'reduces pensioner brain shrinkage'". BBC News. 4 January 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ Visiting Professor Dr Michelle Luciano, University of Edinburgh, retrieved 6 November 2022
- ^ Pinkstone, Joe (20 October 2022). "Dyslexia runs in the family". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ Doust, Catherine; Fontanillas, Pierre; Eising, Else; Gordon, Scott D.; Wang, Zhengjun; Alagöz, Gökberk; Molz, Barbara; Pourcain, Beate St; Francks, Clyde; Marioni, Riccardo E.; Zhao, Jingjing; Paracchini, Silvia; Talcott, Joel B.; Monaco, Anthony P.; Stein, John F. (20 October 2022). "Discovery of 42 genome-wide significant loci associated with dyslexia". Nature Genetics. 54 (11): 1621–1629. doi:10.1038/s41588-022-01192-y. ISSN 1546-1718. PMC 9649434. PMID 36266505.
- ^ "Gene study identifies DNA variants linked to dyslexia". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
- ^ "Host of genes and genetic variants linked to dyslexia identified". the Guardian. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
External links
edit- Faculty page
- Michelle Luciano publications indexed by Google Scholar
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