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Yulia Kovas
Yulia is a Professor of Genetics and Psychology at Goldsmiths, and a visiting Professor at University of Sussex (UK), New York University in London, Tomsk State University (Russia) and Higher School of Economics (Russia). She also lectures at UCL and King's College, London and supervises many BSc, MSc, PhD, and Post-graduate students' research in the UK and abroad. In addition to being the Director of InLab, she co-directs the International Centre for Research in Human Development (ICRHD) at Tomsk State University and the Russian-British Laboratory for Behavioural Genetics at the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education , Moscow. She leads the genetically informative research into mathematical development in the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS) at King's College, London; and directs the Russian School Twin Registry (RSTR). The goal of her research programme is to provide insights into the development of individual differences in cognitive abilities, emotional and motivational processes and academic achievement. Understanding the origins of variation in these traits will ultimately lead to more personalised educational approaches and to better education for all learners.
Yulia Kovas received her Ph.D. in 2007 from the SGDP Centre, Institute of Psychiatry. Her thesis on Generalist Genes and Mathematics explored the origins of the individual differences in school mathematics. She received a degree in Literature and Linguistics as well as teaching qualifications from the University of St Petersburg, Russia in 1996 and taught children of all ages for 6 years. She received a B.Sc in Psychology from Birkbeck College, University of London in 2003 and an MSc in Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry from the SGDP Centre, King's College. This eclectic – interdisciplinary and international – educational background has ultimately led to the formation of InLab at Goldsmiths, University of London. The laboratory conducts international, interdisciplinary research into individual differences in cognition, motivation, achievement and other educationally relevant traits – with the aim of providing new knowledge that can be used to improve education. A major focus of the research is on numerical ability, mathematics, spatial ability, as well as creativity – STEAM fields. InLab is one of the founding members of INRiCHD – an International Network for Research in Child Health and Development.
In addition to this research programme, Professor Kovas is also involved in promotion of genetic knowledge and in work that considers implications of genetic research. She is a member of the Council for Ethical, Societal and Legal Implications of Genetic Research in Child Development and Education; and Chair of the Psychology Department Ethics Committee at Goldsmiths. In 2015, InLab and the ICRHD became the founding members of TAGC – The Accessible Genetics Consortium.
Scientific Advisors
Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin is a Professor of Behavioural Genetics at the MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. In 1994, he came to the Institute of Psychiatry as MRC Research Professor to establish with Professor Michael Rutter the SGDP Centre. The theme of the Centre and of his research is bringing together genetic and environmental research strategies to study behavioural development. In 1994, Plomin launched the Twins Early Development Study (TEDs) of all twins born in England and Wales in 1994-96, which focuses on developmental problems in cognition and behaviour. During the past decade his research has increasingly turned towards harnessing the power of molecular genetics, especially genome-wide association strategies, to identify genes for psychological traits in order to help understand the developmental interplay between genes and environment. Plomin has published more than 500 papers and is senior author of the major textbook in the field ('Behavioral Genetics,' Worth Publishers, 5th edition, 2008) as well as author of a dozen other books.
Stephen Petrill
Steve Petrill a Professor at the Department of Human Development and Family Science at the Ohio State University. One of the most important unanswered questions in the reading literature is the changing relationship between oral language, reading fluency, mathematics, mathematics fluency, and reading comprehension during development. A major thrust of Prof Petrill's research agenda has been the development of a new prospective, longitudinal twin study examining children as they acquire reading and math skills. This study, called the Western Reserve Reading Project (WRRP) involves 450 pairs of MZ and same-sex DZ twins who were recruited in Kindergarten or first grade and assessed via 8 home visits. The study has also examined how these same genetic and environmental influences are associated with other domains such as oral language, motivation, task persistence, and socioemotional adjustment. Recently, the project has received a new grant to examine math cognition, and its relationship with psychometric math performance and earlier reading skills. Professor Petrill has also been moving towards more applied work. In particular, although studies have shown significant mean improvement in response to reading, language, and math interventions, there is also substantial variability in response to instruction. Genetically-sensitive designs may offer a means to not only better understand this variability, but also yield more precisely targeted environmental interventions.
Sergey Malykh
Professor of Psychology, Head of the Developmental Laboratory of Behavioural Genetics at the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education). At InLab, Professor Malykh consults on all aspects of psychophysiology, behavioural genetics, and cross-cultural investigations. He co-supervises PhD students involved in the Cross-cultural collaborations. As an example of his involvement, he is leading the Kyrgyz component of the large international Cross-Cultural Investigation into Early Precursors of Mathematics, as well as the Russian component of the cross-cultural twin investigation of fluid intelligence. Professor Malykh co-directs with Prof Kovas the Russian-British Laboratory of Behavioural Genetics.
Michel Boivin
Michel Boivin holds the Canada Research Chair in Child Development and is currently professor of psychology at the School of Psychology of Université Laval, Québec, Canada. He was previously (2000-05) a senior fellow of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). He leads a research program on the biological, psychological, and social components of child development. He has played a central role in the creation and follow-up of large population-based longitudinal studies of children, including the Quebec Newborn Twin study (600 families of twins followed since birth), and the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development, a population-based representative birth cohort of 2000 children and their families from Quebec. He is director at Université Laval of the Research Unit on Children's Psychosocial Maladjustment (GRIP), an interdisciplinary and inter-university research center investigating risk and protective factors influencing children's development, and of the Strategic Knowledge Cluster on Early Child Development (SRC-ECD), a pan-canadian consortium for knowledge mobilization on this issue. The SRC-ECD supports the construction of the Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development, of which he is an editor. Michel Boivin is a member of the Royal Society of Canada.
Gordon Harold
Gordon Harold is Professor and Chair of Developmental Psychopathology and Quantitative Behavioural Genetics in the School of Psychology at the University of Leicester. Originally from Dublin, his primary research interests focus on the role of the family as a context for understanding children's normal and abnormal psychological development, genetic influences underlying children's emotional and behavioural development, practice and policy applications of research relating to family influences on children's development, and the application of statistical modeling techniques to the analysis of longitudinal data. He is presently involved in several ongoing longitudinal projects nationally and internationally (UK, USA, China, New Zealand), including studies examining the interplay between genetic and family environmental factors on children's mental health, the early origins of childhood aggression and the disruptive behaviour disorders, the early detection and prevention of adolescent depression, the long-term impact of domestic violence on children's psychological development, and the implementation of effective intervention programs aimed at assisting children in the context of parental separation-divorce and other high-risk contexts (adoption and foster care).
Prior to his present appointment, Gordon held the post of Alexander McMillan Chair and Professor of Psychology at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Having studied and worked at the Institute for Social and Behavioural Development at Iowa State University between 1991-1995, he received his PhD from Cardiff University in 1998, was appointed Lecturer in Psychology the same year and Professor of Psychology in 2008. He holds appointments as Honorary Professor and Affiliate Member of the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics at Cardiff University, and is an Affiliate Research Scientist at the Oregon Social Learning Center, USA. He has served as an advisor to Government Departments nationally and internationally, including the Home Office, Department for Education, Ministry of Justice, the Welsh Government in the UK and the Office of the Prime Minister's Science Advisory Committee, New Zealand.
Alice Gregory
Alice Gregory is a Professor of Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her work focuses on understanding the aetiology of concurrent and longitudinal associations between sleep disturbances and a range of other phenotypes. She first developed an interest in sleep research as an undergraduate student at Oxford University. Following completion of her degree, she studied in Japan for a year collecting cross-cultural data for her first publication in the field of sleep research. Upon her return she commenced her PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry using epidemiological and twin samples to learn more about the associations between sleep disturbances, anxiety and depression. Alice has published over 100 papers and chapters, mainly focusing on sleep and associated traits.
Gráinne McLoughlin
Dr Gráinne McLoughlin completed her PhD training and initial postdoctoral training in quantitative genetics and EEG at the Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre. She completed further postdoctoral training in computational neuroscience at the Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience at the University of California San Diego and the Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego. She took up the position of Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience at King's College London in 2013. Her main research interests include investigation of abnormal brain function in multiple psychiatric disorders, including attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism spectrum disorders and psychosis. She is also particularly interested in timing and synchronization of brain function and its impact on attention and behaviour. Dr McLoughlin is the Director of the Spring and Summer EEG School at King's College London.
Alice Jones
Dr Alice Jones is the Director of the Unit for School and Family Studies, a research unit at Goldsmiths, University of London. She completed her PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London and spent time as a post-doctoral researcher at UCL before joining Goldsmiths. Alice's main research interest is in the cognitive and affective correlates of behavioural problems, particularly those that impact on a child's education. Her work takes a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding behavioural difficulties, including neuroimaging, behavioural genetic investigations, as well as neuropsychological and behavioural research.
Most recently, Alice has been working with colleagues in Educational Psychology to develop and evaluate interventions for children showing difficult behaviour in the classroom.
Yu Luo
Yu Luo is an assistant professor at Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Science. She received her Ph.D. in 2011 from the National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, China. She has a strong interest in behavioural genetics and cognitive neuroscience. Her research includes behavioural genetic studies of self-concept and cognition abilities, and neural imaging studies of face perception. Currently, her work focuses on the genetics and neural correlates of self-esteem.
Jean-Pascal Lemelin
Since 2007, Dr. Jean-Pascal Lemelin is Assistant Professor at the Department of Psychoeducation, University of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. He received his PhD (Developmental Psychology)in 2004 from the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivieres (UQTR) and then moved on to Laval University (Quebec City, Canada) where he received a three-year postdoctoral training in behavior genetics and became involved in the Quebec Newborn Twin Study. His current research interests include, among others, the genetic-environmental etiology of individual differences in school readiness and early school achievement and the developmental trajectories of math skills, with a specific focus on their environmental antecedents and consequences for later school achievement. He is currently implementing in Sherbrooke, Canada, an investigation of early number skills in over 100 5-year-old, French-Canadian children. This data collection will contribute to ongoing cross-cultural studies of number and math skills conducted within the InLab.
Xinlin Zhou
Dr. Xinlin Zhou is an associate professor at the National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, China. His research interests focus on the mathematical cognition, including the neural correlates of mathematical cognition from numerosity, numbers, calculation to math reasoning, gender differences in mathematics, and the development of mathematical abilities. The representative publications are in Cognition, Memory & Cognition, Neuroimage, Neuropsychologia, and other journals. His research on the mathematical cognition received the supports from the Natural Science Foundation of China and the program New Century Excellent Talents at Universities.
MSc and Doctoral Students
Elaine White
Elaine White gained a BSc (Hons) in Psychology and an MSc in the Science of Psychology, Genetics and Education at Goldsmiths, University of London. Elaine is interested in child development and education with a particular focus on STEM fields. She is currently conducting her PhD research which includes an investigation into teacher/classroom effects in relation to mathematical achievement cross-culturally in 11-12 year old students. She is also involved in an investigation into potential differences between twin pairs taught by the same or different teacher. Her research combines longitudinal, cross-cultural and quantitative genetics designs. Elaine is also collaborating on several longitudinal projects, which include: the pre-birth cohort study in Tomsk (Russia) and an investigation into the social development of Tomsk kindergarten children. These are part of her role at the Laboratory for Investigations into Biopsychosocial Factors in Child Development, Tomsk State University. She is also collaborating on a study of Italian high school students: the Multi-cohort Investigation into Learning and Educational Success (MILES). Elaine's keen interest in promoting science communication especially in the field of behavioural genetics has led to her involvement with The Accessible Genetics Consortium (TAGC) which seeks to communicate knowledge in an accessible way and to address its legal and ethical implications – to enable everyone to benefit from genetic discoveries.
Tomasz Bloniewski
Tom is currently working on his doctoral thesis supervised by Professor Yulia Kovas. His research interests are centred around affect and the way it influences cognition. He received his BSc at Birkbeck College where he worked on attentional capacity limits in anxiety. He then progressed to MSc in Science of Psychology, Genetics, and Education at Goldsmiths – his Masters thesis focused on decomposing the genetic and environmental variation in trait anxiety, mathematics anxiety, mathematical abilities, and working memory. He is currently working on a number of projects. Firstly, he is involved in a study that looks at developmental trajectories leading to mathematics anxiety and therefore decrements in mathematical performance in a sample of British twins (TEDS). Secondly, he is involved in a large scale study on anxiety and cognition in a sample of Russian twins (PROGRESS) based at the International Centre for Research in Human Development. He uses an interdisciplinary approach in his research with methods including EEG, quantitative genetics, and longitudinal modelling. In addition to his role as a doctoral researcher, he is involved in science dissemination body – The Accessible Genetics Consortium (TAGC) where he is responsible for event organisation and management. He teaches Psychology to second-year Undergraduate students and advanced statistical methods to Postgraduate students at the Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London. Recently, he has been appointed the Director of Data Analysis module as a part of MSc Human Development: Genetics, Neuroscience, and Psychology.
Robert Chapman
Robert is a PhD student at Goldsmiths, University of London under the supervision of Professor Kovas and Dr Jones. In his research he is looking at how the public engages with genetic and genomic research. Ever since the sequencing of the human genome in 2000 genetics has played an increasing part in everyday life, not just in medical terms but also in relation to psychology, education and society. With the rate of genetic research increasing it is becoming increasingly important that all people are able to engage with genetics in informed and reasoned ways. Robert has worked to develop the International Genetic Literacy and Attitudes Survey – iGLAS (tagc.world/iglas) to help investigate what people know, think and feel about genetics, not only in relation to medicine, but also broader aspects of society, education, law and ethics. To help improve public engagement with genetics Robert was also one of the founding members of The Accessible Genetics Consortium (www.tagc.world).
Teemu Toivainen
Teemu recently completed his Master's degree in Research Methods in Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. Supervised by Professor Yulia Kovas, his dissertation investigated average sex differences in non-verbal and verbal abilities over childhood and adolescence. The study utilised a large sample from the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS) and also examined whether the mentioned differences were influenced by the transfer of prenatal testosterone. Teemu is broadly interested in how intelligence and its subcomponents are related to other cognitive abilities such as creativity and mental resilience. His current research interests include the genetic influence on environmental measures as well as developmental changes over the lifespan. He hopes to begin his PhD in due course.
Emily Smith-Woolley
Emily gained her MSc in the Science of Psychology, Genetics and Education from Goldsmiths, University of London. During her MSc, Emily focused on the developmental associations between arithmetic and phonological processing. In 2015, Emily started a PhD with the Twins Early Development Study based at the Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King's College London under the supervision of Professor Robert Plomin and Professor Yulia Kovas. At the moment, Emily is looking at the early predictors of later language problems and how these associations are influenced by genes and environments. Another area of her research focuses on looking at the aetiology of associations between pubertal timing and its links to later internalising (depression, anxiety) and externalising (conduct disorder) problems. Parallel to her research, Emily is also involved in science communication activities and has set up a series of video interviews with researchers, she designs and writes part of the annual TEDS newsletter and manages the TEDS Facebook account. She has recently jointly set up The Accessible Genetics Consortium (TAG-C) with the aim to: communicate genetic knowledge in an accessible way and to address its ethical and legal implications – to enable everyone to benefit from genetic discoveries.
Kaili Rimfeld
Kaili gained her BSc in Psychology and MSc in Developmental Psychology from Birkbeck College, University of London. During her MSc studies, Kaili focused on the investigation of whether the DNA variation that causes several genetic disorders is also associated with normal variation in mathematical ability in the general population. In 2013, Kaili received a MRC studentship and began her PhD at the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King's College London. The aim of her PhD research was to increase understanding of the aetiology of individual differences in educational achievement at the end of compulsory schooling and beyond.
Kaili is currently working as a postdoctoral fellow at TEDS, her research is focused on the role of gene-environment interplay in educational achievement. She is interested in early predictors of educational achievement, as well as life outcomes associated with it, such as the quality of life and health outcomes. She is currently exploring how different school experiences influence adverse life outcomes, for example depression and anxiety.
Saskia Selzam
Saskia joined InLab during her undergraduate degree in Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London and was supervised by Prof Yulia Kovas in her final year. She is currently doing her PhD with the Twins Early Development Study, at the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre under the supervision of Prof Robert Plomin. Saskia is fascinated by the dynamic interplay between genes and the environment. She is especially interested in the genetic contribution to the experience of certain environments, such as socioeconomic status. Another of her areas of focus is the investigation of genetic relatedness between health, health behaviour, personality and intelligence, and how this relates to other life outcomes. She engages in the ongoing projects, such as The Accessible Genetics Consortium (TAG-C).
Gabrielle Garon-Carrier
Gabrielle graduated from her Ph.D. in Psychology at Université Laval, Québec (Canada), in 2016. During her graduated studies, she worked on the onset and developmental course of number knowledge. Her research mainly focuses on the aetiology of the variation in, and covariation between number knowledge and math across development; and on the early family and cognitive predictors of children at risk of later math difficulties. In addition, Gabrielle also worked on the longitudinal project on motivation and school achievement, and conducted several studies on this topic. Working with two longitudinal databases: the Quebec Newborn Twin Studies (QNTS), and the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development, her research integrates longitudinal and genetically-sensitive designs. In 2013, Gabrielle completed a research internship as a part of the international student placement supervised by Professor Yulia Kovas in which she contributed to various InLab research projects such as the cross-cultural study on mathematically-relevant cognition conducted by the research groups in the UK and Canada, as well as the academic motivational study conducted across several international twin studies. Since this, she keeps collaborating on several projects, taking part in a genetic cross-cultural study on the association of number line and math abilities, and to a cross-cultural study testing potential teacher effects on achievement and motivation.
International Associate Members
Margherita Malanchini
Margherita Malanchini received a BSc in Psychology from Goldsmiths University of London in 2010 and an MSc in Developmental Sciences from Birkbeck University of London in 2012. Margherita started her PhD at Goldsmiths University of London in October 2013, supervised by Professor Yulia Kovas. Her PhD research, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, focused on the non-cognitive side of educational achievement. During her PhD work, Margherita started a longitudinal study: a Multi-cohort Investigation into Learning and Educational Success (MILES) and collaborated at several large-scale projects, including the Twins Early Development Study. After her PhD, Margherita worked as a Postdoctoral researcher at the Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre, King's College London, where she remains a Research Fellow, mentored by Professor Robert Plomin. Margherita joined the Texas Twin Project at the University of Texas at Austin as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in April 2017, mentored by Dr. Elliot Tucker-Drob and Dr. Paige Harden. Her primary research interests are in the fields of education, cognition and wellbeing, which she approaches combining behavioural genetic and developmental methodologies. The goal of Margherita's research is to provide knowledge that can inform educational practice and interventions.
Kostas A. Papageorgiou
Dr. Papageorgiou is a Lecturer in Developmental Psychopathology at Queen's University Belfast and an Associate Professor in Personality Psychology at Tomsk State University in Russia. Kostas lectures on MSc courses in the School of Psychology at Queen's and he supervises BSc, MSc, PhD, and Post-Graduate students' research. He is also the convenor of the course "Interdisciplinary Study of Development I" in the International MSc in Human Development: Genetics, Neuroscience and Psychology at Tomsk State University. Kostas is the Director of the InteRRaCt Lab and an International Associate Member of InLab at Goldsmiths, and the Russian-British Behavioural Genetics Laboratory at the Psychological Institute of the Russian Academy of Education. He is also a member of the committee of the Special Interest Group in Paediatric Psychology of the Psychological Society of Ireland and a member of the International Society for Intelligence Research. In 2011, Kostas was awarded a European Marie Curie Fellowship to pursue a PhD (2011-2015) at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development at Birkbeck University of London. His doctoral thesis "Individual Differences in Infant Visual Attention: Links to Child Temperament, Behaviour and Genetic Variation" explored the genetics of visual attention in the first year of life; and the degree to which individual differences in newborns' and infants' visual attention predict variation in temperament, cognition and symptoms of psychopathology in childhood. Kostas uses an interdisciplinary approach in his research, combining methods in cognitive and developmental neuroscience, personality assessment and genetics to study some of the factors that contribute to individual differences in resilience, cognition and academic performance.
Maja Rodic
Maja was awarded her PhD in 2015 from Goldsmiths, University of London, supervised by Professor Yulia Kovas. The principle goal of her PhD research was to increase the knowledge of the links between early (untaught) numerical development and later (taught) mathematical skills, using cross-cultural and genetically informative designs. Maja has worked as a Research Assistant of Professor Annette Karmiloff-Smith and colleagues at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development (CBCD), Birkbeck College where she was involved in studies which compared children across two genetic disorders, Down and Williams syndrome on numerical ability and face processing. She is currently a post doctoral research fellow at University of Sussex working on an evaluation of the AdOpt parenting programme, specifically designed for adoptive parents to help promote parenting techniques and supports that address particular difficulties adopted children may experience.
Maria Grazia Tosto
Maria is a researcher at InLab, Goldsmiths College, University of London and visiting researcher at the institute of Psychiatry, King's College-London. She is interested in individual differences in learning and cognition, with particular focus on numerical and mathematical abilities. She combines experimental and quantitative genetic approaches with cross-cultural and longitudinal designs to understand why some people are "maths smart", whereas others struggle with mathematics. Maria has contributed to the development of an online instrument assessing mathematical and cognitive abilities and that is currently used in UK and several other countries, including Russia, Kyrgyzia, US, and Canada. At InLab she is leading the Number Sense Projects, including cross-cultural research into the origins of the Number Sense. She collaborates on the twins and cross-cultural investigations, and oversees the management and collection of the data. She also mentors InLab students' projects, and teaches on Behavioural Genetics and MSc in Psychology, Genetics, and Education courses.
After receiving a BSc in Psychology from Birkbeck University of London, she completed an MSc in Cognitive Neuropsychology and Neuroscience at UCL investigating the neural correlates of priming on social cognition and memory. Maria received her PhD in 2012 from Goldsmiths College. During her PhD she conducted the first genetically sensitive investigation into the Number Sense.
Corina Greven
Corina Greven is a psychologist and behavioural geneticist. She works as a senior researcher at the Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behaviour, Radboudumc, and the Karakter Child and Adolescent Psychiatry University Cluster in the Netherlands. She is also a visiting researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London, UK. Corina has a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from University College London, UK (2007), and an MSc (2008) and PhD (December 2011) in Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry from the IoPPN. Corina specialises in the genetic and neurobiological underpinnings of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). She also works on a mindfulness intervention project for youth with ADHD and their parents (the MindChamp project). Corina is a researcher on the NeuroIMAGE project, the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS) , and the MiND project. In InLab, she advises on all aspects of studying ADHD in an educationally-relevant context.
Claire Haworth
Claire Haworth is a Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King's College London, and Deputy Director of the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS). Her research includes the first behavioural genetic analysis of school science performance, as well as multivariate investigations of the links between different cognitive and learning abilities and disabilities. She is particularly interested in positive outcomes from high cognitive ability through wellbeing and human flourishing, and in combining genetically sensitive approaches with intervention designs. In InLab, Claire provides advice on twin aspects of the research and she collaborates on twin projects.
Darya Gaysina
Darya Gaysina is an Investigator Scientist at the MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing. Darya has an MSc in Biology (Honours) from the Bashkir State University (Russia), and a PhD in Human Genetics from the Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences. Darya's thesis focused on molecular-genetic aspects of human aggressive behaviour. After completing her PhD Darya became a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics (2004), and then a Postdoctoral Researcher at the MRC SGDP Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London (2007), with her research focused on molecular-genetic investigation of psychiatric phenotypes. Darya joined the MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing in July 2008, and she is also an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London. Her current major area of interest is association of mental health with physical health and cognitive function. She applies an integrative life-course approach to study the mechanisms, both genetic and social, underlying this association. Darya maintains a strong interest in behavioural genetics. In InLab, she is leading the Study of association of common genetic variants in chromosomal abnormalities with variation in mathematical and spatial ability. Darya is leading the research into the molecular underpinnings of emotional problems in children at the Russian-British Laboratory of Behavioural Genetics.
Tatiana Tikhomirova
Tatiana Tikhomirova received her Ph.D. in 2002 from the Russian Academy of Science. She received a Masters Degree in Pedagogic sciences from the Moscow State Pedagogical Training University in 1995. Tatiana Tikhomirova has been a researcher at the Laboratory of Psychology and Psychophysiology of Creativity at the Institute of Psychology of the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, since January, 2002, and at the Developmental Behavioural Genetics Laboratory at the Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, since October, 2010. The current focus of her research is on problems of environmental determination of abilities and the role of family and educational surroundings in intellectual and creative development. Dr Tikhomirova is an author of more than 40 scientific works published in Russian and international journals. Dr Tikhomirova supervises many BSc and MSc, and PhD students' research. Dr Tatiana Tikhomirova is InLab's leading research consultant in Russia and is leading research into the environmental influences on development of individual differences in cognition and learning at the Russian-British Laboratory of Behavioural Genetics. Dr Tikhomirova is a member of the Bureau of Coordination of Science and Education Affairs at the Science, Technology, and Education Council of the President of the Russian Federation. One of the primary goals of the council is support for innovation-oriented studies.
Fatos Selita
Fatos Selita is a Barrister of England and Wales and a New York Attorney. He is a Director the IBL Consultancy which provides business and legal consultancy in international business matters. Fatos lectures on a variety of legal subjects and delivers expert training on advocacy and public speaking. Fatos collaborates with InLab on issues related to legal implications of genetic research in education (see an example here). He is a member of the Council on Ethical, Societal and Legal Implications of Genetic Research in Psychology and Education at the Institute of Genetic, Neurobiological and Social Foundations of Child Development at Tomsk State University, where he leads several policy-making and knowledge transfer projects. Fatos also co-directs AIR – intensive short interdisciplinary Summer and Winter courses run at Goldsmiths by InLab in collaboration with IBL.
Ziada Ayorech
Ziada completed her BSc (Hons) in Behavioural Neuroscience in Montreal, Canada. After that she moved to King's College London where she completed an MSc in Mental Health Studies. During her MSc, Ziada was first introduced to the notion of personalised medicine which laid the foundation for her interest in personalised education. To pursue these interests, Ziada began a PhD studying the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS) sample under the supervision of Professor Robert Plomin. Her current research is focused on individual differences in media use and the relation between these differences and social and psychological outcomes in early adulthood. She is also interested in the extent to which genes and environments influence social mobility and the role of general intelligence in social status change between generations. Ziada is particularly excited about the new stage of TEDS as the twins enter 'emerging adulthood'. This unique developmental period offers an unprecedented opportunity for her to explore the genetic and environmental antecedents of psychosocial adjustment over the course of her studies.
Jessica Charlesworth
Jessica is a designer, futures thinker and researcher with experience working for both public and private sector organisations to explore the future implications of their field. She explores ways of using design to understand, unravel and provoke rich interactions between people, technology, products and services. Since graduating from Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art, Jessica has run her own practice conducting design research initiatives and generating speculative design projects, often collaborating with scientists and other futurists, designers and academics. With this interdisciplinary approach she explores alternative futures that new technologies and science may hold. Projects include investigating the social and psychological implications of personal genomics, depicting the future of obesity in the UK for Foresight GOS, designing service experiences for online virtual worlds and coordinating academic research blogs about the future of group communication and the future of security and safe living. She has recently exhibited 'Citizen Evolution' at the MAKVienna in Austria and conducted experiential scenarios at 'The Future of Persuasion Conference' for the Institute for the Future in San Francisco. She has also conducted workshops and run studio teaching projects at the Glasgow School of Art, the Royal College of Art, Lancaster University and the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest. Jessica is also known as a design researcher and strategist having run numerous projects and workshops for leading design research and service design consultancies including SeymourPowellForesight, Sense Worldwide and Engine Service Design.
Julia Pascal
Julia Pascal is the artistic director of Pascal Theatre Company. Pascal Theatre Company has worked on drama production for over 25 years. Productions have been seen in the major London fringe theatres including showings at The British Library, The Imperial War Museum, The Purcell Room, the Lyric, Riverside Studios, The Drill Hall as well as in community centres and Swiss Cottage Library. Much of their current programme concentrates on youth drama projects at London community centres. Julia Pascal is known as a writer, journalist and producer of surprising and innovative work. Among the journals she has written for are The New Scientist, The New Statesman, The Observer, The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Jewish Chronicle and The Independent. For the BBC she has freelanced as an arts commentator. Pascal was a NESTA Fellow and had a Leverhulme Scholarship to be Writer in Residence at the Wiener Library. Her prose was published by Virago in the volume Truth, Dare or Promise and her plays are published by Oberon Books and Faber. Her TV writing gained Royal Television Society and BAFTA Awards. Julia Pascal is involved in science communication, including the current project with DrYulia Kovas to communicate genetic science to general audiences through innovative theatre performance.
Bonamy Oliver
Bonamy Oliver was awarded her Ph.D. in 2006 from the SGDP Centre, Institute of Psychiatry; her thesis focused on individual differences in oral and school-based written language abilities within a behavioural genetic context. She published one of the first genetically-informed reports of mathematics abilities in 2004. She has diverse experience in interdisciplinary research affording her a collaborative research career centred on environmental influences on individual differences in a breadth of outcomes, including socially- and educationally-relevant phenotypes. She is particularly interested in family and school environments. Dr Oliver has had a lead role on several aspects of the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS) at the SGDP Centre since its launch in 1995, and continues to do so, particularly in environmental influence within a genetically-sensitive design. She has worked extensively on the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) examining interparental conflict, social cognitions and early environmental risk configurations important for achievement, cognitive abilities, social understanding, and behaviour. She specializes in developmental science, and will offer InLab expertise and teaching in developmental research methods and statistics, as well as mentorship for students.
Kou Murayama
Kou Murayama studied educational psychology and received his Ph.D. in 2006 from the University of Tokyo. He continued his career as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (focusing on psychometrics) and the University of Rochester (focusing on social and personality psychology). He is currently working at the University of Munich as an Alexander von Humboldt research fellow. His work centers on human motivation and incorporates a variety of perspectives such as educational psychology, social/personality psychology, and neuroscience, and utilizes a wide range of methodologies,including large sample surveys, behavioral experiments, behavioral genetics, computer simulation, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
Vjaceslav Karolis
Slava received his first degree in Educational Psychology from Daugavpils University, Latvia, in 2000. Same year he moved to London and worked in construction. In 2006 he returned to academia and obtained MSc in Cognitive Neropsychology from Birkbeck Colledge in 2007. From 2007 till now he is a PhD student in the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL
(due to obtain the degree in May 2012). His scientific interests concern the cognitive study of number, in particular, methodological aspects in the study of the subjective scale for numerical representations, the use of spatial models to solve numerical tasks, and the origin of spatial numerical interactions. More recent interests also include the models of
event anticipation.
Elena Gindina
Elena Gindina received her Ph.D. in 2005 from the Russian Academy of Education. She received a Masters Degree in Psychology from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2000. Elena Gindina has been a researcher at the Developmental Behavioural Genetics Laboratory at the Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, since 2002. The current focus of her research is on environmental and genetic factors in etiology of emotional and behavioral problems in children. Dr Gindina is an author of more than 35 scientific works published in Russian and international journals. In 2006 she was awarded the Russian Academy of Education Gold Medal for young scientists.
Elena Esipenko
Elena has received her Master's degree in Biology in 2007. She then received her PhD from Tomsk State University (TSU) in 2010. She is currently working as a Senior Researcher at the Laboratory for Cognitive Investigations and Behavioral Genetics based at TSU. Her research interests are focused around broadly understood cognitive processes, psychophysiology and how these relate to behavioral genetics. She is currently involved in investigations of mathematical anxiety as well as spatial abilities.
Victoria Ismatullina
Victoria received her PhD in 2013 at the Developmental Behavioral Genetics Laboratory of the Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education (PI RAE) in Moscow. Her thesis focused on individual differences in planning abilities in adolescents. She currently holds a Senior Researcher position at PI RAE . Her scientific interests include the role of genes and environments in the individual differences in general cognitive abilities and executive functions. She is also interested in developmental and clinical psychology with a particular emphasis on problems associated with cognitive deficits in children. She is a collaborator on the cross-cultural project on spatial abilities.
Wei Wei
Wei Wei is a PhD candidate at National Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, supervised by Prof. Xinlin Zhou. She focuses on the development of children's early numerical abilities and the behavioural manifestation and biological bases for the gender differences in mathematics. Currently she is working on a cross-cultural study of children's numerical abilities in China and U.K. She is responsible for the data collection at Beijing, data analysis and manuscript drafting. In summer 2011 Wei Wei has spent 1 month in London, working with other InLab members on cross-cultural projects.
Ekaterina Cooper
Ekaterina graduated from St. Petersburg State University with MSc in Health Psychology in 2012. In Russia, as part of her BSc in Psychology, she developed the programme 'Learning to communicate effectively' for adolescents aged 12 – 14 years, aimed at correction of alexithymia through the development of emotional intelligence. The programme was officially implemented with adolescents in several schools in St. Petersburg . She has worked at the Centre for Psychological and Social Support for Children where she led psychological intervention programmes, training and workshops for children and their parents. She was also responsible for screening children's cognitive ability in schools and kindergartens. In InLab Ekaterina contributes to different projects, with particular focus on the UK-Russia cross-cultural investigations into identification of the true environmental factors involved in variation in motivation, ability, and achievement.
Elena Leone
Elena is currently in the final year of the BSc in Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. She chose to collaborate within InLab to follow her interest in the genetic and environmental factors contributing to psychopathology. This is reflected in the nature of her final year project, which is aimed at investigating how a biogenetic portrayal of depression might contribute to stigma towards depressed individuals. She also contributes to the development of the Multi-Cohort Investigation into Learning and Educational Success, which helped her to gain valuable insight on how to build a study from the roots up, as well as how to cooperate within a research team.
Giulia Pannini
Giulia is currently a 3rd year BSc Psychology student at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her research interests are centered around understanding individual differences, particularly in cognitive abilities. Her 3rd year project focuses on the testosterone hypothesis, and it explores the effects of testosterone on spatial ability and overall cognitive performance. Being member of InLab has helped her to gain direct experience of how psychological research is conducted. She helps with many ongoing projects such as the teacher effect project and the Multi-Cohort Investigation into Learning and Educational Success.
Ilya Zakharov
Ilya is working on his PhD in Moscow State University and Russian Academy of Education. He received a Masters Degree in Psychology from the Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2012. Ilya is a researcher at the Developmental Behavioural Genetics Laboratory at the Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, since 2013. His scientific interests include the problems of gene-environment interactions in variety of phenotypes, but mostly cognitive abilities and intelligence and their psychophysiological correlates. In Russia he is actively involved in popularization of science with public lectures about neuroscience and behavioural genetics.
Ivan Voronin
Ivan Voronin graduated from Department of Psychology of Lomonosov Moscow State University with a specialist degree. He is currently a PhD student at the Laboratory for Cognitive investigations and Behaviour Genetics at Tomsk State University. He is also working at the Laboratory of Developmental Behaviour Genetics of Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education, Moscow. Ivan is involved in the research on the sources of individual differences in various cognitive and non-cognitive human characteristics such as intelligence, specific cognitive functions, academic achievement, and personality traits. The goal of this PhD research is to estimate cross-cultural differences in genetic and environmental sources of individual differences of intelligence. Ivan's focus of scientific interest are statistical methods of data analysis as well as bioinformatics. In the UK, Ivan is involved in the longitudinal twin study of the relationship between reading achievement and motivation.
Tatiana Kolienko
Tatiana Kolienko is a consultant of the Information and Methods Centre of the Department of Education, Primorsky Region of St Petersburg. Tatiana is also a Senior Category geography teacher at the specialist language school No 43, St Petersburg. In InLab, Tatiana Kolienko is the Project Coordinator of the primary and secondary school data collection for St Petersburg region. Tatiana also provides consultation on ethnographic, socio-demographic, and educational/curricula aspects of cross-cultural investigations.
Irina Voronina
Irina graduated from the Department of Psychology of Lomonosov Moscow State University in 2012 with a specialist degree (BSc and MSc). That year she also started working at the Laboratory of Developmental Behaviour Genetics of the Psychological Institute, Russian Academy of Education, Moscow. In 2015, she started her PhD at the same laboratory, under the supervision of Professor Sergey Malykh and Professor Yulia Kovas. Irina is involved in the longitudinal genetically informative study of early child development (supervised by Professor Gordon Harold and Professor Michel Boivin). Her research interests are focused on early precursors of cognitive abilities and social skills later in life.
Sofia Mironets
Sofia studies at the Siberian State Medical University and majors in pathophysiological diagnostics and psychotherapy. Since 2014 Sofia has been assisting at the Laboratory for Cognitive Investigations and Behavioral Genetics at Tomsk State University (Russia). Here she works with EEG and behavioural data on the project on mathematical anxiety, trait anxiety and cognitive abilities in a sample of Russian twins. Her research interests include broadly understood brain functions, psychophysiological correlates, connectivity, and individual development.
Tatiana Dolgoroukova
Tatiana will graduate from Siberian State Medical University in 2017 with the specialist degree (BSс and MSc) in Clinical Psychology. She specialises in psychopathological diagnostics and psychotherapy. The topic of her diploma is "EEG Correlates of Trait and Mathematical Anxiety during Lexical and Mathematical Tasks". This study is being conducted at the
International Laboratory for Cognitive Investigations and Behavioural Genetics where Tatiana works as a lab assistant. In addition to her work on psychopathology and EEG, she studies gestalt psychotherapy where she gets an opportunity to work with families and children. She helps the patients in understanding their feelings and developing coping strategies. Tatiana is also involved in the Study of Individual Differences in Human Cognitive Abilities as well as Students' Understanding of Bullying Behaviours. Recently, Tatiana has been appointed class assistant on a new MSc program –
Human Development: Genetics, Neuroscience, and Psychology. Here she assists in modules such as Aetiology of Developmental Problems, Cognitive Technologies, and Neuroscience and Cognitive Science.
BSc and Placement Students
Janine Khuc
Janine is a BSc student at Goldsmiths University of London. Her research- interests are centred around factors that contribute to brain plasticity throughout the lifespan especially in context of learning. Working within InLab has given her invaluable insight into how interdisciplinary approaches allow a more facetted understanding of the complex interactions between genetic, psychological, educational and neuroscientific factors on learning. The multidisciplinary approach is reflected in her final year project, which investigates the neural correlates of performance monitoring in math anxiety, which hopefully will lead to a better understanding of emotional difficulties math anxious individuals experience. Within InLab she learned to work within a research team and to manage large datasets, involving data entry and collection as well as higher order analysis, contributing to ongoing projects such as the Multi-Cohort Investigation into Learning and Educational Success, and the Teacher and Classroom effect in Learning.
Ruta Adamone
Ruta is currently studying for a BSc Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London. She has a strong interest in individual differences and how factors such as genetics, personality and intelligence can predict educational achievement and quality of life. Within InLab she is currently helping with the study investigating teacher effect in relation to mathematical achievement, and in the multi-cohort investigation into learning and educational success.
Frederike Reutter
Frederike is a BSc Psychology student at the University of Mannheim, Germany. She is particularly interested in the interaction of social environment with genetic predisposition and the effects this has on personality, motivation, and achievement. She joined InLab as a placement student and stayed with the lab for January and February 2016. She was heavily involved in a number of on-going projects including the EEG investigations into mathematical anxiety, aetiology of spatial ability and spatial anxiety, as well as the teacher and classroom effects on learning. She has worked with samples such as the Twins Early Development Study and Russian School Twin Registry. Working at InLab gave her the unique opportunity to learn how to manage large datasets, review articles, generate statistical results, compile and re-organise data, and work as a part on a large international team.
Isabella Badini
Isabella is a BSc Psychology student at Goldsmiths, University of London. She has a strong interest in the interplay between genetics and environment in regards to learning, educational achievement and motivation. She is interested in understanding how the knowledge about genetics can improve educational techniques, especially for children with learning or behavioural difficulties. Moreover, she is interested in research on creativity and its relationship with intelligence and academic achievement. Isabella is also involved in a pilot study looking at predictors of online CBT for insomnia outcome and influence on.


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Improving Access to Life-Saving Training in Leeds
PhysioLeeds/Fit4Work ran a free training course on the 5th September 2017 which was attended by fifteen residents from the community of Cookridge, near Horsforth in Leeds.
Angela Hinton, founder of Fit4Work and owner of the PhysioLeeds, demonstrated what to do when dealing with a non breathing casualty. The residents of Cookridge learned how to deliver CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) and also how to use the AED machine (Automated External Defibrilator) which is fixed to the Cookridge Village Hall wall.
Participants enjoyed their afternoon and were grateful to acquire these valuable and potentially life-saving skills.
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Angela is wanting to help keep the residents of Cookridge and Bramhope to stay safe and live healthier lives, and is therefore happy to deliver this training again free of charge.
If you're interested then please contact Angela Hinton online or via her email address – firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please note: This training can only be delivered FREE in the local communities of Cookridge and Bramhope. If you're interested in arranging this training outside of our local community, please contact us for more info.
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Knowing the whereabouts of Automated External Defibrillators (AED's) near you could be life-saving knowledge well worth acquiring!
The other automated external defibrillators near Bramhope/Horsforth in Leeds can be located at:
- Morgan Sindall Site Office, Brownberrie Lane, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS18 5HD (accessible between 7am – 5.30pm Monday to Friday)
- BSCP (GHA Livigunn), Design Office, Troy Mills, Troy Road, Horsforth, Leeds, LS18 5GN (accessible Mon to Thurs 8am – 5pm and on Friday 8am – 2.30pm)
- Redrow Homes Yorkshire, Site Office, Calverley Lane, Horsforth, LS18 4GH (accessible Mon to Fri 8.30am – 4pm)
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As you know, I can never resist altering a modern photograph in order to give it a vintage feel. The original photograph of Saint Étienne Fontaine du Square Jean Cocteau in Paris is by Daniel Vill…
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Yes, indeed.
I see that we share an interest in certain artists and ideas. I'm especially keen on using old art to make new art. I guess that's called Post-Modernism but as an idea it dates back to the surrealist movement of the 1930's.
Thank you so much!
I love this idea! Beautifully done!
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Thank you, my friend.
Beautiful vintage feel
Bless you, Syd.
They are, aren't they!
Bless you!
I love it that you do, Janet. Much thanks! xx
Thank you, Kerry!
This is beautiful.
I have been to this church and like it very much…love what you have done with this image. Enjoy the day…Janet:)xx
I don't think I've ever been there but love the image. 🙂
I commented on this previously. The Cocteau quotes are very good too!
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By Paul Sanders
Let me ask you a few questions.
Do you sometimes wonder how you can "start over" in your social life, and build or join a great circle of friends?
Have you ever moved to a new city where you had zero friends and had to do something about it?
How does everyone manage to have a nice group of friends they go out with, while you could be struggling to find even one interesting person to be friends with?
In this article, I explain why following typical friendship advice can lead you to nothing but more loneliness, and what to do instead.
Why Typical Advice of "Making Friends With Lots of People, of All Kinds" Prevents You From Having a Circle of Friends
Let me explain.
Many people think that if they get to know dozens or hundreds of people, of all kinds, from all walks of life, they'll get a rich social life. They think that they'll end up surrounded by friends.
Here is why it doesn't work.
First… concentrating on too many people at once is hard and takes a lot of time.
Second… Making friends with people who won't get along will KEEP YOU from being able to hang out with more than one person at once. Going out with, one-on-one, get boring with time.
And Finally, Having friends that don't know each other is like having none. If they don't know you in the context of a group of friends, they won't think of you when it's time to go out and have fun.
Bottom line?
You become just another contact, an acquaintance, rather than a friend they can meet and have a good time with.
The Most Important Factor in Building a Social Circle
Having friends that don't know each other is like having none. If they don't know you in the context of a group of friends, they won't think of you when it's time to go out and have fun.
The most important thing you can ever do for your social life is this: introduce people to each other to create a group.
You might be thinking "But, I don't know anyone interesting right now!"… that's fine. What I'm about to share with you will make people stay in your life when you meet them. That way, you'll never have to be alone again.
If you introduce two people to each other and they get along…
BAM! You become a GROUP OF THREE!
Each one will think of YOU whenever they want to go out. Because they know… that the fun is almost guaranteed, because you're a group now. And groups are almost always more fun.
If you want to take it to the next level, and make them stick even more, add a fourth person… add members of the opposite sex… add a couple!
This makes everyone STICK to the group.
Even better, if they get along, you DON'T HAVE TO WORK AT IT ANYMORE… they'll start to call you, make plans, and just assume that everyone should come and hang out.
Even BETTER… they'll bring more people to the group! Who wouldn't wanna join an exciting new group of friends?
How to make sure that THIS WILL WORK FOR YOU?
There are two things that you absolutely need to pay attention to: these people have to be of the SAME style… and they have to GET ALONG.
It's like a recipe. And it takes practice.
Of course, the best place to start is to learn from my mistakes and frustrations.
It took me years of trial and error to really know how to make new friends and go on to build a social circle. There is a ton of subtle elements to keep in mind to create a fun social circle.
Every time I found something that DID work, I took the idea, refined it, and wrote it down… then worked on it some more.
I collected and organized what I learned into my eBook, "Get The Friends You Want".
It contains literally HUNDREDS of great ideas for improving your social life and making friends… and it's a great place to start learning to build a social circle of friends. You never have to be alone ever again, if you know what works.
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Jeff Bradley, known as IndyShiftman on the BangShift.com forums owns and operated a transmission shop in the Indianapolis, Indiana area. He's become our de-facto source for transmission info, tech tips, and answers to our dumb questions. Another BangShifter dropped off a 700-R4 at Jeff's shop and he's documenting the whole rebuild process.
As much as we love wrenching on stuff, we appreciate the hell out of professionals who do this stuff for a living. Even stripping an automatic transmission requires a level of knowledge that we've not acquired yet.
Thankfully, Jeff shot a ton of photos documenting literally every step of both taking the transmission apart and inspecting the various parts for wear and tear. He can handle a camera as well as he can talk servos and sun gears.
Hit the link below to see the painstaking process behind taking a GM 700-R4 overdrive transmission apart.
If you are in the Indy area and have the need for transmission service please make Bradley Transmission Service your first stop.
LINK: Bradley Transmission Service (Jeff's Shop)
Click here to see the full thread of photos and info from Jeff Bradley pulling a 700-R4 apart


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Article Published in Dutch .NET Magazine
Just before my holiday started, I got the great news that my article on the BizTalk Software Factory had been published on the Dutch .NET magazine site! It is my first article ever!
The BizTalk Software Factory is a community tool that helps BizTalk developers build consistent solutions.
Together with Mr. Dijkstra I wrote an article to explain the advantages of using the BizTalk Software Factory. The concepts of the BizTalk Software Factory can be applied to other technologies as well though.
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Gallaudet University-Washington
About Gallaudet University
Gallaudet University is the world's only university in which all programs and services are specifically designed to accommodate deaf and hard-of-hearing students. It is located in the nation's capitol, Washington, D.C. The city offers an endless list of attractions, from classic historical sites like the Library of Congress and the Lincoln Memorial to interactive attractions such as the International Spy Museum and 'Newseum.' There are many guided tours available as well, from walking to biking to double-decker buses. There are even tours offering participants a red and blue roadster outfitted with GPS to find their way around town.
Gallaudet offers 4-year degree programs to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in digital media, graphic design, or studio art with a specialization in photography. The BA in digital media offers specializations in either film and video or multimedia. All art department programs include a balance of studio art, graphic design, digital media and art history. The world-renowned museums, galleries and professional studios located in the surrounding city are considered off-site classroom spaces for visiting and conducting research. Core course requirements for all fields of study include fundamentals of design, introduction to drawing, and a specialized course entitled Introduction to Deaf View/Image Art, a study of deaf artists and their works. All courses of study also require completion of the Senior Capstone Experience, a course individualized depending on the student's major. For this course, students are required to complete either an internship, apprenticeship, or thesis paper, as determined in consultation by the department.
The BA in digital media with a specialization in film and video includes major coursework in scriptwriting, digital film and video production, Web animation, and an introduction to mass communication. The multimedia specialization includes coursework in the evolution of the graphic arts, digital illustration, Web design and animation, and Web graphic applications. The BA in graphic design also includes study in the evolution of the graphic arts, plus typography, graphic techniques and theory, and production design. The BA in studio art with a photography specialization requires major coursework including manual and digital photography, studies in photography, and photojournalism.
The financial aid office at Gallaudet makes every reasonable attempt to see that at least seventy percent of undergraduate students' financial need is met in the form of grants and scholarships. This includes gift aid from outside of the University such as private scholarships. Scholarships provided by the University are gift funds donated to the University by a variety of individuals and organizations. Students must be full-time and seeking a degree to receive a scholarship from the University. Scholarship restrictions are based on donor requirements; however, most are based on financial need and academic performance. The Financial Aid Office matches students with scholarship requirements. Applicants for scholarships must complete the scholarship application supplement. Applicants for financial aid are automatically considered and matched with these funds, and do not need to apply for individual scholarships.
Gallaudet University is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. There are a number of student organizations available to match a variety of student interests, including a television station, newspaper, and yearbook, plus a Student Body Government and an International Student Club. For those interested in the Greek life, Gallaudet offers eight on-campus fraternities and sororities. The University offers NCAA athletic teams as well as intramural athletic programs. Other student services include departments of Campus Activities, Campus Life and Housing, Campus Ministries, Community Service Programs, and Multicultural Student Programs.


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Sneaky Pete Seasons 1-3 DVD Special FeaturesActors: Giovanni Ribisi,Shane McRaeLanguage: EnglishBoxed Set: Yes Number of discs: 9Condition: New Region: Region Free Weight: 1 kgFormat: Support both NTSC & PAL Rated: NR (Not Rated) DVD Release Date: 2018Sneaky Pete Seasons 1-3 DVD Photos
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The series also stars Marin Ireland, Shane McRae, Libe Barer, Michael Drayer, Peter Gerety, and Margo Martindale. The pilot debuted on August,Sneaky Pete Seasons 1-3 DVD and was followed by a full series order that September. Shore left the project in early and was replaced by Graham Yost, who served as executive producer and showrunner for the remaining nine episodes. The first season premiered in its entirety on January, exclusively on Amazon Video. Sneaky Pete is an American crime drama series created by David Shore and Bryan Cranston. The series follows Marius Josipovic Giovanni Ribisi,Sneaky Pete Seasons 1-3 a released convict who adopts the identity of his cell mate, Pete Murphy, in order to avoid his past life.


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BJJ Revolution Team Store
The BJJ revolution team, fresh from its 5th win of the American Nationals launches its official store. Go to www.bjjrevolutionstore.com to acquire your official BJJ Revolution Gear. BJJ Revolution team leader Rodrigo Medeiros made the announcement earlier today: "To celebrate our victory in this tournament, we are now officially launching our team store where our team members and friends can get official BJJ Revolution merchandise!"
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It can be argued that any bottle can be reusable. While that may be true, common plastic bottles require some semblance of chemicals to produce, and some of these chemicals are harmful.
One of these chemicals is bisphenol A (or BPA). BPA in bottles is known to produce a long term negative effect on anybody who drinks from it. While these effects are not experienced right away, they build up over time to take away some of the chemicals that most of us need to maintain good health.
BPA is one thing that makes plastic bottles last as long as they do, and are a good indicator of what to look for when choosing a reusable water bottle. Here are some other things to look for.
Things To Consider When Buying A Reusable Water Bottle
Aside from BPAs which even some of the best reusable water bottles have, there are a few other things that you should take a look at when buying one of these bottles.
Size is one obvious thing that should be considered. If you are using one of these bottles for the home or bringing it the place where you exercise, you should pay attention to how much liquid the bottle can store. Most of these bottles are made of reinforced plastic or reinforced metal, so this is important.
That brings us to our next thing to consider, what the bottle is made of. There are three materials that are BPA free: Reinforced plastic, steel, and glass. Glass can obviously break, and reinforced plastic and steel have their own properties as well that can affect what you get out of your bottle.
How the bottle can be carried is another thing to consider. Does the bottle have a handle? Does it have a strap? Can it be held in a way where it doesn't fall out of your hand? While this issue is negligible, it is still something to be considered. This is especially true if you plan to use the bottle outside or during exercise sessions.
You should take not of the insulation levels as well. If a bottle is not insulated, it can affect the temperature of the liquid inside. If you want your water to stay cold, for example, you will want a bottle that is insulated in such a way where it retains that kind of temperature.
The last thing to consider is what you will be using the bottle for, in particular, what kinds of liquids you will be putting in the bottle. Some of these bottles are only suitable for water, while some of them are able to contain any kind of liquid and not just water.
Top 10 Best Reusable Water Bottle Reviews
Here, we have reviewed all of our picks in detail in the following context:
1. Hydro Flask 32 oz Double Wall Vacuum Insulated Stainless...
Anybody who needs a reusable water bottle for the outdoors or when exercising will get a lot out of Hydro Flask's bottle. The fact that it is 32 ounces speaks to this. It is also very easy to carry, having a handle on the top of it. This handle is also removable, which is a good thing if you find it getting in your way.
The coat on the outside of Hydro Flask's water bottle is made of a powder like material. This makes it easy to clean off if it gets wet and reduces condensation as much as possible, which will prevent the bottle from falling out of your hands much more than standard bottles. This also makes it ideal for the outdoors or during workouts.
Although the wide mouth design seems like a good idea, this means that Hydro Flask's bottle has no spout, meaning it is more likely for liquids to dribble out of it while drinking from it. This can be a nuisance when taking the bottle on hikes or on other intense outdoors activities.
Hydro Flask's bottle does a good job of insulating whatever is inside of it, but it seems to do a better job at maintaining cold liquids than hot liquids. It can keep cold drinks cold for up to 24 hours, which is standard, but can only keep hot drinks hot for 6 to 12 hours, which can be troublesome if you are intending on keeping something hot inside of the bottle for the whole day.
- Design in mind: with it's easy-access wide mouth, The sleek design holds the same volume of liquid as other leading water bottle brands. Also, safety is top-of-mind, as the bottles are made out of non-toxic BPA-free plastics & 18/8 food-grade steel.
2. MIRA 17 Oz Stainless Steel Vacuum Insulated Water Bottle |...
While some reusable water bottles can appear too plain or difficult to keep in a cup holder in their design, Mira made sure to avoid this problem when creating their bottle. Their bottle is shaped similar to a coca cola bottle and easily fits in any cup holder. This makes Mira's bottle very easy to carry anywhere.
Being insulated by a stronger vacuum than most other stainless steel bottles, Mira's bottle can keep hot drinks hot for right around 12 hours. There is no guesswork with this number too – it is very possible to leave hot drinks in this bottle for hours and have it remain hot. It's the exact same with cold drinks as well.
Anyone who wants to hold a lot of liquid in their reusable bottle will need to look elsewhere, however; Mira's bottle can only hold up to 17 ounces. This is still a decent amount, but it is not what optimal if you want a bottle for outdoor hikes or when exercising.
Also, because it is shaped like a coca-cola bottle, the lip of Mira's bottle is not as big as it could or even should be. This can be troublesome. For example, if you are intending to put hot coffee or tea inside of this bottle, prepare to take your time; you will not have a lot of room to work with.
- Innovative Vacuum Insulation: Our highly rated insulated water bottles keep drinks ice cold for 24 hours or piping hot for 12 hours. With our innovative MiraGuard Technology, your thermos water bottle maintains its temperature for hours and provides a sweat-free exterior.
3. Welly Traveler | Vacuum Insulated & Infusing Stainless Steel...
Having a complete cylinder shape, Welly's bottle combines features of the common large wide mouth bottle with the smaller type of bottle that can fit into a cup holder when on the go.
Attempting to combine the best of both worlds, Welly's bottle does have a wide mouth, similar to it's much larger counterparts. This is a very good thing if you want to use this bottle for hot beverages, as it will be much easier to fill the bottle. This is easier said than done when it comes to other bottles of this size.
One stand out feature of Welly's bottle is the infuser that it comes with. This makes it possible to brew beverages on the go. The infuser is just one more thing that makes Welly's bottle optimal for anybody who wants to use it for hot beverages.
Another thing that makes it optimal is the fact that it is crafted from bamboo along with its steel designs. While most double wall insulated bottles promise to keep hot beverages hot, Welly's bottle nearly guarantees this as bamboo is a heat conductor of sorts.
The only thing that holds Welly's bottle back from perfection is the fact that it is only 18 ounces. If it were a little larger, it would indeed be perfect for almost any situation.
- Double-walled vacuum insulation keeps drinks cold for up 24 hours or hot for up to 6 hours.
4. Nomader BPA Free Collapsible Sports Water Bottle - Foldable...
Let's begin by stating the one thing that sets Nomader's bottle apart from all others – the fact that it is collapsable. This is extremely rare and makes Nomader's bottle quite possibly the easiest to carry among all bottles. It is possible to take this bottle literally anywhere.
If you do not want to fold it up and just carry it around like a normal water bottle, that is also fine; Nomader has a strap on the side as well. Nomader was thinking about nothing but portability when coming up with this bottle.
However, portability is pretty much the only thing Nomader's bottle is good for. While it is made of BPA free plastic, the fact remains that it is still made of plastic. Do not expect it to maintain any temperatures as there is no insulation.
Liquids also break plastic down more than other materials, meaning Nomader's bottle will not last as long as bottles made of steel or glass. The collapsable function of Nomader's bottle is very ambitious, but unfortunately, it seems to be at the expense of many other things that make reusable water bottles great.
- PORTABLE - sturdy and comfortable to drink from; rolls up for compact travel; loops around your wrist for easy carry; attaches to your bag for quick access
5. Lifefactory 16-Ounce BPA-Free Glass Water Bottle with Flip...
Nothing says "100% BPA and chemical free" more than glass. While it is true that stainless steel bottles also do not have BPAs, some of them are made from other chemicals. This is not an issue with Lifefactory's bottle, which is made from glass.
Glass can be broken when dropped, and Lifefactory knows this. That is why they wrapped the bottle in a silicone sleeve. It will protect the bottle when dropped, which is useful. It also does not need to be removed when washing which is convenient.
Lifefactory's bottle has a wide mouth if you remove the cap. Or you can leave the cap on and utilize the spout. Surprisingly, a lot of reusable bottles do not have this function. It's very nice that Lifefactory's bottle does.
There are two caveats to glass. First, it can be stained if ignored for too long and must be cleaned regularly. This can be bothersome. Fortunately, it is dishwasher safe so that makes things a little convenient.
Another is that glass is breakable. And despite silicone being wrapped around Lifefactory's bottle, there is still a risk of it being broken when dropped. Unlike the stainless steel bottles which can just bounce around with no real penalty, Lifefactory's bottle needs to be handled with care.
- Our glass bottles offer a pure taste with no leaching from plastics or metals; with wide-mouth access makes it easy to add ice cubes, citrus slices or tea bags
6. Klean Kanteen Wide Mouth Double Wall Insulated Water Bottle...
A lot of stainless steel bottles are BPA free, but they are only BPA free. Most of them do not take into account lead, phthalates, and other harmful substances. Klean Kanteen's bottle is made from materials along with the stainless steel that are free of nearly all harmful substances that can invade most bottles.
Another thing that Klean Kanteen's bottle offers is because the materials in its steel interior blocks most harmful substances, it also doesn't retain flavors either. This means that anything inside the bottle won't have the slight metal taste that some bottles have.
The loop cap is a nice touch, giving it nice portability. The cap makes it totally possible to tie something around it and carry it around much easier than most bottles.
Aside from all this, nothing else really stands out when it comes to Klean Kanteen's bottle. The exterior is not slip resistant, meaning it will encounter condensation on the outside. It is also not dishwasher safe, which means it must be hand washed if it does need to be washed.
- Made with double-walled construction and high quality 18/8, food-grade stainless steel, the vacuum between the bottle walls offers superior insulating properties
7. Under Armour Dominate 24 Ounce Vacuum Insulated Stainless...
Similar to it's apparel, Under Armour's bottles also specialize in athletics. Having a capacity of 24 ounces and featuring a nice silicon cover right in the middle of the bottle, Under Armour's bottle is practically designed for being outdoors or exercising.
The stainless steel design is also very durable and will not be affected in any way when dropped. It has standard insulation, but where Under Armour's bottle really shines is its lid. The lid opens with the push of a button or the entire cap can be twisted off. It also contains a carrying loop for anybody who wants to attach it to anything.
While most other stainless steel bottles can keep liquids cold up to 24 hours, Under Armour's bottle can only keep liquids cold for up to 20 hours. This is negligible to some, but seeing as it is not as good at insulation as other bottles, it needs to be mentioned. Under Armour's bottle will also not insulate hot temperatures at all. Do not expect any hot beverages to stay hot inside of this bottle.
- THERMOS vacuum insulation for maximum temperature retention; keeps cold for 20 hours
8. CamelBak Chute Mag Vacuum Insulated 32oz Jet
Bottles with a lot of capacity are often too simple in their design, usually consisting of nothing more than a bottle with a large cap which spills all over the place when you drink from it. If this is not the case, the bottle itself is usually very wide and difficult to carry around.
CamelBak included all kinds of features in their reusable water bottle that increase its functionality well beyond its counterparts. First, it has a magnetic handle, which keeps the cap stowed at all times. The magnet will lock the cap in place, this way you will not need to worry about the cap getting loose. The spout is angled, which will prevent most spills.
The cap itself sets itself apart from a lot of other reusable bottles. It does not come off completely, only coming off halfway. This will let you put whatever liquids you want inside of it without worrying about the cap falling off.
Bottles with a lot of capacity tend to be too big to fit in cup holders and in other small places where you would prefer to carry a bottle. And this is also unfortunately true with CamelBak's bottle. It sticks out like a sore thumb and is more suitable for outdoor activities than anything else.
9. Klean Kanteen Classic Stainless Steel Single Wall Water...
If you drop a steel bottle, it will not break, but it is very likely to scratch or chip. This does a little more than just scratch or chip the bottle; it can affect the material itself and can possibly cause a leak. Klean Kanteen's bottle is made with a special powder coat that makes it much more durable, this way such a thing can be prevented.
Cleaning the bottle is also very easy, as the interior is electropolished. This allows whatever is inside the bottle to be cleaned much easier than normal reusable bottles. The electropolish on the interior also makes Klean Kanteen's bottle dishwasher safe, which is in high demand for most stainless steel bottles.
While Klean Kanteen's bottle's interior design does a good job in retaining or imparting flavors, it is not as good at maintaining temperatures. Most steel bottles have two walls in their interior, which maintains temperatures very well.
Klean Kanteen's bottle only has one wall on the interior. This makes it easy to clean, but it is less than optimal in keeping cold beverages cold and hot beverages hot.
- ✔ DURABLE & LIGHTWEIGHT - Lightweight SINGLE WALL water bottle design is perfect for everyday hydration when at work, on the trail or on vacation. Water bottle is lighter due to being NON-INSULATED.
10. 50 Strong BPA Free Reusable Water Bottle with Time Marker -...
Anybody who has trouble knowing when to maintain their hydration levels will get a lot out of 50 Strong's reusable bottle. The exterior of the bottle has time markers that will "remind" you when to drink water. It also has a reminder to refill whenever you reach the bottom. This is a great way to track how much water you are drinking per day.
50 Strong's bottle has a wide mouth opening as well as a chug cap which contains something unique: An "ice guard" that will prevent any ice you put in it from exiting the bottle if you decide to put ice in with your beverage.
Most BPA free bottles are made of either glass or stainless steel. 50 Strong's bottle is made of tritan, a form of reinforced plastic. This means that it is only BPA free. 50 Strong's bottle is likely to still spread any other chemicals as any other plastic bottles would.
Because of this, any other feature that a common stainless steel bottle would have is not going to be found in 50 Strong's bottle. Flavors will be affected, you will need to clean it more than you probably want to, and it will not retain any temperatures of anything you put in it. Also, because it is made of reinforced plastic, putting anything hot in 50 Strong's bottle is not recommended.
It is easier than ever to find a bottle that does not contain BPA or any other harmful chemical. However, there are many different features of these types of bottles besides just keeping harmful chemicals out.
The best thing about the bottles listed above is that they all last a very long time, provided you clean them regularly. When selecting your bottle, make sure you are choosing a bottle with qualities that you believe will last a long time.
Among these qualities are the material of the bottle, whether it is dishwasher safe or not, ability to maintain temperatures, ability to retain and keep out certain flavors or odors, and how easy it is to carry. Keep all of these things in mind when selecting your next reusable water bottle
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Everyone's favorite crazy Miami-based ad agency, Crispin Porter + Bogusky, has done a hell of a job selling Americans cheap dead cow meat patties and oily potato slices through its work for Burger King. Now the outside-of-the-box ad agency's next goal is to trick us into eating something nutritious. The leading producers of baby carrots have hired the firm to make the healthful lunch standard appear "extreme" and "sexy."
>CP+B's game plan for working the same magic with the carrot that it did with the Whopper, according to USA Today :
• Packaged in Doritos-like bags. Three different designs are planned.
• Sold out of cool school vending machines. Tests are underway in Cincinnati and Syracuse, NY.
• Sporting slogans like this on billboards and packs: "The original orange doodles."
• Touting seasonal tie-ins. Coming this Halloween: scarrots.
• Offering a phone app powered by the sound of folks munching carrots in real time.
• Airing TV spots that tout baby carrots as extreme, futuristic, and even, yes, sexy.
Sexy baby carrots? Don't most people find full-size carrots sexier?
Regardless, CP+B is the modern-day Don Draper. Not everyone can come up with marketing innovations. Take, for instance, the suggestion of ad psychologist Carol Moog, who is critical of the campaign: "Perhaps putting an orange (but natural) dusting on carrots that mimics Cheetos." Barf.
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Danaos Corporation (NYSE: DAC) announced that on November 3, 2008, it took delivery of one more containership, the Zim Kingston. The vessel has a carrying capacity of 4,253 TEU, was built by Samsung Heavy Industries and was delivered on schedule. The Zim Kingston has already commenced its 12 year time charter at fixed rates immediately upon delivery.
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Well, this is fun.
I received an email last month from The Center for Retirement Research. It was about whether or not people's ability to retire changes if interest rates change.
Don't let your eyes glaze over at the vocabulary, there's a simple point made at the top:
The National Retirement Risk Index shows that changes in interest rates have only a modest effect on retirement preparedness for three reasons:
- Most households have relatively little financial wealth to annuitize.
- The effect on annuity income is muted, because the principal portion of the annuity payout is unaffected by interest rates.
- Changes in the annuity income from a reverse mortgage are partly offset by changes in the amount that can be borrowed.
Catch that? The answer is that interest rates don't have a huge impact on how easy it is for most folks to retire, in part because a larger factor in retirement is simply how much money you have and, as we've been discussing, most folks don't have very much of that.
So, there you go. A silver lining! If you have no money, at least it's not at risk!
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