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SUMMARY:The DNA Revolution Has Arrived in the Behavioural Sciences - Prof.
  Robert Plomin\, King's College\, London
DTSTART:20171016T183000Z
DTEND:20171016T200000Z
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CONTACT:John Cook
DESCRIPTION:*How individual differences in behaviour\, such as GCSE scores
  and university entrance\, can be predicted from DNA alone\, using polygen
 ic scores*\n\nThe first law of behavioural genetics is that all behavioura
 l dimensions and disorders show significant and substantial genetic influe
 nce. The most exciting advance is that it is now possible to predict indiv
 idual differences in behaviour from DNA alone. Prof. Plomin will describe 
 this new approach\, called polygenic scores\, using examples from his rece
 nt research on cognitive and educational traits. Polygenic scores are a ga
 me-changer for behavioural research and are ripe for application.\n\nRober
 t Plomin has been MRC Research Professor of Behavioural Genetics at the In
 stitute of Psychiatry\, Psychology and Neuroscience\, King’s College Lon
 don since he moved to the UK from the US in 1994. For 40 years\, his resea
 rch in the US and the UK has consistently shown that genetics is the bigge
 st factor by far in why people differ in learning abilities and disabiliti
 es and mental health and illness. The most exciting advance in the past fe
 w years is the ability to harness the power of the DNA revolution to predi
 ct these individual differences in behaviour from DNA alone.\nPlomin has p
 ublished more than 600 scientific papers and 10 books\, including the majo
 r textbook in behavioural genetics\, now in its 7th edition. He has receiv
 ed lifetime research achievement awards from six international scientific 
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LOCATION:The Wolfson Hall\, Churchill College\, Storey's Way\, Cambridge\,
  CB3 0DS
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