🚀From psychology undergraduate to behavioural geneticist: my PhD student @madeliefkuijper.bsky.social shares her inspiring journey “I once feared statistics—now I use R every day, even with pleasure!” vu.nl/nl/verhalen/... @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #PhDLife #AcademicSky

🧩Learning to talk & read isn’t just about effort or teaching—it’s shaped by biology, experience & context 🧠Our new review links genetics, neuroscience, psychology & education to show why some children find language or reading easier. 📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf... 🖼️genes→brain→cognition→behaviour 🧵👇

Most scientists working with genetic data access neatly prepared N=1000s. But behind every datapoint, there’s a journey. This DNA kit traveled across Europe via my PhD students @magdamatetovici.bsky.social & @madeliefkuijper.bsky.social —before my 6yo bravely tried to fill it with spit

Just back from a lovely research trip to the University of Oslo! Big thanks to the CREATE Center. I shared our research plans in a seminar and took a course on SEM using lavaan & Mplus. Grateful for the insights, the people, and the sunshine Oslo treated us to! ☀️

🚨 SEMINAR ALERT 🚨 Join us at CREATE next Friday for a session on behavioral genetic approaches to studying individual differences. Three fellow PhD candidates and I will each give flash talks on our projects! www.uv.uio.no/create/engli... @madeliefkuijper.bsky.social @drelsje.bsky.social