Loneliness: the importance of social bonds (Giuseppe Cammarata) I am writing this blog episode while thinking about the recent lockdown early this year. It was a tough time for everyone, a period in which people were, and still are, requested to keep a distance from one another, and to search for complete isolation in case […]
Tag: PhD during pandemic
Syn2Psy Blog Series VII
Back to the future (Flavio Tomasi) 10/05/2020 About 9 months ago I started my PhD at the Sorbonne University, in Paris. The aim of my project is to evaluate whether the modulation of the endocannabinoid system has beneficial effects on a mouse model of autism. The first months of my PhD have gone very well, […]
Syn2Psy Blog Series VI
A Note to Self: Reflecting on the Past and Present, Towards a Better Future (Elizabeth Brockman) Hello! My name is Elizabeth. I am a PhD student currently working at Imperial College London studying how Down Syndrome affects the brain. I have been living in the UK for 18 months, having moved here from Canada last […]