Prof Silvia Paracchini

Professor of Neurogenetics and Genomics

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3542

Email

sp58@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

I lead the Neurogenetics group. We are interested in the genetic basis of complex cognitive and behavioural phenotypes using multidisciplinary approaches.

PhD supervision

• Struan Donachie
• Priyatam Dutta
• Xueyu Guo
• Heather Tiernan
• Rebecca Watts

Selected publications

• Open access

  Genetics of human handedness: microtubules and beyond

  Ocklenburg, S., Mundorf, A., Peterburs, J. & Paracchini, S., Jun 2025, In: Trends in Genetics. 41, 6, p. 497-505 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Open access

  Shaping UK research priorities in the area of specific learning difficulties by surveying people with lived experience

  Luciani, M., Ma, A. Y., McKinlay, M., Mubarak, R. & Paracchini, S., 2 Jun 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Neurodiversity. p. 1-14 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  The colour of time: detecting glioma IDH mutation status in MRI through pseudo-coloured transfer learning

  MacKinnon, H., Paracchini, S., Harris-Birtill, D., Hipwell, J. & Goatman, K., 5 Aug 2025, Medical image understanding and analysis (MIUA'2025), Leeds, UK. Ali, S., Hogg, D. & Peckham, M. (eds.). Frontiers Media S. A., p. 211-217 7 p. 30

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Toward an improved understanding of dyslexia: Reflections on a new consensus definition and its implications

  Paracchini, S., 2025, In: Dyslexia.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Whole-exome sequencing in children with dyslexia implicates rare variants in CLDN3 and ion channel genes

  Paracchini, S., 2025, In: Human Genetics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  A genome-wide association study of Chinese and English language phenotypes in Hong Kong Chinese children

  Lin, Y.-P., Shi, Y., Zhang, R., Xue, X., Rao, S., Yin, L., Lui, K. F. H., Pan, D. J., Maurer, U., Choy, K.-W., Paracchini, S., McBride, C. & So, H.-C., 27 Mar 2024, In: npj Science of Learning. 9, 26, 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  A GWAS for grip strength in cohorts of children: advantages of analysing young participants for this trait

  Abbondanza, F., Wang, C. A., Schmitz, J., Pennell, C. E., Whitehouse, A. J. O. & Paracchini, S., 9 Feb 2024, medRxiv, 30 p.

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

• Open access

  A GWAS for grip strength in cohorts of children—advantages of analysing young participants for this trait

  Abbondanza, F., Wang, C. A., Schmitz, J., Marianski, K., Pennell, C. E., Whitehouse, A. J. O. & Paracchini, S., 8 Oct 2024, In: Genes, Brain and Behavior. 23, 5, 10 p., e70003.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Bonn: Prof. Silvia Paracchini, PhD, Professor of Neurodevelopmental Genomics

  Paracchini, S., 29 Nov 2024, In: Medizinische Genetik. 36, 4, p. 269–270 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

• Genetics of human handedness

  Paracchini, S., 13 Dec 2024, Lateralized brain functions: methods in human and non-human species. Rogers, L. J. & Vallortigara, G. (eds.). 2nd ed. New York, NY: Humana Press, p. 641-663 23 p. (Neuromethods; vol. 217).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

 

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