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Times Education Supplement
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Prof. Robert Plomin discusses the impact of his research on schools with this interview "Genetics and Education" released to Times Education Supplement in November 2015.

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Prof. Vassilios Fanos' lecture quoting ACTION project during "A new Scientific Humanism: Seven Chapters on Narrative Medicine and Precision Medicine", conference held in Florence, Italy (18-19 February 2016) and fully available in streaming.

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Prof. Vassilios Fanos' Lecture quoting ACTION project. Webinar co-organized by RTI International, North Carolina (US), and introduced by George P. Giacoia, M.D., Program Officer Obstetric and Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics Branch (OPPTB), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Interview with prof. Plomin

Half-hour interview with Robert Plomin on BBC Radio 4’s distinguished program, The Life Scientific. Professor Robert Plomin talks to Jim Al-Khalili about what makes some people smarter than others and why he's fed up with the genetics of intelligence being ignored. In 1995 he launched the biggest longitudinal twin study in the UK, the TED study of ten thousand pairs of twins which continues to this day... Podcast available.

Interview with prof. Plomin

Should we genetically screen four-year-olds? Professor Robert Plomin on the role genetics play in children's success. Would true equality in education mean testing children's genetics at the age of four, so that any learning difficulties revealed can be accommodated right from the start of primary education? Podcast available.

Interview with prof. Fanos
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Interview with prof. Vassilios Fanos (Italian TV), about aggression in children and ACTION project, during the 11th International Workshop on Neonatology, Cagliari, October 26-31

ACTION has been presented during the 11th International Workshop on Neonatology, Cagliari, Italy, October 27-31, 2015.

The second consortium meeting took place in the Old Meeting Room on the first floor of the Trippenhuis Building, Amsterdam, October 22-23, 2015

Action on UNICA News
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ACTION have been mentioned on UNICA News. The article, available only in Italian language, announces the 11th International Workshop on Neonatology (Cagliari, Italy, October 27-31, 2015). During this workshop the ACTION project will be presented.

Action on Emgo
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The details of the European project Action have been published on Emgo's website. The EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research is one of the interfaculty research institutes of the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam and the VU University Amsterdam.

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