TwinsUK

17thJun
2013

TwinsUK on the BBC

The One Show on the BBC ran a feature on the Department of Twin Research on 17th June 2013. This programme was broadcast at 7:00pm on BBC 1. They featured the TwinsUK 21st Anniversary Party which was held at St. Thomas’ Hospital on 8th June 2013. Don’t worry if you missed it. You can watch it on the BBC [...]

7thJun
2013

Twin research comes of age

Tim Spector, Director of TwinsUK and some of our twins took part in a photo call today to celebrate the 21 year anniversary of TwinsUK. The Department of Twin Research at King’s College London, based at St Thomas’ Hospital, celebrates 21 years of genetic research this week, highlighting key achievements and looking to the future [...]

2ndMay
2013

Bursaries for Masters programmes

The KCL Department of Social Science, Health and Medicine is now offering bursaries for Masters programmes. Students can choose twin-related topics for their coursework. For further details please go to the “Taught Courses“ part of the “Learning & Training” section of this website.

22ndFeb
2013

Identical Twins and DNA

With the recent case of the French identical twins who have been implicated in serial rape, Quentin Cooper asks forensic geneticist Gill Tully from the Principal Forensics Services how DNA helps the police to find perpetrators and Tim Spector, a genetic epidemiologist from King’s College London, suggests that identical twins might not actually be as [...]

13thFeb
2013

CBC radio – Quirks and Quarks

Identical twins are incredibly similar – which makes sense, since they have precisely the same genes. But a practiced eye can often find subtle differences. On this program, Bob MacDonald speaks with Tim Spector who explains how the new science of epigenetics can produce twins who are “Identically Different”. The show “Quirks and Quarks – [...]

26thOct
2012

Baronness Boothroyd, Patron of TwinsUK, visits the Department

On Wednesday 24th October we were delighted to welcome the patron of TwinsUK, Baroness Betty Boothroyd, on a visit to the Department of Twin Research. Baroness Boothroyd is a British politician, who served as Member of Parliament and, from 1992 to 2000, as the first, and to date only, female Speaker of the House of [...]