Effective Grant Writing workshop
Jun 10, 2023
Saloni, with Dr. Kaili Rimfeld and Dr. Kyle Jasmin, organised a grant writing workshop, hosting panel members and successful applicants to the MRC, BBSRC, ESRC,
MRC Fellows Day
Jun 10, 2023
Saloni was delighted to be at the MRC Fellows Day, learning about the MRC’s perspective on industrial collaboration and patient involvement in research. It was
Visit from Dr. Caicai Zhang
Jun 10, 2023
It was great to host Dr. Caicai Zhang from Hong Kong Polytechnic at Royal Holloway, we spent time discussing Developmental Language Disorder, imaging, and presentation
What motivates children to read?
May 25, 2023
Saloni has written a piece for the BOLD blog on reading motivation, covering how research in the lab is allowing us to compare what people
Expert commentary in the Guardian
May 17, 2023
Saloni was asked to provide expert commentary on a new paper showing talking to babies could help to shape brain structure. You can find her
Plenary talk at #BNA2023
Apr 26, 2023
Saloni was part of the opening session “The Change makers (and how to keep up with them): Credibility in practice across different neuroscience settings”, alongside
Soapbox Science
Apr 25, 2023
Saloni spoke about brains and language on a rainy Soapbox in Brighton. This was a great opportunity to raise awareness of Developmental Language Disorder, as
New paper in npj Science of Learning!
Apr 20, 2023
We are delighted that Amrita has just had her first paper accepted at npj Science of Learning. This called for a celebration! We have been
Farewell Desi!
Apr 20, 2023
We went to afternoon tea to say goodbye to Desi. Desi has led the Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard project and will be a familiar
New paper in eLife!
Sep 27, 2022
We are delighted to have a new paper out in eLife: https://elifesciences.org/articles/74242 You can read more about this research here, or see a Twitter thread
MRC New Investigator Research Grant Success
Aug 8, 2022
Congratulations to Saloni who has just been awarded a New Investigator Research Grant from the MRC. Her project is titled, “Reward and motivation mechanisms supporting
College teaching prize for Saloni
Jun 8, 2022
Lab director Dr. Saloni Krishnan, along with colleagues Dr. Nura Sidarus, Dr. Ilham Sebah, Professor Dawn Watling, and Professor Victoria Bourne have won a Royal
Welcome Hannah!
May 31, 2022
We are delighted to welcome Hannah Jones, who joins the N-CoDe Lab with a summer bursary award from Royal Holloway. Hannah will be working on
Welcome Desislava!
May 3, 2022
We warmly welcome Desislava Arabadzhiyska, our new postdoctoral research fellow joining the N-CoDe Lab today. Desi will be investigating intrinsic reward and motivation in children
PsychologiCALL podcast
May 3, 2022
Saloni recently discussed findings from lab paper, “Curiosity-driven learning in adults with and without dyslexia“ on the PsychologiCALL podcast. Listen here, or read the paper
Amrita wins a BACN grant
Mar 25, 2022
Congratulations to Amrita who has received a competitive travel award to attend the British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience Conference in May 2022!
Saloni named an APS rising star
Feb 25, 2022
Saloni has been named a 2022 Rising Star by the Association of Psychological Science. This prestigious international designation is presented to outstanding early-career psychologists, whose innovative
BBC Tiny Happy People
Dec 8, 2021
Earlier this year, Saloni received an invitation to present research on language development for the BBC’s Tiny Happy People. This website aims to support parents in developing
Postdoc opportunity!
Jul 15, 2021
Thanks to funding from an Academy of Medical Sciences for the project “The neural and cognitive basis of motivation for reading”, we’re looking for a postdoc
Amrita speaks at the University of York
Jun 1, 2021
N-CoDe Lab PhD student Amrita Bains was recently invited to present work from her PhD at the Developmental Group Meeting at the University of York.
Language Neuroscience podcast
Apr 22, 2021
Stephen Wilson (Vanderbilt) is hosting the language neuroscience podcast (https://langneurosci.org/podcast/), a wonderful series focusing on leading and early career scientists in the field of language
AMS Springboard Award
Apr 15, 2021
Dr. Saloni Krishnan is one of this year’s AMS Springboard Awardees. This prestigious grant from the Academy of Medical Sciences provides £100,000 of funding over two
Commendation in the recent BNA Credibility Prize round
Mar 17, 2021
Saloni was ‘highly commended’ for her efforts to ensure neuroscience research is as robust, reliable, replicable, and reproducible as possible in the 2021 BNA Credibility in Neuroscience round