Category Archives: May 15 2018

Today we visit Karolinska Institute for two lectures held by two excellent professors. We definitely learned a lot from these lectures. In the first one, Dr. Finkle introduced her research on the twins study and talked about the effect of genetic … Continue reading →

Today was our first full day in Stockholm! We started the day with a visit to the Karolinska Institute. Our first lecture was on the Swedish twin registry and the research done using the registry and Sweden’s other registries to … Continue reading →

We slept well last night but had an early morning. Today, we enjoyed a lovely breakfast at the hotel where we had a host and were specially seated. We then gathered with the rest of the group and made our … Continue reading →

This morning we had breakfast at the hotel with Joe, Alexis, and Sara.  We were very impressed by how fancy the breakfast area was, and we discovered they have very tasty pastries. We then headed to the Karolinska Institute, where … Continue reading →

We started our day at Karolinska Institute where Dr. Deb Finkle gave us an overview of the Karolinska Twins Study. It is basically a registry of all of the twins in Sweden used to determine what environmental factors influence the … Continue reading →

Today we first visited the Karolinska Institute in Solna. This university was beautiful as was the city. The university had huge glass buildings and transportation nearby. During our first lecture, we learned about the Swedish Twins Studies and their impact on … Continue reading →

This morning was a very early start in the beautiful city of Stockholm. The breakfast buffet was absolutely amazing with plenty of delicious options. The soft-boiled eggs were a tad runny compared to Jonkoping. I’ll have to give the hard … Continue reading →