What does Mendel's legacy mean to you? Lavinia Paternoster is the first to answer this question - and introduces us to a very special cat. Read her #Mendel200 blog post here: ieureka.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2022/06/29/fro…

Now live on medRxiv - our European and multi-ancestry GWAS meta-analysis of atopic dermatitis! Many thanks to the 40+ cohorts involved with Lavinia Paternoster Marie Standl and Anna Kilanowski

We're recruiting! Come and work at MRC IEU on an exciting BIOMAP-IMI project. Are you a talented genetic epidemiologist who would like responsibility for delivering a project investigating the genetic risk factors of eczema severity? Apply here: bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/deta…

🚨 Exciting PhD opportunity to study the role of inflammation in depression progression & treatment response using cohort & genetic methods MRC IEU funded by NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) 👇👇👇 With Lavinia Paternoster gibran hemani & our #immunopsychiatry group. shorturl.at/ilP04

I just supported this case! (again) - you should too (if you can). The best opportunity we have to change how USS operate! crowdjustice.com/case/save-pens… via CrowdJustice

Look what’s just landed in our yard Tobacco Factory :-) Come to this Sunday’s ⁦TobaccoFactoryMarket⁩ .. and stroke gently! Thanks to artist ⁦@kunstity⁩ ⁦The UnicornFest 🦄⁩ #theUnicornfest #Bristol #Unicorn colouring books ⁦5 Acre Farmer⁩ shop

Honoured to spend World Atopic Eczema Day sharing our recent eczema genetic research findings and viewing the fantastic Colouring Adult Eczema sculpture

Our new AD/eczema GWAS published today, reporting 91 associated loci: nature.com/articles/s4146… a huge, fantastic team worked so hard on this, especially Ashley Budu-Aggrey MRC IEU EAGLE_Consortium BIOMAP-IMI

“By ensuring a diverse input, the output is going to help diverse communities.” Members of the Black in Biomedical Research Advisory Group (BBRAG) share how they’re helping create visibility for Black biomedical researchers: ukri.org/blog/creating-…

📅It's less than a month till our programme of short courses begins. Looking to enhance your skills across a variety of topics? Book your place now.

1st publication of my PhD in print! 🎉 An accessible guide for in-silico GWAS variant interpretation with Sara 💙💛 🇺🇦 Lavinia Paternoster General pipelines (FUMA/MAGMA) are good, but bespoke analysis is better! We recommend investigative procedure and provide a full list of tools 😁

📣New study identifies two proteins that may contribute to #Stroke recurrence! Findings could help identify drug targets to mitigate/decrease stroke-related disability + mortality. Published in Stroke AHA/ASA News tinyurl.com/2ekbc4cj Paper tinyurl.com/yp2tkf9w

Proud to see some #BIOMAP_IMI contributions at ESDR this year by Lavinia Paternoster, Matthias Hübenthal, Ana Rebane & Zoltan Radai. We are looking forward to a productive exchange on dermatological research. #ESDR2024

Check out the article, "Protein Identification for Stroke Progression via Mendelian Randomization in Million Veteran Program and UK Biobank" ⬇️ ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.11… #AHAJournals Hugo J. Aparicio, MD, MPH, FAHA NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) MRC IEU Tom Gaunt gibran hemani Lavinia Paternoster george davey smith

Come join us (virtually) next month for Gen Epi training!

Thrilled to be awarded a LEO grant to launch the Skin Genetics Consortium - to undertake global GWAS for all common skin conditions