Glad to have our new study reconciling linkage and association studies using data from 120K sib pairs finally published in Nature Genetics. We used within-family segregation to estimate heritability (unbiasedly) and show that results from linkage can be predicted from GWAS.

After 23 years, we thank John Hewitt and Christina Hewitt for their extraordinary service as Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of Behavior Genetics ❤️ We warmly welcome Valerie Knopik as our new Editor-in-Chief, and look forward to the next chapter! link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Shannon D'Urso and I wrote a piece for the The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand 👇 Does drinking coffee while pregnant cause ADHD? Our study shows there’s no strong link theconversation.com/does-drinking-…

Sleepiness and low energy are common symptoms of DEMENTIA. It’s why he takes Adderall Cognitive Doctor discusses Trump’s Brain Damage It's not a joke, it's not sarcasm. "This is a neurological smoking gun." x.com/a_k_a_stardust…

Q: I am a Republican, but no longer registered. I was disturbed by January 6. People from your own administration don't support you. Your own Vice President doesn’t support you. So why would I want to support you? Trump: I totally disagree with Mike Pence for certifying the

Our method, #DINGO (Direct and INdirect analysis of Genetic lOci), named after Australian wild dog 🐕, now in Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146… DINGO meta-analyzes maternal and fetal #GWAS to enhance statistical power for genetic loci discovery 🧬💡 david_mf_evans Institute for Molecular Bioscience

Registration now open for the Genetic and Epigenetic Epidemiology course in beautiful Florence 7th to 11th of July 2025: eepe.org With Gib Hemani (gibran hemani ), Paul Yousefi and Matt Suderman.

If you have a spare moment, it would be great if you could support Nathan Palpant and Glenn King as finalists for the 2024 People’s Choice Awards. shapingaustraliaawards.com.au/the-finalists

Is there any high profile GxE interaction finding from the noughties that has not turned out to be completely bogus? link.springer.com/article/10.100… with Giulio Centorame Nicole Warrington gibran hemani Geng Wang george davey smith putting the final nail in the coffin

GLENN MAXWELL! CATCH OF THE SEASON. #BBL14

Registration for the IMB Genetics and Genomics Winter School July 7-11 is now open: hsu.imb.uq.edu.au/genetics-and-g…

.david_mf_evans and Gunn-Helen Moen (Institute for Molecular Bioscience UiO - Det medisinske fakultet) used winsorisation when performing #GWAS of birthweight and discovered missense variant in the ABCC8 gene estimated to be responsible for a 170g increase in birthweight amongst carriers #DoHAD #T2D link.springer.com/article/10.100… 🔓

We have received over 40 registrations and 7 scholarship applications. If you are interested in this opportunity to learn computational methods in genetics and genomics, register now to secure a position! Scholarship application is due in 1 week. Registration is due in 1 month.

Investigating potential causal effects of maternal smoking on offspring handedness using a proxy gene-by-environment (GxE) Mendelian randomization design out today: link.springer.com/article/10.100… with Daisy Crick george davey smith SarahMedland