I wrote down my rules on how to Science. I hope you find it useful!

I’ve been reading her book and can’t put it down. Her candor is in every page. It’s so refreshing. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/706251/b…

The PGC MDD group (pictured at #WCPG2023 in Montreal) includes 200+ scientists from >15-20 countries 🌐 🧬 Our members range from distinguished faculty to junior investigators across epidemiology, statistical genetics, and clinical psychiatry/psychology. pgc.unc.edu/for-researcher…

Genetics are an important risk factor for depression. For an overview of what we know about depression genetics, here are two recent review papers we recommend! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33682643/ nature.com/articles/s4138… Till Andlauer Eva Schulte karmel choi Jonathan Flint

Three cheers for strong women who support other women. “For too long, a lack of money has forced organizations fighting for women's rights into a defensive posture while the enemies of progress play offense. I want to help even the match.” nytimes.com/2024/05/28/opi…

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After 12+ years at MGH, and 28 years in Boston, I'm moving on to a big adventure in the midwest. I leave with such gratitude for the INCREDIBLE opportunities I've had and the FANTASTIC people I've been surrounded by. Thank you for all you've done. Purdue: here I come!

Rappaport Research Fellow Dr. Erin Dunn Dr Erin Dunn heads up Center for Sociogenomics at Purdue University: cla.purdue.edu/news/college/2… @lifeatPurdue

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A fantastic study by @xiangruimeng158 @Kkuchenbaecker and colleagues was recently published in Nature Genetics. The paper studied genetic risk for major depression across 1.8 million individuals with 54% from non-European ancestry. link: nature.com/articles/s4158… 🧵below

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Adolescents who spend >3 hours/day on social media face 2x the risk of anxiety and depression symptoms, and the average daily use in this age group is 4.8 hours. As GMA3: What You Need To Know highlighted, I'm calling on legislators to act with urgency to make social media safer for our kids.

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Received perfect score on a center grant. Looks like we will be hiring postdocs for big collaboration UC San Diego Health on organoid models of schizophrenia and autism genes, CRISPR a/i screens and integrative data analysis of genes and neuroimaging, EEG and neural phenotypes! Pls RT

We hope everyone who attended ASA Sociology returned home with the same reinvigorated passion for sociological inquiry as we did! In the spirit of feeling inspired by sociology, we are sharing yet another ✨Reminder to Inquire✨

Absolutely love this post. Anything that helps demystify the process of climbing the academic ladder…..