Why certain people are more musically gifted than others is not only influenced by environmental conditions, but also partly by our genetics, as shown by both twin studies and molecular DNA research. watch now : youtu.be/rKF5f8EIDKs?si…

My boyfriend was interviewed for Nature Portfolio 🥰

Simon Fisher has positions for talented junior scientists. Fully-funded 4-year #PhD fellowships for cutting-edge projects on language & genetics at Max Planck Research School for Language Sciences in Nijmegen, Netherlands mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fell…

Nu kleinzoon van Louis Neefs en zus van Metejoor deelnemen aan Eurosong: hoe erfelijk is muzikaal talent? vrtnws.be/p.vLYl75x7p?t=… #vrtnws

Overjoyed to introduce our newest discovery on overlapping biological underpinnings between human musical rhythm and language traits in genome & brain in Nature Human Behaviour - Gökberk Alagöz Giacomo Bignardi et al + longtime collaborators Simon Fisher Nancy J Cox #musicscience

Our research highlights 2024 🧬🌟🌍 🧪 The year saw Max Planck scientists publishing exceptional research across disciplines. We have selected twelve highlights to share. 😊 mpg.de/23923353/resea… #MaxPlanckInstitute

Zaterdag 21 december presenteert muziekgeneticus Laura Wesseldijk "Een goedemorgen met..." op NPO Klassiek 🧬🎶 npoklassiek.nl/uitzendingen/e…

My lab and that of Jian Zeng are recruiting postocs to work on various stat gen projects. There are 3 positions advertised. Please check them out and share within your networks. Thanks! nature.com/naturecareers/… Closing Date is Feb 28, 2025.

My article about the great work of Laura Wesseldijk et al. Examining psychedelic substance use in naturalistic environments & mental health One finding was 99% who used psychedelics used other, highlighting high levels of polysubstance use in gen pop. Thanks to The Mental Elf

Our first multi-national GWAS on income is out in Nature Human Behaviour 🧬💰 - 162 loci (88 novel) - significant heterogeneity between countries - significant heterogeneity between men and women - unique non-education income effects Open Access Link: nature.com/articles/s4156…

The BGA meeting in Atlanta will now have a hybrid option! 🌍🎥 We've also reopened abstract submissions for 2 weeks, with a hard deadline of March 14, 2025. Join us in person or virtually for a fantastic meeting! Register here: auth.oxfordabstracts.com/?redirect=/sta… #BGA2025

In every civilization, people end up sorted into levels of socio-economic status (SES). We explore the history, present, and future of scientific research on the complicated relationship between SES and DNA in Nature Human Behaviour 💰🧬🎓 Link: rdcu.be/efacK Thread below 👇🏽

Did you get a chance to read the thread on our new Nature Human Behaviour paper on SES yet? If not, don't worry, I have something better for you! Check out this comic by the amazing Lizah.PsD - LizahAart on 💙☁️ The complete comic here: communities.springernature.com/posts/are-we-b… You can also scroll this thread 👇🏾

Four papers, one story line. GWAS signals carry traces of both biology and society.

Does your music style preference say something about your well-being? Most likely not! We tested 19 music genres, of which only 4 were related to well-being, with genetic analyses showing no causality. Great work by master student Anastasiia Bratchenko! 🎶 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🎵 Why do some people enjoy #music more than others? New findings published in Nature Communications show that our capacity to enjoy music is partly inherited, with 54% of music enjoyment variability linked to #DNA differences: nature.com/articles/s4146… 🧬 #Neuroscience #BehaviorGenetics

This Het Parool interview came out on the same day my new son was born :) It's about our new Nature Human Behaviour paper on SES and genetics, summarized in the thread quoted below. Here is an English translation of the interview: drive.google.com/file/d/11mrYHg…

Ik had een goed gesprek met Hendrik Spiering voor NRC over de wisselwerking tussen genen en de samenleving 🧬🌇 nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/05…

The ReGPC presents comprehensive GWAS of the Big Five personality in N=611K-1.14M and within-family GWAS in N=51K. In contrast to many other social/behav traits, pop GWAS of personality almost entirely reflect direct genetic effects. doi.org/10.1101/2025.0…

I highly recommend working as a postdoc for Josh! I have done so for five years and it was a truly enriching experience; inspiring, productive and fun!