Don’t miss out! 🧬 Team member Tan-Hoang Nguyen will be presenting on rare variant analysis for PTSD using whole-exome sequencing data! 🧪Join us on 11/08 for insights into #Genomics and #PTSDResearch at #ASHG2024!

Hey #ASHG2024 - are you on the job market? Join us at Purdue University where we’re advancing #GeneticsandSociety research. We’re hiring scientists at all levels: postdocs, faculty, and research staff. Help shape the future of #sociogenomics: cla.purdue.edu/academic/socio…

The POP-GEM Lab is now on Bluesky! 🌟 Stay updated with the latest news, research, and collaborations by following us at bsky.app/profile/popgem…. See you there! ✨ #POPGEM #Bluesky #ScienceUpdates

🚨 Just submitted! Led by Mohammed Hassan, we used ML to predict alcohol consumption via biomarkers in the UK Biobank. 🔑 Key points: ✅ ML > Traditional methods ✅ Biomarkers improve accuracy ✅ Explainable AI reveals risks Stay tuned! Amanda E. Gentry Dr. Rosie Todd Webb

🚨 Update! The preprint for our study using ML to predict alcohol consumption via biomarkers in the UK Biobank is here! 🎉 Led by Mohammed Hassan w/ Amanda E. Gentry Dr. Rosie Todd Webb. 🔗[medrxiv.org/content/10.110…] #MachineLearning #AIinGenetics #OpenScience

1/n Our multi-ancestry #GWAS meta-analysis of major depression is now published in Cell. cell.com/cell/fulltext/… A thread 🧵:

Thrilled to share some amazing news— Madhur Bain Singh, supervised by Dr. Rosie & Richard Mcneale, has been awarded VIPBG at VCU 's Kenneth S. Kendler Award for Excellence in Predoctoral Research!

🚀New paper by Madhur Bain Singh on smoking & DNA methylation via twin-based MR using Netherlands Twin Register data! Supervised by Michael C Neale, Jenny van Dongen, & Conor Dolan. Co-authors: Dr. Rosie, Dana Lapato, Charles Breeze, gibran hemani, Hermine Maes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s10654…

🚨 New paper in HGG Advances! 🚨 We evaluate imputation panel performance in 1,814 Pakistani individuals, highlighting the need for expanded reference panels in genetic research. Read more: cell.com/hgg-advances/f… Jiayi Xu Arsalan Dr. Rosie Bigdeli #GWAS

🚨New paper alert!🚨 Using triangulated evidence, Kirsten van Hooijdonk, Jacqueline Vink & team (Zoe Reed, Madhur Bain Singh, Hannah Sallis, Marcus Munafò) find no bidirectional causal links between diet/physical activity & depression/anxiety. 🔬❌ 📖 Read more: doi.org/10.1017/S00332…

🚨 Big News! Our lab has officially moved from X to Bluesky! 🌿💙 If you're on Bluesky, let’s stay connected—follow us at bsky.app/profile/popgem…, and we'll follow back!

🚨 New paper out! In a collaboration across MVP, FinnGen & UK Biobank, we conducted a phenome-wide study of sex chromosome trisomies (SCT) in 1.5M participants. Findings reveal shared disease risks across SCT. 🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congratulations to #LanieMullins, PhD student VIPBG at VCU, on receiving the Rising Star Award at #BGA2025 🎉 Her poster using #UKBiobank data linked immune system markers (MLR/NLR) to depression, with NLR emerging as a stronger predictor in older adults.