Hebridean genealogist, Angus MacLean, worked with us to build family trees for our Viking III (Hebridean) study volunteers - so we can track genes.
We aim to begin the process of returning 'actionable' results for Viking II/III from mid-2024
#MeettheTeam #Hebridean #Genealogist

Last week we told you that we have received the genetic data for VIKING II ( #Orkney and #Shetland ) and VIKING III ( #Hebrides ).
The next step is to make sure we have our volunteers' latest details, such as their postal address.
This can be done here:
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viking.ed.ac.uk/update-my-deta…

Viking Genes news!
We have received the genetic data for our Viking II (Orkney and Shetland) and Viking III (Hebrides) studies and aim to begin the process of returning actionable results to volunteers from mid-2024.
Read our policy on RoR below:
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viking.ed.ac.uk/for-viking-gen…

Just a reminder! Viking Genes Project Manager Shona M Kerr is the guest speaker at a free event hosted by ANESFHS this Saturday in Edinburgh and online (zoom link required)!
Details below:
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anesfhs.org.uk/meetings-event…

#VikingGenesTalk

Our project manager Shona M Kerr is giving a talk on Viking Genes this Saturday in Edinburgh and online!
Details below:
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It is exactly a year since the BBC broke the story of our #BRCA1 gene finding in some people with #Westray ancestry.
Now Helen Skelton from the BBC Morning Live team presents this poignant piece on the importance of genetic testing.
Watch from 10:55
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bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

This was our chief investigator Prof Jim Flett Wilson's, view a year today as he was about to land on #Orkney to deliver the important news of our genetic finding in some people with #Westray ancestry.

Read our lay summary here:
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viking.ed.ac.uk/research/cance…

#ResearchThatMatters

New paper:

Genome-wide characterization of circulating metabolic biomarkers Usher Institute MRC_HGU Institute of Genetics and Cancer VIKING Genes Caroline Hayward Igor Rudan Peter joshi Erin Macdonald-Dunlop

Read more here: doi.org/10.1038/s41586…

Congratulations everyone!
Volunteer data from the Orkney Complex Disease Study (ORCADES) - which is part of Viking Genes - contributed to this important genome-wide study published in Nature today.
Read the paper here:
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nature.com/articles/s4158…

An important blog by Genomics Education about the NHS England Jewish BRCA Testing Programme.

It references our Orkney (Westray) finding which is approaching its one year anniversary.

Read about the Jewish testing programme here:
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orlo.uk/n1sZO

Some terrific pics of Viking Genes' Shona M Kerr with our return of genetic findings poster at yesterday's Genetic Alliance UK Rare Disease Day event Institute of Genetics and Cancer.

Pictures courtesy of Connor Warnock
#RareDiseaseDay2024

Today, our project manager Shona M Kerr is Institute of Genetics and Cancer, listening and learning and also presenting a poster on our recent work on return of actionable genetic findings in Viking Genes.
#RareDiseaseDay2024 Genetic Alliance UK

I'll be there Institute of Genetics and Cancer, listening and learning and also presenting a poster on our recent work on return of actionable genetic findings in VIKING Genes
#RareDiseaseDay2024

This week is #WorldGaelicWeek - Seachdain na Gàidhlig - so here at Viking Genes we are celebrating Scottish Gaelic with our volunteers and followers!
Learn more at:
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seachdainnagaidhlig.scot

We have a new website!
Some of our paperwork will still have the old website address, but don't worry if you use that. You will be redirected to our new site.
Have a look around our new site, particularly our 'Returning Actionable Findings' page.
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viking.ed.ac.uk

Sunday is #IDWGS - a day to highlight and celebrate women and girls in science. So, this is the perfect opportunity to say 'thank you' to the women who have made a major contribution to Viking Genes!
(Not all are pictured here)
#WomeninSTEM

New paper:

A genetic association study of circulating coagulation Factor VIII and von Willebrand Factor levels Caroline Hayward Igor Rudan Peter joshi Lucija Klaric VIKING Genes

Read more here: doi.org/10.1182/blood.…

Actionable variants in the “HFE” gene are among the results we are returning in Viking Genes.
This article helps to explain why this is beneficial, to avoid iron overload and the problems it can bring:
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bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

#HFE #Haemochromatosis

FAQ: Will you tell me actionable results about a volunteer who has passed away, if I am their next of kin?
We have permission to do this, if the next of kin completes a consent form.
You can find more detail and our information sheet here (12th FAQ):
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ed.ac.uk/viking/for-vik…

It's #DataProtectionDay
Commemorating the date of the Council of Europe’s data protection convention.
So how do we protect our volunteers data?
You can read more in our FAQs and official privacy notice here.
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ed.ac.uk/viking/privacy…