Abstract submission for the #BGA2026 in Amsterdam (NL), is now open! Oral and Poster Abstract submission: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80641.... Symposia abstract submission (symposium chairs only): app.oxfordabstracts.com/events/76614....

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Applications for the 2026 Leena Peltonen School of Human Genetics are open!📢 The school brings together ~20 global leaders and ~20 advanced PhD students for an intensive, discussion-driven week shaping the future of genomics. 📅 July 26–30 📍 Wellcome Genome Campus, UK 📝 Apply by March 6: lpshg.com

🌟 Applications for the 2026 Leena Peltonen School of Human Genetics are open! Back after a great 2025 edition: ~20 global leaders and ~20 PhD students shaping the future of genomics. 📅 July 26–30, 2026 📍 Wellcome Genome Campus, UK 📝 Apply by March 6 → www.lpshg.com

Our FinnGen team is recruiting!

We are looking for a Software Developer to join our international team in Finland! With us, you will gain invaluable experience in high-impact software solutions that empower researchers to analyse and visualise extensive genomic and health data. Apply by 30 Jan: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

The BGA public outreach committee, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium outreach committee and IBANGS have joined forces for the webinar "scientifically accurate & ethically responsible science communication" with J9 Austin, Nicholas Clifton, Ziada Ayorech and Robbee Wedow; scan the QR code to sign up 📷

Who wants to join us in Oslo to study how health influences educational underperformance? We are hiring PhDs postdocs candidates for our funded project. We will follow children from birth to emerging adulthood, using behavioural genetic methods and large datasets 945000.webcruiter.no/Main/Recruit...

🎓 Our information officer Daniel Gustavson has created a revised Graduate Programs page: bit.ly/48biJAS on the BGA website. If you are a student interested in behavior genetics, this page provides a list of current graduate programs in Behavior Genetics.

Come to Finland, join the @ellisinstitute.fi and @helsinki.fi as an Associate/Assistant/Full Professor in Computational Precision Health! ELLIS Institute PI recruitment is open until Jan 12: www.ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit-2... Professor position description: www.ellisinstitute.fi/pi-positions...

We have an open postdoc position in Social Science Genomics in Berlin! Includes gene-environment interplay within German population cohorts & experimental online survey studies to probe public perceptions of potential DNA biomarker applications 🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...

We currently have multiple job openings (post-doc/assistant prof/associate prof) listed on our website, see thread below if you don't want to miss out! bga.org/content.aspx...

I'm hiring! ✨ Looking for a Research Fellow to study environmental factors that mitigate intergenerational transmission of mental health. 3-year post at UCL @uclbrainscience.bsky.social with great opportunities for training, collaboration & exciting science! 🔗 Apply: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOZ633/r...

Apply to do a PhD with me, Laura Corbin, Gareth Hawkes and George Davey Smith ( @mendelrandom.bsky.social) in Bristol on identifying rare effects on health using new and innovative methods. Amazing team, great educational environment, lovely city. Forward to your undergrads wrapping up!

Nominations are open for the Leena Peltonen Prize 2026 (€10,000). candidates: outstanding young researchers, Early career stage, no age or graduation limit Awardee will give the Leena Peltonen Lecture at #eshg2026 in Gothenburg. 📅 Deadline: 31 Oct 2025 🔗 forms.eshg.org/leena-pelton...

Are you looking for an exciting PhD project at the intersection of machine learning and health sciences? The Machine Learning for Health team at FIMM led by Dr. @tuomohartonen.bsky.social is looking for a Doctoral Researcher to join their interdisciplinary team. 🔗 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

I'm looking for a PhD student to do some trailblazing at the frontier of personality genomics and lifespan gene-environment transactions (start Fall 2026)! If you want to work with me: psychology.msu.edu/graduatestud... (PS @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social is taking a student too, in moral psych/dev!)

I am hiring! 🎓 We offer a fully funded PhD student position to work on exciting machine learning projects utilizing rich, multimodal real-life health data, based at @fimm-uh.bsky.social in Helsinki, Finland, the happiest country in the world 🇫🇮 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... Feel free to DM me!

We are looking for a Data Scientist to support our clinically oriented research teams in generating insights from decades of rich, longitudinal health data. If you are inspired by the opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research at a global scale, apply here: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

🗓️ Our next (hybrid, AMC) research meeting will take place September 4th 13:00, where @hubersnikki.bsky.social will present current knowledge on the aetiology of twinning. See you there! www.geneticsnetworkamsterdam.org/event/resear...

The Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences of @helsinki.fi invites applications for the position of 🟢 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / PROFESSOR OF HUMAN GENETICS AND GENOMICS 🟢 with a possibility of a secondary affiliation with FIMM. ➡️ jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

⏳ Last chance! Apply by Aug 10 to become a FIMM–EMBL Group Leader in molecular medicine @helsinki.fi. If you’re ready to launch your independent research group at the intersection of genomics, precision medicine & AI, this is your moment. 👉 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #AcademicJobs #GroupLeader

Still time to apply for this, closes Aug 15th. Come work with us!

🚨 2 weeks left! FIMM @helsinki.fi is hiring new early-career Group Leaders in molecular medicine. 🔬 Population-level genomics + health data 🌍 EMBL partnership 🌳 Nordic life, global science Run your own lab. Build something bold. 👉 Apply by 10 Aug 2025: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Incredibly honoured to be awarded an NWO Veni grant 🎉! Looking forward to starting this next phase of my career at @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social @vuamsterdam.bsky.social. Many thanks to my collaborators for their assistance and advice while writing this grant!

📣 We are recruiting 2-3 early-stage group leaders! 📣 If you dream of analysing population-scale datasets with cutting-edge tech, Finland is calling! Build your own team as a FIMM-EMBL Group Leader @helsinki.fi. 🔗 Apply here by 10 Aug: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #ScienceJobs

We are looking for an experienced and collaborative bioinformatician to join the newly established HiLIFE Biodata unit. This is a service-driven position in a core facility environment, as part of the Biodata Meilahti team, located at FIMM. Apply by 15 Aug! jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

PhD position in my group at @fau.de, as part of my @erc.europa.eu Consolidator project PAR2. German is not essential but an interest in social science genetics would be great! Sharing would be much appreciated ❤️ www.jobs.fau.de/jobs/phd-pos...

📣 We are recruiting 2-3 early-stage group leaders! 📣 Lead your own research group at FIMM @helsinki.fi and help us build more bridges from discovery to medicine! 👉 Apply here by 10 Aug: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #GroupLeaderPosition #AcademicCareers #MolecularMedicine

Job alert ‼️ @thomasdwkim.bsky.social and I are recruiting a postdoc in single-cell genomics via the NORPOD program of the @nordicembl.bsky.social. Collaboration between @fimm-uh.bsky.social and @dandrite.bsky.social on multimodal data integration in neurodevelopment. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

👤 On the 'personal pages' part of the website, you can check out the profiles of GENEAmsterdam researchers. Are you a genetics researcher based in Amsterdam but do you not have a personal page yet? Please reach out so we can quickly set this up! www.geneticsnetworkamsterdam.org/personal-pag...

📣 We are recruiting 2-3 early-stage group leaders. 📣 Join an institute where cross-disciplinary teamwork and national health-data resources let you ask the questions no one else can! 🚀 Apply here by 10 Aug to start your own research group: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #ScienceJobs

The third NORPOD postdoctoral programme call by the @nordicembl.bsky.social is now open! Three exciting projects are looking for the right candidate — maybe it’s you? Two of the projects are primarily hosted at FIMM. Have a look and apply by Aug 15! projects.au.dk/nordic-embl-... #postdocposition

6/6 Gabin Drouard et al. @fimm-uh.bsky.social Twin Study Provides Heritability Estimates for 2321 Plasma Proteins and Assesses Missing SNP Heritability Journal of Proteome Research pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

🎓 Multiple exciting job openings at the Department of Complex Trait Genetics at VU Amsterdam: Application for Two PhD Positions in Statistical Genetics: t.co/0Cy3KF75lI Application for Postdoc Statistical Genetics: t.co/ENI5KeI6yF Application for Postdoc Bioinformatics: t.co/qOLaauKNLV

If you are seriously considering an academic career in Europe, and you are weather hardened by the mid-west or north east, this is an amazing opportunity!

Matteo Ferro, a doctoral candidate in my team has a new blog on health data science where he is collecting the most interesting papers, each month. Check it out!                healthdatascience.substack.com

We have 2-3 group leader positions opening @fimm-uh.bsky.social !! We are looking for outstanding candidates in human genetics and precision medicine. This time we have a focus on population health data science. E.g. AI for EHR/health data        Generous starting package 💰 shorturl.at/FAk6n

In Oslo? We still have some seats left for our conference on Social Science and Genetics on the 12-13th June! More info and registration: www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/... @uio.no

🚀 Lead your own research group in the world's happiest country @helsinki.fi! We are seeking 2–3 early-stage Group Leaders in Molecular Medicine. We offer solid 5+4 year funding, access to nationwide health & genome datasets & cutting-edge technology. 🔗 jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #sciencejob

#ctglab is hiring! We have #vacancies! 2 PhD & 2 postdoc positions, in #statistical #genetics and/or #bioinformatics - if you like GWAS, method development and linking with biology - check these out 👇 werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/tw... werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/po... werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/po...

We are looking for a post-doc/research fellow working on non-bullshit, reality-centered AI. Meaning: unique nationwide EHR and -omics with the possibility to recontact people and prospectively test multimodal AI approaches. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... @FIMM_UH @FinnGen_FI

What an inspiring two days at FIMM Scientific Retreat 2025 "Building Bridges Across Disciplines"! A warm thank you to the organising committee & all the speakers and participants who filled Hotel Korpilampi with great science, dance energy and FIMM spirit.

Greatly enjoyed participating in such an incredibly interdisciplinary event!

🎉Exciting news! Our Research Master's Genes in Behavior and Health has been awarded the Award of Excellence by the 2025 Keuzegids! 🔍 Still searching for a Master’s program for 2025–2026? Curious about the biological and environmental roots of behavior and disease? 👉 Apply now: vu.nl/en/education...

Support open, international science and education: Join me in signing this letter against the unjust and short-sighted plan to abolish English-taught psychology Bachelors in the Netherlands. #SupportDutchPsychology openletter.earth/against-lang...

🚨 EBI has just lunched a new portal to calculate genetic scores from individual-level genetic data. Check it out 👇. It is very cool! geneticscores.org It is linked with the @pgscatalog.bsky.social This was supported by INTERVENE

📌PhD Position at the department of Biological Psychology: stress-in-action.nl/phd-student-...

Good news! @hubersnikki.bsky.social article about multi-omics analysis of ADHD achieved the Top Viewed Article status from #AJMG of articles published in 2023. Read it here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #TopViewedArticle @wiley.com @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social @fionahagenbeek.bsky.social

Our new study in Molecular Psychiatry, in 1528 children and their parents (@ntrbiopsy.bsky.social) shows that indirect genetic effects—where parental genetics shape offspring traits via environmental influences (genetic nurture)—impact DNA methylation of children. doi.org/10.1038/s413... (1/5)