📣📣📣 We are excited to announce a Postdoc position at the University of Gothenburg using pregnancy on-a-chip systems! We are looking for a motivated candidate to push our efforts in moving from genetic discoveries to biological insights in preterm birth 👶 📅 Deadline 22 Feb 2026

📣 🧬🦠 New article out on genetic susceptibility to infection with Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2. In this international GWAS meta-analysis, we identified loci not found for earlier variants of the virus. The findings point to a central role of glycosylation. 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧵 New paper out in PLoS Medicine ( doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004657 ): Are common infections during pregnancy harmful to a child’s long-term cognitive outcomes? We looked at over 250,000 full-siblings to find out. Thread with explanation blow 👇

🧬🤰Still 2 weeks left to apply for this unique PhD fellowship in the genetics of fetal growth 👇👇

📢 We’re hiring a PhD Fellow 📢 Genetics of fetal and placental growth using measures derived from ultrasound imaging in pregnancy. Co-supervised by Simon Rasmussen (CBMR, @cbmr.science) and me (SSI, @ssi-dk.bsky.social). Start: Oct 1, 2025 Deadline: July 24, 2025 📎 employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...

This is VERY big genetics & health news, Regeneron (Pharmaceutical company with v strong genetics in medicine arm) is going to buy 23andme. investor.regeneron.com/news-release...

📢 Applications open for the SMARTbiomed Summer School! 🧠 Learn Causal Inference, Statistical Genetics & ML in R 📍 June 23–27 at the stunning Sandbjerg Estate, Denmark ⏳ Apply by April 19 — limited spots available! 👩‍🔬 For PhDs, postdocs & early-career researchers 🔗 smartbiomed.dk/news-and-eve...

Demonstration i solidaritet med Grønland på Lørdag kl. 12:00 foran den amerikanske ambassade. Håber at vi er mange der dukker op. #dkpol #dkmedier www.facebook.com/events/40399...

Great effort by recently minted PhD Niklas Andersson (not on Bluesky) at Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen. His thesis was on thiazide induced hyponatremia (TIH), low plasma sodium as a potential adverse reaction to use of thiazide diuretics. This paper investigates the genetics of TIH. /1

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ESHG Abstract Deadline Reminder! The Submission Deadline for #ESHG2025 is in a week (Jan 30)! Please join us this spring (May 24-27) in Milan, Italy, for another fun and exciting ESHG conference! Learn more at 2025.eshg.org Please retweet. #Genetics #ScienceConference #ESHG #ESHG2025

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Christmas time, board game time!

New preprint out on genetic susceptibility to infection with Omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2. International GWAS meta-analysis discovers loci not found for earlier variants of the virus and indicates central role of glycosylation. 👇 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Central role of glycosylation processes in human genetic susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infections with Omicron variants https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.21.24317689v1

A little bit late to the party, but our project on the genetics of neonatal jaundice has been finally published 👶 www.nature.com/articles/s41... It's a neat story and a rollercoster of unexpected findings 🤓🤓 How do the genetics of neonatal jaundice differentiate from those of adult bilirubin?

All set for some interesting weekend reading 🌱

Led by @polsolenavais.bsky.social & BoJacobsson: "Genome-wide analyses of neonatal jaundice reveal a marked departure from adult bilirubin metabolism". Contributed with Hakon Hakonarson & @jonathanbradfield.bsky.social locally. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Amazing methods-oriented PIONEER center of Biomedicine launching in DK and UK, led by Naomi Wray, @ceclindgren.bsky.social @bvilhjal.bsky.social Preben Bo Mortensen, Erin Gabriel, Chris Holmes, Peter Visscher

SMARTbiomed Oxford-Aarhus-Copenhagen collaboration smartbiomed.dk about to launch led by Naomi Wray. Lots of positions! Great opportunity to join Oxford Big Data Institute bdi.ox.ac.uk Jobs 173031-3 at jobs.ox.ac.uk Methods-focussed in groups Holmes, Visscher, Evans,etc, Denmark ads soon.