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....

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 📷

🎓 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.

❗Job opening: Assistant/Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology at the University of Pittsburg 𝑫𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆: November 14, 2025 More info on the website ➡️ www.bga.org/content.aspx...

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...

🐥 Early-bird announcement The abstract deadline for BGA 2026 will be February 15, 2026. BGA will take place June 23-26, in beautiful Amsterdam. Time to start thinking about the cool findings you want to share with your international colleagues at our annual meeting!

⏰ New issue alert: Volume 55, issue 5: link.springer.com/journal/1051...

🔜 Submit your abstract to the BG special issue "The role of sex in neurodevelopment" before October 31! link.springer.com/journal/1051...

Two birds of a gene - catch Matt Keller's webinar at @uio.no on October 15th. Please share www.sv.uio.no/promenta/eng... @ispg.bsky.social @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social @essgn.bsky.social @ibg.colorado.edu

⏰Volume 55, issue 4 of Behavior Genetics is out, with studies exploring 🧵⬇️ link.springer.com/journal/1051...

The BGA Public Science committee has published its second statement, 'BGA Statement on Polygenic Embryo Selection'. Read more on the BGA website: bga.org/content.aspx...

In other news from the BGA meeting @sophiebell.bsky.social won the award for best student oral presentation. I think my lab is firmly in the lead for student awards, BGA-wide. Gifted students have always been my secret sauce.

Thank you too all (virtual) attendees that attended #BGA2025 - we look back at a great week of presentations, meet-ups and catching up between colleagues. ✨Some highlights:

First day of #BGA2025! Looking forward to learning about all the research that is happening. @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social

Our public science committee published its first statement, 'against misuse of behavioral genetics research' on the website. Read it now on the website ⬇️ bga.org/content.aspx...

🎫Two more days to get your 'on time' tickets for #BGA2025! bga.org/content.aspx...

The BGA Public Science Committee will co-host Wednesday, May 14th, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, US Eastern Time, an online symposium addressing how polygenic scores are communicated to the public, challenges of translating this research, and surrounding ethical & legal issues. Registration: lnkd.in/eGgKgxmT

New issue of in behavior genetics out now, with work on MZ qualitative differences, epigenetic clocks, alcohol use behaviors, education attainment, agency, and more! link.springer.com/journal/1051...

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=/st... #BGA2025

🚨 Call for Papers: Behavioral Genetics as a Public Science 🧬📃 Exploring the broader impact, misinterpretations, and ethical implications of behavioral genetics research. 🔗 Submit a 300-word abstract by Jan 31, 2025! Full details here: link.springer.com/journal/1051...

Want to get out of Dodge? Do a postdoc @uio.no! You will be using the MoBa study and registers to study intergenerational transmission and GxE for #MentalHealth and #education using @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social and @pgcgenetics.bsky.social approaches. Please share! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Excited to kick off our module "Grant writing & #SciComm" in our MSc programme #rmGBH @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social! Interested in why people differ? How genes and environments interact? Like data? vu.nl/genes 🧬👨‍👩‍👧Our MSc is a springboard to a career in @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social 🚀.

🚨 This will become a curated list of awesome tools for complex trait genetics, **add yours**! it may become a review in which case those who contribute are invited as co-authors.

BGA 2025 Annual Meeting – Abstract submission is OPEN! 🗓 Deadline: February 16, 2025 📍 Atlanta, USA 🇺🇸 Submit your symposium, oral presentation, or poster here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/77291... Don't miss out – see you there! 🧬🤸‍♀️

Save the date if you're interested in exploring cutting-edge twin research in a stunning island setting! 🌴 🗓 August 10-12, 2025 📍 Colombo, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 Join us for the 8th World Congress on Twin Pregnancy & 20th ISTS Congress!

Behavior Genetics Special Issue alert! 🚨 This special issue explores the broader impact, (mis)understanding, and implications of behavioral genetics research 🧬 Submit your abstract by January 31st 2025. More info in the document below 👇

New study on ADHD with 10,454 twins suggests adult ADHD symptoms (overall heritability ~40%) cluster under a general dimension shaped by unique environmental factors. Inattention and hyperactivity subtypes also show distinct genetic influences 🧬🧠 Out now: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Mark your calendars! On Wednesday, November 13, 4:00-5:00 PM, US Eastern Time, the BGA Public Science Committee will be co-hosting an online symposium on the misuse of behavioral genetics research with @ibangs.bsky.social 🧬 Registration details will be provided soon 👀

Congrats to Dirk Pelt, Inga Schwabe, Meike Bartels for winning the 2023 Editors’ Choice Award in Behavior Genetics! 🏆 Check out their paper, 'Bias in Gene-by-Environment Interaction Effects with Sum Scores: An Application to Well-being Phenotypes,' here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

After 23 years, we thank John Hewitt and Christina Hewitt for their extraordinary service as Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of Behavior Genetics ❤️ We warmly welcome Valerie Knopik as our new Editor-in-Chief, and look forward to the next chapter! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Join the TwinLife User Conference at the University of Bremen (Germany) 26-28 March 2025! The conference brings together scientists (interested in) working with TwinLife data. You're welcome to present new research ideas, methods, findings, or join without a contribution.

Evidence for gene-environment interaction in 2,168 16-year-old twin pairs: the genetic predisposition for ADHD seems to influence the extent to which environmental influences explain variability in hyperactivity and inattention symptoms: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧬🧠

If you're not following the Behavior Genetics Association account yet (@behaviorgenetic.bsky.social), please do! 🧬🧠🤸🏽 Me and Margot van de Weijer will be running it for the time being, sharing BGA updates and summaries of interesting research from their classic journal 📜 RTs appreciated! 🙏🏽

📸 BGA Banquet, London, England, 29 June 2024 Next stop: Atlanta 2025! bga.org

Do children cause the cognitive stimulation they receive? 🧬🧠 Alexandra Starr, Olakunle Oginni & Sophie von Stumm model the directions of causality in 15,314 children from the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS): link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Welcome to the Bluesky account of the Behavior Genetics Association! We will be posting updates about BGA and summaries of research from our journal Behavior Genetics 🧬🧠🤸‍♀️