IGM is hiring! 🎉 Join our team and work alongside @tatyanes.bsky.social and @amcinerney.bsky.social on impactful research focused on integrating genomics into medicine. Learn more & apply 👇👇👇 #Genomics #GeneticCounselling #ResearchJobs #FrazerInstitute #TranslationalResearch

Support for the Queer and Trans community has never been so important! 🌈🫶💜 #PrideMonth

Great opening plenary by @andrewmallett8.bsky.social at #INSPIRD workshop on the lpioneering work from him and his team on integrating #GenomicTesting for #RenalDisease #QueenslandHealth #OfficeOfResearchInnovation #JamesCookUniversity

If an 🇦🇺 #biomed researcher, 🙏 consider 📝 this letter to #NHMRC advocating for ⬆️ flexibility around part-time work with #investigatorgrants. This will go some way to reducing barriers encountered by those who work part-time, incl. women of young children #womeninSTEM docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🚨I get to share another publication by an awesome mentees today! Mitch Hendry and Loryn Byres arent on here, but they led this fab content analysis study about perspectives of >300 Autistic people on genetic testing for autism www.nature.com/articles/s41... #GeneChat #AcademicSky 🧪 #ProudMentor

Congratulations Sam Kahler on achieving your second PhD milestone at the University of Queensland 🎉🎉🎉 Prof Peter Soyer @clareprim.bsky.social Brigid Betz-Stablein and I are very proud of all you have achieved. #FrazerInstUQ @igmgroup.bsky.social

Our paper now published! 🙌🏻🧬🫀 @alexbutters25.bsky.social @k-jt.bsky.social @njhenden.bsky.social @dgmacarthur.bsky.social @kathrynmcgurk.bsky.social @jamesware.bsky.social @sharday-penn.bsky.social @rdbagnall.bsky.social @garvaninstitute.bsky.social @escardio.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/eurh...

So proud to have collaborated with @iliasgoranitis.bsky.social and Mackenzie Bourke on this excellent review which was part of our collaborative evidence review for Cancer Australia. 👏

A welcome addition to the literature: "Why Mental Health Literacy Can Improve STEM" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Here's my statement about the situation in the US, how its affecting science, & the psych genetics community specifically, & what it means for our conference. Please read & share. @pgcgenetics.bsky.social @kirahoeffler.bsky.social @mcintosh2001.bsky.social @jettyraventos.bsky.social #AcademicSky 🧪

I’m so grateful to have worked with you Courtney and Vaish @igmgroup.bsky.social and wish you both only the best in your new adventures. Thank you for all your hard work and creativity, and for being such a huge part of our team/family. I know we will still socialise and stay in touch #IGM4Life 🫶

Such an amazing day with these beautiful human beings and brilliant researchers. We were inspired by awesome workshops with Peter Ferreira and @dougaledwards.bsky.social 🌟🙌🌟 Feeling incredibly lucky to lead this group with @tatyanes.bsky.social

@CancerAustralia has now launched the National Framework for Genomics in Cancer Control. www.canceraustralia.gov.au/key-initiati... It was an honor to lead the #healtheconomics component of the evidence review that informed the development of this framework. Access it through link ⬇️

What happens when #genomic testing is funded?🧬 👉 rdcu.be/d8MSL Last 10yrs 🇦🇺: Many tests approved as evidence grows ✅ BUT testing volumes low AND inequitable access Budget impact of #genomics minor: AU$3Mpa or <0.01% of all health expenditure 💰 @ausgenomics.bsky.social @iliasgoranitis.bsky.social

In this large study of ethnically diverse patients with suspected rare Mendelian disorders, exome sequencing has a diagnostic yield of 32%. Via @natureportfolio.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A promising clue in Huntington’s disease: DNA repair proteins could provide targets for treatment. Via @natureportfolio.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

It was such a privilege to work with this amazing group of genetic counsellors including: Eliza Courtney, Mary-Anne Young, Amy Pearn, @amcinerney.bsky.social and @jodieingles27.bsky.social. Thanks also to Julia Mansour and Lauren Hunt from the HGSA for their input and support on this paper.

Welcome to bluesky 🧬 @igmgroup.bsky.social All about genetic counselling, ELSI, mainstreaming, and implementation research- check it out! @tatyanes.bsky.social @amcinerney.bsky.social

1st up 🧬"Community concerns about genetic discrimination (GD) in life insurance persist in Australia" 📄Despite a partial moratorium, fears of GD deter genetic testing. Legislation for genetic results use in life insurance is needed. Read more: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @amcinerney.bsky.social

Weekly highlights include "Utility of genomic testing in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer". This informs Aus's 1st national framework for genomics in cancer control being developed by Cancer Australia 📜 #Genechat @amcinerney.bsky.social ➡️https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djae233

Up next "Narrative therapy and family therapy in genetic counselling" describes the application of two psychotherapeutic approaches for GCs & identifies future research directions🧬 @amcinerney.bsky.social @jenberkman.bsky.social ➡️https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jgc4.1938

We hope the paper can draw attention to the role of GCs in genomic medicine, address misconceptions and highlight challenges. E.g. workforce shortages are frequently raised, while the lack of funded clinical roles and career progression that result in GCs leaving clinical roles is often overlooked.

Read our new perspective piece published in @mja.com.au. We explore the role of GCs in genomic medicine and current professional challenges. What started as passionate conference discussions has turned into a great perspective piece! To read the paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...

What a great end to the year with #FrazerInstUQ and #TRIresearch awards: - Dr Courtney Wallingford @cwallingford.bsky.social Graduate student of the year - Jennifer Berkman and Emily DeBortoli won TRI travel scholarships. @tatyanes.bsky.social 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

🌟 NEW PAPER 🌟 www.nature.com/articles/s41... Integrated risk scores can drive targeted melanoma screening. We piloted a communication model with a booklet & GC appt: 📖 Booklet were useful. 🤝 GCs added sense of accountability 💡 No distress @tatyanes.bsky.social @amcinerney.bsky.social #PRS #genechat

Genetic Counsellor Awareness Day (GCAD) - This Thursday, 14 November! 💙 This year, the ASGC (Australasian Society of Genetic Counsellors) will host a special webinar highlighting the diverse and essential roles of genetic counsellors!