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NEW PAPER❗ CEDaR's Nadia Micali & Helena Davies (@helenadavies.bsky.social) leveraged Danish register data from 2000 to 2022 to calculate age-& sex-specific incidence and prevalence of #eatingdisorders over time & identify comorbid diseases 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🧵 below (1/9)

For those working in psychiatric genomics and related disciplines: join us next Wednesday as we discuss accurate and trusted science communication. I will cover how researchers can get involved in lending their expertise to educate and combat misinformation, and introduce @authentisci.bsky.social.

Excited to co-host this in Jan 💃 Psychiatric genetics brings together two fields that, when multiplied together, the potential for misinterpretation is exponential; we must ensure responsible communication & application of our research. Sign up to discuss all of this & more! 🔗 tinylink.net/oehNI

If someone you know buys into claims about "genetic optimization" of embryos using polygenic scores of cognition, just send them our 2024 paper on Beethoven & musicality. We wrote it to help communicate limits of individual-level genetic predictions & complexity of links between DNA & behaviour. 🧪👇

🚨NEW PAPER ALERT Is the genetic predisposition for anorexia nervosa, OCD and schizophrenia associated with clinical, neurocognitive, and cortical phenotypes in individuals without a clinical diagnosis? 3 key findings below 👇 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S003...

✨ CEDaR round-up of the last couple of months! 1️⃣ *eprObes meeting* Senior researcher Elena Jansen & Nadia Micali hosted 30 EU partners in Copenhagen, sharing the latest results on early risk factors of obesity. They're almost at the half-way mark - stay tuned!! Read more: eprobes.eu/observatory/

There’s a new kid in town! Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence. We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality. With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social

Pleasure to showcase all the hard work from the PGC Outreach Committee at #WCPG2025 last week @pgcgenetics.bsky.social Ft. our new group photo that looks more like an album cover... @abiterkuile.bsky.social @drniamhryan.bsky.social @karmelchoi.bsky.social (& many more not yet on Bluesky) 💙

It is depressing, but all too predictable, how swiftly we’ve gone from the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium offering reassurances about the uses of behavioural polygenic scores to one of their lead authors marketing embryo selection for IQ

Pleasure to work on the coding team, including introducing eating disorder diagnostic algorithms to @ukbiobank.bsky.social with @topherhuebel.bsky.social & Zhaoying Yu 🕺 Thanks to Katrina Davis & @jonicoleman.bsky.social

🔎Looking for a clear overview of autism genetics?🔍 This 2021 Psychological Medicine paper provides just that! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨 NEW PREPRINT ALERT! 🚨 Very pleased to have the latest @pgcgenetics.bsky.social eating disorders GWAS now out on medrxiv! Featuring one first author from our group (Sang Hyuck) and one senior author (Joni), alongside 168 others! www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

❓How do eating disorders develop? 👇 Watch our* video below to find out. 💜 *Credit to CEDaR PhD student, Stefana Aicoboaie.

#GoodMonday! In today’s post we’re introducing “Genes Zetu”🧬, a #Genetics #public_engagement initiative by @pgc-africa.bsky.social Africa Outreach Co-Liaison @jaredgm.bsky.social 1/4

🎉Hello and welcome to the PGC Africa Working Group takeover 🎉 For the next 2 weeks, we will share with you exciting updates from @pgc-africa.bsky.social brought to you by @jaredgm.bsky.social and Ofure Ubah 1/4

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 🧪

✨""Beyond the Checklist: A large-scale analysis of under-recognised weight loss behaviours in individuals with eating disorders"" Saakshi Kakar's important exploration of under-recognised weight loss behaviours in individuals with #eatingdisorders www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/5 👇

🧬 CEDaR postdoc @helena.davies.bsky.social, Prof Nadia Micali & and @mrtzhrl.bsky.social hosted a workshop: "Bringing biology to the clinic: how can we explain genetics to our patients with eating disorders", translating complex genetic information into practical, patient-centered communication 🧬

✨Welcome to the PGC Eating Disorders Working Group takeover! Over the next two weeks, we'll be filling your Bluesky with all things #eatingdisorder #genetics. You'll be hearing from @helenadavies.bsky.social, Kylie Reed, and @natashaberthold.bsky.social 💜 1/3

Today is #InternationalBipolarDisorderDay – a reminder of the importance of advancing research to better understand and treat #BipolarDisorder. Our latest work delves into the genetics of BD, uncovering key insights into its biology. A thread on our findings 🧵👇

We have not one but TWO job openings - come and join us in beautiful Copenhagen 🇩🇰 We are looking for: ⭐ Postdoctoral researcher with expertise in longitudinal methods ⭐ Junior/Senior Postdoctoral researcher with expertise in psychiatric epidemiology More info in the links below 🔗 👇

For #InternationalWomensDay2025, we've put together a special podcast series with 24 female professors at the IoPPN, in conversation with students, about their research, challenges in academia and their advice to new students #AcademicSky #WomeninSTEMM Listen today! open.spotify.com/show/4ivmY1w...

We asked Laramie Duncan, co-chair of the Cross-population Analyses Working Group, and Helena Davies and Eva María Trujillo Chi Vacuán from the PGC Outreach Committee what they felt were major highlights from their work this year. @helenadavies.bsky.social #womeninSTEM #IWD25

CEDaR wishes our American colleagues & their friends best of luck for today. We support Stand Up For Science – because science is for everyone #standupforscience2025 #sciencenotsilence #scienceforall

"In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet 'agency priorities'" www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Did you know that women are more likely to suffer with major depression, anxiety and eating disorders whilst ADHD, autism and schizophrenia are more common in men? But the exact cause of these sex differences is unknown. #InternationalWomensDay

Calling all Hoosiers!!! #StandUpforScience local rally in Indianapolis is confirmed! 📅 March 7, 2025 ⏰ 12PM - 2PM 📍Indiana Statehouse – South Lawn, Indianapolis Science is for everyone, spread the word 🔥 @standupforscience.bsky.social #StandUpForScience2025 #ScienceForAll #ScienceNotSilence

Just out — great work from Lachlan Gilchrist investigating the genetic relationship between depression and Alzheimer's. Pleased to have been able to contribute a little to this one. Open access, so read all about it below! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Check out our latest preprint about the shared #genetics of #eatingdisorders and many other outcomes! We used the massive national registers of 🇩🇰 and 🇸🇪 and observed new genetic overlap between EDs and Autism and replicated previous OCD findings. www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Outreach in psychiatric genetics - What is it? Why do we need it? How can we do it well? Join me, Niamh Ryan, and Cindy Bulik this Friday (6th) at 10am EST / 4pm CET / 3pm UTC where we'll discuss all of this for the PGC (@pgcgenetics.bsky.social) World Wide Lab 🌎 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/j/88690327502

Code base for the definitions was a team effort in R, now public on GitHub: github.com/ColemanResea... 🙏 to @johanzvrskovec.bsky.social, @markjamesadams.bsky.social, Helena Davies, @topherhuebel.bsky.social, Danyang Li, Jared Maina, Meg Skelton, Abi ter Kulie, Rujia Wang, and Zhaoying Yu 2/3

Our paper describing the creation and data from the UK Biobank 2022 online Mental Health Phenotyping is now up on Medrxiv (doi.org/10.1101/2024...) All feedbak welcome! 1/3