Excited to announce a new 5-year project on developing generative models for complex trait genomics. I’m now looking for PhD candidates with CS, ML, stats or bioinformatics backgrounds. I’d very much appreciate it if you could spread the word. Contact: [email protected]

In our new study, we investigate how GWAS test statistics behave when a trait’s genetic architecture includes epistasis. We first model the bias mathematically and show via simulations how linear models can produce spurious significance (more in comments). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

There is a very interesting conference on ML for genomics in French Alps December 8th-12th this year. I will also talk about generative AI. Abstract submission for oral presentations is open till September 22nd. legend2025.sciencesconf.org

𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐒𝐂𝐀 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩? Find your research group and join us at the University of Tartu! Check our list of supervisors, application details, and everything else you need to know ut.ee/en/content/postdoctoral-research-university-tartu

Happy to announce an open call for a funded PhD position! 📊 Research project: Elucidating the fine-scale demographic history of the Eastern Baltic by incorporating haplotype-based analyses and modelling 📍 Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu 📩 Application period: 1st–15th May 2025

Excited to share our recently published overview of the @estbiobank.bsky.social 🧬 We highlight the unique features of the biobank and the conducted scientific research it has enabled, including the many recall studies that have been carried out over the years! www.nature.com/articles/s41...