Michelle Luciano
@drmluciano.bsky.social
Behaviour Geneticist @University of Edinburgh researching cognitive abilities and personality | Balboa Dancer | Aspiring Roller Dancer | Prince Fan
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🔍 Want to get the most out of the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets?
We offer free online webinars with a tailored introduction and live demo to help you navigate the platform and make the most of its features.
📩 Interested? Email us to schedule a session: [email protected]
We offer free online webinars with a tailored introduction and live demo to help you navigate the platform and make the most of its features.
📩 Interested? Email us to schedule a session: [email protected]
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🔍 Want to get the most out of the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets?
We offer free online webinars with a tailored introduction and live demo to help you navigate the platform and make the most of its features.
📩 Interested? Email us to schedule a session: [email protected]
We offer free online webinars with a tailored introduction and live demo to help you navigate the platform and make the most of its features.
📩 Interested? Email us to schedule a session: [email protected]
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Advances in genomics are giving exciting new perspectives on biology of speech, language & reading. My latest peer-reviewed paper is a tutorial, guiding readers from different backgrounds through the history of the field, current state-of-the-art, & where we’re heading. A taster in this thread.🧪
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Genomic Investigations of Spoken and Written Language Abilities: A Guide to Advances in Approaches, Technologies, and Discovery
Purpose: The aim of this tutorial is to show how the rise of molecular technologies
and analytical methods in human genetics yields exciting new ...
pubs.asha.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Advances in genomics are giving exciting new perspectives on biology of speech, language & reading. My latest peer-reviewed paper is a tutorial, guiding readers from different backgrounds through the history of the field, current state-of-the-art, & where we’re heading. A taster in this thread.🧪
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Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
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#PhD opportunity: Join us in St Andrews to study brain health and healthy aging with data driven approaches in collaboration with brainsciences.scot as part of the EASTBIO DTP
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
#PhD opportunity: Join us in St Andrews to study brain health and healthy aging with data driven approaches in collaboration with brainsciences.scot as part of the EASTBIO DTP
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Solidarity in action on the picket line at George Square! @ucuscotland.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Solidarity in action on the picket line at George Square! @ucuscotland.bsky.social
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🎓 Two PhD defences this month @ MPI for Psycholinguistics!
- Gökberk Alagöz: Human brain evolution from genomics & transcriptomics (12 Nov, 14:30)
- Sara Mazzini: Brain synchrony in dialogue (18 Nov, 10:30)
Open to all join us!
More info here: www.mpi.nl/events
#PhDdefence #MPI
- Gökberk Alagöz: Human brain evolution from genomics & transcriptomics (12 Nov, 14:30)
- Sara Mazzini: Brain synchrony in dialogue (18 Nov, 10:30)
Open to all join us!
More info here: www.mpi.nl/events
#PhDdefence #MPI
November 10, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🎓 Two PhD defences this month @ MPI for Psycholinguistics!
- Gökberk Alagöz: Human brain evolution from genomics & transcriptomics (12 Nov, 14:30)
- Sara Mazzini: Brain synchrony in dialogue (18 Nov, 10:30)
Open to all join us!
More info here: www.mpi.nl/events
#PhDdefence #MPI
- Gökberk Alagöz: Human brain evolution from genomics & transcriptomics (12 Nov, 14:30)
- Sara Mazzini: Brain synchrony in dialogue (18 Nov, 10:30)
Open to all join us!
More info here: www.mpi.nl/events
#PhDdefence #MPI
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Two great scholars doing work on moral (@drmeltemyucel.bsky.social) & personality (@tedmond.bsky.social) development & change are recruiting PhD students this year @msupsychology.bsky.social!
Your grad office could be across the hall from my office!*
*not necessarily a selling point, just a fact
Your grad office could be across the hall from my office!*
*not necessarily a selling point, just a fact
Come work with us @msupsychology.bsky.social!
I promise, we don’t match *all* the time @tedmond.bsky.social
I promise, we don’t match *all* the time @tedmond.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Two great scholars doing work on moral (@drmeltemyucel.bsky.social) & personality (@tedmond.bsky.social) development & change are recruiting PhD students this year @msupsychology.bsky.social!
Your grad office could be across the hall from my office!*
*not necessarily a selling point, just a fact
Your grad office could be across the hall from my office!*
*not necessarily a selling point, just a fact
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A reminder that I’m accepting applications for PhD students!
✨✨ I will be reviewing applications for the University of Minnesota psychology PhD program this fall!
Information for potential applicants can be found on my lab website: ringwaldlab.psych.umn.edu/join-lab
Please spread the word!
Information for potential applicants can be found on my lab website: ringwaldlab.psych.umn.edu/join-lab
Please spread the word!
Join the Lab | Ringwald Lab
ringwaldlab.psych.umn.edu
October 30, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A reminder that I’m accepting applications for PhD students!
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Science is intertwined with eugenics; eugenic ideologies continue to negatively impact #Indigenous communities to this day.
In the October issue of #GENETICS, @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and colleagues offer a timely and important reminder on the perils of eugenics. buff.ly/1Q5r3XF
In the October issue of #GENETICS, @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and colleagues offer a timely and important reminder on the perils of eugenics. buff.ly/1Q5r3XF
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Science is intertwined with eugenics; eugenic ideologies continue to negatively impact #Indigenous communities to this day.
In the October issue of #GENETICS, @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and colleagues offer a timely and important reminder on the perils of eugenics. buff.ly/1Q5r3XF
In the October issue of #GENETICS, @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and colleagues offer a timely and important reminder on the perils of eugenics. buff.ly/1Q5r3XF
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PRSformer: Disease Prediction from Million-Scale Individual Genotypes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.26.684578v1
October 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
PRSformer: Disease Prediction from Million-Scale Individual Genotypes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.26.684578v1
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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) 💙
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) 💙
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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) 💙
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) 💙
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Excited to share this preprint from first author Jon Rosen, a postdoctoral fellow in the @klmohlke.bsky.social lab and my lab. We examine eQTL study sample size and how this affects signal discovery and rates of colocalization with GWAS.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Higher eQTL power reveals signals that boost GWAS colocalization
Expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) studies in human cohorts typically detect at least one regulatory signal per gene, and have been proposed as a way to explain mechanisms of genetic liability...
www.biorxiv.org
August 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Excited to share this preprint from first author Jon Rosen, a postdoctoral fellow in the @klmohlke.bsky.social lab and my lab. We examine eQTL study sample size and how this affects signal discovery and rates of colocalization with GWAS.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Researchers of this #OpenAccess study review findings from the Cleveland Family Speech and Reading Study, a 25-year longitudinal study of speech sound disorders.
https://on.asha.org/3LepoSS
https://on.asha.org/3LepoSS
The Cleveland Family Speech and Reading Study: A Review of Long-Term Outcomes Linking Phenotypes and Genotypes for Speech Sound Disorders
Purpose: This article reviews findings from the Cleveland Family Speech and Reading Study, a 25-year longitudinal study of speech sound disorders...
on.asha.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Researchers of this #OpenAccess study review findings from the Cleveland Family Speech and Reading Study, a 25-year longitudinal study of speech sound disorders.
https://on.asha.org/3LepoSS
https://on.asha.org/3LepoSS
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stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude
October 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude
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Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 – in pictures
Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 – in pictures
From a red-throated loon touching down on water, to good and bad hair days, and an airborne squirrel, here is a selection of the finalists in this year’s Nikon Comedy Wildlife awards
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 – in pictures
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Come join us for a 4-year PhD on effects of rare gene disruptions involved in speech disorder, investigated in human neuronal models (via gene-editing, tissue culture, brain organoids, high-res microscopy, transcriptomics, epigenomics).
More info: www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe...
#AcademicJobs #PhDJobs
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More info: www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe...
#AcademicJobs #PhDJobs
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October 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Come join us for a 4-year PhD on effects of rare gene disruptions involved in speech disorder, investigated in human neuronal models (via gene-editing, tissue culture, brain organoids, high-res microscopy, transcriptomics, epigenomics).
More info: www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe...
#AcademicJobs #PhDJobs
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More info: www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe...
#AcademicJobs #PhDJobs
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🐥 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!
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!
October 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🐥 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!
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!
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The Estonian Biobank is an awesome resource (and @klehto.bsky.social is similarly awesome) — a fantastic opportunity to do some great science!
🎉 Come to see @triinuvarvas.bsky.social poster nr W56 at #wcpg2025 today!
Also, we are recruiting in 2026 and if you are interested in PhD or postdoc positions to work with the fantastic Estonian Biobank data then get in touch or fill out the interest form here ➡️ genomics.ut.ee/en/research-...
Also, we are recruiting in 2026 and if you are interested in PhD or postdoc positions to work with the fantastic Estonian Biobank data then get in touch or fill out the interest form here ➡️ genomics.ut.ee/en/research-...
October 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Estonian Biobank is an awesome resource (and @klehto.bsky.social is similarly awesome) — a fantastic opportunity to do some great science!
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DEBATE: "Is AI the future of health and social science?"
For those in London on 15 Dec 2025, don't miss this fun in person debate between me and David Bann sponsored by @ncrm.ac.uk!
Will the arguments change anyone's mind? 🤔
Sign up to attend IN PERSON: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-ai-the-...
For those in London on 15 Dec 2025, don't miss this fun in person debate between me and David Bann sponsored by @ncrm.ac.uk!
Will the arguments change anyone's mind? 🤔
Sign up to attend IN PERSON: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-ai-the-...
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
DEBATE: "Is AI the future of health and social science?"
For those in London on 15 Dec 2025, don't miss this fun in person debate between me and David Bann sponsored by @ncrm.ac.uk!
Will the arguments change anyone's mind? 🤔
Sign up to attend IN PERSON: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-ai-the-...
For those in London on 15 Dec 2025, don't miss this fun in person debate between me and David Bann sponsored by @ncrm.ac.uk!
Will the arguments change anyone's mind? 🤔
Sign up to attend IN PERSON: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-ai-the-...
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New blogpost on my concerns about Wellcome LEAP new $50m program on autism/microbiome links. deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-le...
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
A LEAP into the future, or off a cliff: Wellcome LEAP's new $50M program
A few days ago, I saw this post on LinkedIn: How does the gut microbiome shape early brain development? That’s what FORM, a new $50 million...
deevybee.blogspot.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New blogpost on my concerns about Wellcome LEAP new $50m program on autism/microbiome links. deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-le...
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
#autism #microbiome #biomarkers #diagnostic
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MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist, donated $40 million on Wednesday to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, which preserves significant sites of Black culture and history. The gift is her second contribution to the fund.
MacKenzie Scott Gives $40 Million to African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund
The gift is twice the amount Ms. Scott contributed to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund in 2021.
nyti.ms
October 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist, donated $40 million on Wednesday to the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, which preserves significant sites of Black culture and history. The gift is her second contribution to the fund.
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Attending #ASHG25? Learn how @prsmethods.bsky.social investigators are improving polygenic risk prediction in diverse populations by visiting these talks and posters docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
ASHG 2025 PRIMED Abstracts
docs.google.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Attending #ASHG25? Learn how @prsmethods.bsky.social investigators are improving polygenic risk prediction in diverse populations by visiting these talks and posters docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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For those interested in #Indigenous #Genomics and #ASHG25 in Boston, here are some interested posters/talks/events coming out of the Tsosie Lab, @nativebio.bsky.social, and @d4itdr.bsky.social. For those looking for Friday plans, attend our Ancillary Event, debuting a #Tribal #data repository!
October 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
For those interested in #Indigenous #Genomics and #ASHG25 in Boston, here are some interested posters/talks/events coming out of the Tsosie Lab, @nativebio.bsky.social, and @d4itdr.bsky.social. For those looking for Friday plans, attend our Ancillary Event, debuting a #Tribal #data repository!
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Proud that the third GWAS for Alzheimer's dementia from the PGC-ALZ working group was just posted online! Huge amounts of work, and what a great collaboration! Check out our exciting findings below 👇 @pgcgenetics.bsky.social #ctglab #alzheimer #dementia #GWAS
🚨 The preprint for our GWAS of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is out
Preprint: medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Preprint: medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Genomic analyses reveal new insights into Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, with global case numbers projected to reach 153 million in 2050. AD is highly heritable, with twin-based heritability estimates of 60-80%...
medrxiv.org
October 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Proud that the third GWAS for Alzheimer's dementia from the PGC-ALZ working group was just posted online! Huge amounts of work, and what a great collaboration! Check out our exciting findings below 👇 @pgcgenetics.bsky.social #ctglab #alzheimer #dementia #GWAS