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Emma Wade

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Bioinformatics PhD Student @ UCLA

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Varun Warrier @vw1234.bsky.social · 9d

This was a fantastic collaboration with lots of people including @hilarycmartin.bsky.social @jakobgrove.bsky.social, Experts by Experience, and several others who I can't seem to find on this app.

Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Polygenic and developmental profiles of autism differ by age at diagnosis - Nature

A study of several longitudinal birth cohorts and cross-sectional cohorts finds only moderate overlap in genetic variants between autism that is diagnosed earlier and that diagnosed later, so they may represent aetiologically different conditions.

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Kirk Lohmueller @klohmueller.bsky.social · 24d

In the midst of the darkness, I am pleased to announce that UCLA will be hosting the upcoming Southern California Evolutionary Genetics (SCalE) conference on November 1! Registration & abstract submission is here: www.scalemeeting.org/home Deadline is October 13! Hope to see you at UCLA!

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The SCalE Meeting is a free, one day regional academic meeting focused on evolutionary genetics and genomics. This year's SCalE Meeting is hosted by UCLA, sponsored by the Institute for Quantitative ...

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Emma Wade @emmaewade.bsky.social · Jul 3

Excited to share a new preprint from my time with @hilarycmartin.bsky.social's group 🥳 We found evidence both common and rare genetic variation contributed to early life mental health symptoms.

More info from co-first author @olivia-wootton.bsky.social ⬇️

Olivia Wootton @olivia-wootton.bsky.social · Jul 3

New preprint!🚨
"“The Contribution of Common and Rare Genetic Variation to Emotional and Behavioural Symptoms in Childhood and Adolescence” is out on medRxiv.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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The Contribution of Common and Rare Genetic Variation to Emotional and Behavioural Symptoms in Childhood and Adolescence

Genetic factors influence vulnerability to common mental health conditions, but their role in early-life mental health remains understudied. We analysed genotype array and exome sequence data from two...

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