Michel Nivard
@michelnivard.bsky.social
Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, University of Bristol at: [email protected]
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Michel Nivard
@michelnivard.bsky.social
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🚨 I’ll be joining Psychological Science as an Associate Editor starting next month. People at, or near, my intersection of psych genetics, clinical psych, psychological Epidemiology should consider the journal for your best work! (read the EiCs editorial on the journal policies/goals below)
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So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 25, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
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In English, someone who is being persistently annoying can be referred to as a “pain in the arse.” My favourite German equivalent is Nervensäge, which means “nerve saw”
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
In English, someone who is being persistently annoying can be referred to as a “pain in the arse.” My favourite German equivalent is Nervensäge, which means “nerve saw”
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No, YOU'RE crying on the train into work...
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
No, YOU'RE crying on the train into work...
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
Really looking forward to go back to my old stumping grounds (the Roeterseiland in Amsterdam) and give a keynote on improved phenotypic modeling in genetics.
Don't forget to sign up for the fourth annual GENE Amsterdam at Roeterseiland December 16! The event will feature presentations from research groups, junior flash talks, and a keynote lecture by Prof. Michel Nivard. Missed the email? Send us a message so we can send the registration form!
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Really looking forward to go back to my old stumping grounds (the Roeterseiland in Amsterdam) and give a keynote on improved phenotypic modeling in genetics.
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I think it's hard to overstate how much Simine has changed research practices and standards in psychology for the better, despite at times massive resistance from powerful parties with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. Very well deserved award imho 🥳
Congratulations to @simine.com well deserved winner of the Einstein Foundation Individual Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2025 🎉 www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre...
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I think it's hard to overstate how much Simine has changed research practices and standards in psychology for the better, despite at times massive resistance from powerful parties with a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. Very well deserved award imho 🥳
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Congratulations to @simine.com well deserved winner of the Einstein Foundation Individual Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2025 🎉 www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre...
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Congratulations to @simine.com well deserved winner of the Einstein Foundation Individual Award for Promoting Quality in Research 2025 🎉 www.einsteinfoundation.de/en/media/pre...
I didn’t inhibit my argueing muscle enough. this is actually the right take, it’s eventually a case of “what’s your estimand?”. And it’s all observational, though it needs rigorous models before you can get to an answer (which can be, “these aren’t comparable ever”)
SNP h2 is not even h2 and even with we assume all these to be true, it all breaks up when there's selection and drift.
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I didn’t inhibit my argueing muscle enough. this is actually the right take, it’s eventually a case of “what’s your estimand?”. And it’s all observational, though it needs rigorous models before you can get to an answer (which can be, “these aren’t comparable ever”)
Debate on the end of missing heritability heats up!
Sasha Gusev declares case closed by comparing studies that assessed different traits using different measurement methods in different countries at different times with different estimands for heritability, ignoring the denominator (total variance).
Academics who disagree are "overly cautious"
Academics who disagree are "overly cautious"
I wrote a little bit about the "missing heritability" question and several recent studies that have brought it to a close. A short 🧵
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Debate on the end of missing heritability heats up!
Kids playing Mario Kart with friends triggers a sound health warning 🤣🤣
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Kids playing Mario Kart with friends triggers a sound health warning 🤣🤣
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sometimes I observe a mutual being an asshole to another mutual for no apparent reason and my heart sinks. we can surely do better by each other. I think in the current state of the world, maybe we even should. it'll carry a lot of weight. when there are so many nazis and pedos deserving our ire...
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
sometimes I observe a mutual being an asshole to another mutual for no apparent reason and my heart sinks. we can surely do better by each other. I think in the current state of the world, maybe we even should. it'll carry a lot of weight. when there are so many nazis and pedos deserving our ire...
🚨UK Biobank has ADHD + ASD + Emotionality questionnaires in an older population now! Huge potential to study ppl born a little early to have been recognized/diagnosed. Especially Women (who are still less likely to be observed to have symptoms and be referred): biobank.ndph.ox.ac.uk/showcase/lab...
: Category 517
biobank.ndph.ox.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
🚨UK Biobank has ADHD + ASD + Emotionality questionnaires in an older population now! Huge potential to study ppl born a little early to have been recognized/diagnosed. Especially Women (who are still less likely to be observed to have symptoms and be referred): biobank.ndph.ox.ac.uk/showcase/lab...
I just offloaded half of my kids generic bank run high-yield fund (28% tech) into "high" interest savings accounts, just to de-risk if the AI bubble pops, which IDK this feels very "pets.com"...
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I just offloaded half of my kids generic bank run high-yield fund (28% tech) into "high" interest savings accounts, just to de-risk if the AI bubble pops, which IDK this feels very "pets.com"...
Interesting analysis, higher “development velocity” but more static analysis warnings and higher code complexity… It sound a little me when I get kinda hyped/disinhibited when working on a new idea, massive progress, to little sleep, unread emails and poorly documented code I need to re-write/fix..
Does AI-Assisted Coding Deliver? A Difference-in-Differences Study of Cursor's Impact on Software Projects arxiv.org/abs/2511.04427
Does AI-Assisted Coding Deliver? A Difference-in-Differences Study of Cursor's Impact on Software Projects
Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated the promise to revolutionize the field of software engineering. Among other things, LLM agents are rapidly gaining momentum in their application to…
arxiv.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Interesting analysis, higher “development velocity” but more static analysis warnings and higher code complexity… It sound a little me when I get kinda hyped/disinhibited when working on a new idea, massive progress, to little sleep, unread emails and poorly documented code I need to re-write/fix..
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Does AI-Assisted Coding Deliver? A Difference-in-Differences Study of Cursor's Impact on Software Projects arxiv.org/abs/2511.04427
Does AI-Assisted Coding Deliver? A Difference-in-Differences Study of Cursor's Impact on Software Projects
Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated the promise to revolutionize the field of software engineering. Among other things, LLM agents are rapidly gaining momentum in their application to…
arxiv.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Does AI-Assisted Coding Deliver? A Difference-in-Differences Study of Cursor's Impact on Software Projects arxiv.org/abs/2511.04427
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South Wales at 8am
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
South Wales at 8am
South Wales at 8am
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
South Wales at 8am
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📣 Digital Research Community!
The new UK Adolescent Health Study will follow 100k young people (8–18yrs) for 10+ years. Please share what digital technology measures you think it should include.
Please complete this survey (by 24th November 2025 @ 9AM): cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
The new UK Adolescent Health Study will follow 100k young people (8–18yrs) for 10+ years. Please share what digital technology measures you think it should include.
Please complete this survey (by 24th November 2025 @ 9AM): cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Adolescent Health Survey - Digital Media
Expert guidance shaping digital media questions in upcoming Adolescent Health Study.
cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
📣 Digital Research Community!
The new UK Adolescent Health Study will follow 100k young people (8–18yrs) for 10+ years. Please share what digital technology measures you think it should include.
Please complete this survey (by 24th November 2025 @ 9AM): cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
The new UK Adolescent Health Study will follow 100k young people (8–18yrs) for 10+ years. Please share what digital technology measures you think it should include.
Please complete this survey (by 24th November 2025 @ 9AM): cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
That one day of the year my Scandinavian rain coat provides camouflage…
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
That one day of the year my Scandinavian rain coat provides camouflage…
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Honoured to receive the 25th Anniversary MRC Millenium Medal. My mid-1980s epidemiological apprenticeship was at the MRC Epidemiology Unit in Cardiff in the mid-1980s, and my senescence with the MRC IEU, closing in March 2028
🙏 MRC!
@ukri.org @uob-ieu.bsky.social
www.ukri.org/news/mrc-mil...
🙏 MRC!
@ukri.org @uob-ieu.bsky.social
www.ukri.org/news/mrc-mil...
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Honoured to receive the 25th Anniversary MRC Millenium Medal. My mid-1980s epidemiological apprenticeship was at the MRC Epidemiology Unit in Cardiff in the mid-1980s, and my senescence with the MRC IEU, closing in March 2028
🙏 MRC!
@ukri.org @uob-ieu.bsky.social
www.ukri.org/news/mrc-mil...
🙏 MRC!
@ukri.org @uob-ieu.bsky.social
www.ukri.org/news/mrc-mil...
Just found the Reddit thread where other academics waiting for the same grant result announcement are freaking out anonymously and it’s comforting….
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Just found the Reddit thread where other academics waiting for the same grant result announcement are freaking out anonymously and it’s comforting….
Next week and the week after we host a 6 day short course on Genetic epidemiology form the amazing faculty of the Bristol Medical school. We have some spots left, come bootramp your (students) human genetics skills!
Genetic Epidemiology | Bristol Medical School | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Next week and the week after we host a 6 day short course on Genetic epidemiology form the amazing faculty of the Bristol Medical school. We have some spots left, come bootramp your (students) human genetics skills!
Google colab IN vscode is pretty cool… gotta try if it works in #positron developers.googleblog.com/en/google-co...
Google Colab is Coming to VS Code- Google Developers Blog
Connect your VS Code notebooks to Colab's powerful runtimes with the new Google Colab extension, bringing the best of both platforms together.
developers.googleblog.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Google colab IN vscode is pretty cool… gotta try if it works in #positron developers.googleblog.com/en/google-co...
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First time on Bsky and first big announcement!
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
Estimation and mapping of the missing heritability of human phenotypes - Nature
WGS data were used from 347,630 individuals with European ancestry in the UK Biobank to obtain high-precision estimates of coding and non-coding rare variant heritability for 34 co...
www.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
First time on Bsky and first big announcement!
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
I am excited to announce that our new study explaining the missing heritability of many phenotypes using WGS data from ~347,000 UK Biobank participants has just been published in @Nature.
Our manuscript is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41....
This little guy/gall won’t quit…
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This little guy/gall won’t quit…
Yes but if people are multi-lingual, Md aging, does that moderate or mediate the effect of binging on education?
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Yes but if people are multi-lingual, Md aging, does that moderate or mediate the effect of binging on education?