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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · 16d

Want to learn more? Why not join our free upcoming training webinar: Introducing polygenic scores in four national cohort studies on 30 September, from 12–1pm. Book now 👉 buff.ly/ahenpiR
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Introducing polygenic scores in four national cohort studies
Webinar: Tuesday, 30 September 2025
12-1pm UK time

Centre for Longitudinal Studies

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Tim Morris @timtmorris.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our data resource profile paper outlining the imputed & QC'd genomewide genetic data in 5 British cohort studies is now out in IJE. Data are free to access and the cohorts are deeply phenotyped... huge opportunities for amazing cross-cohort longitudinal research

academic.oup.com/ije/article/...

Data Resource Profile: Genomic data in multiple British birth cohorts (1946–2001)—linkage with health, social, and environmental data from birth to old age

Birth cohort studies have a rich history of contributing to science within and between disciplinary fields, notably health and social sciences [1–4]. Here,

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Alex Bryson @alexbryson.bsky.social · Sep 2

Want a job in quantitative social science? We have two permanent lectureships in our Social Research Institute. Apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @sriucl.bsky.social

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Tim Morris @timtmorris.bsky.social · Aug 21

We’re about to release polygenic scores in 4 very well sampled and deeply phenotyped longitudinal British cohorts (born 58,70,90,01). Come along to our webinar on 30th Sept to find out more! #genetics #cohorts #data

UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · Aug 21

🧬 What are polygenic scores in CLS cohort studies and how can they be used in genetically informed social science research? Find out in our upcoming free training webinar on Tuesday, 30 September from 12–1pm UK time. Book now 👉 buff.ly/CJl9s77

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Text: Introducing polygenic scores in four national cohort studies
Webinar: Tuesday, 30 September 2025
12-1pm UK time
Centre for Longitudinal Studies

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UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies @clscohorts.bsky.social · Aug 21

🧬 What are polygenic scores in CLS cohort studies and how can they be used in genetically informed social science research? Find out in our upcoming free training webinar on Tuesday, 30 September from 12–1pm UK time. Book now 👉 buff.ly/CJl9s77

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Tim Morris @timtmorris.bsky.social · Aug 17

I thought the claims of LLM’s now being PhD level were far fetched, b read this and tell me that Gemini is not mid way through its PhD

Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · Aug 17

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Simon Fisher @profsimonfisher.bsky.social · Aug 7

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. 🧪👇

Notes from Beethoven’s genome

Wesseldijk et al. compare the genomic information collected from Ludwig van Beethoven with population-based datasets used to quantify musical achievement.

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Neil Davies @neilmdavies.bsky.social · Aug 6

1/ Parents with higher BMI tend to have kids with higher BMI—but why? Is it the genes they pass on, or the environment they create? Or both? We used trio data from MCS to help answer this longstanding question.

journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

The association between parental BMI and offspring adiposity: A genetically informed analysis of trios

Author summary Children with obesity are more likely to have parents with obesity, too. This may be explained by environmental factors, such as prenatal conditions in utero or postnatal parental behav...

journals.plos.org

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Tim Morris @timtmorris.bsky.social · Jun 6

Very excited to be speaking about cross-cohort data and research alongside some fantastic researchers at Oslo's 2025 Conference on Social Science and Genetics next week.

Registration is free and there are still some seats left.

#genetics #data #cohort

Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · May 30

In Oslo? We still have some seats left for our conference on Social Science and Genetics on the 12-13th June!

More info and registration: www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/...

@uio.no

Genetics and Social Sciences Conference 2025 - Department of Psychology

Genetics and Social Sciences Conference 12–13th June 2025

www.sv.uio.no

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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · May 30

In Oslo? We still have some seats left for our conference on Social Science and Genetics on the 12-13th June!

More info and registration: www.sv.uio.no/psi/english/...

@uio.no

Genetics and Social Sciences Conference 2025 - Department of Psychology

Genetics and Social Sciences Conference 12–13th June 2025

www.sv.uio.no

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Tim Morris @timtmorris.bsky.social · May 29

God forbid you dare to branch out your science, lest you score lower on a metric

Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · May 28

The further a scientist moves away from the topic of their previous work, the fewer citations their new work will receive, according to an analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents published in Nature. go.nature.com/43i9dKX #Academicsky 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows quantifying research pivots.

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · May 28

The further a scientist moves away from the topic of their previous work, the fewer citations their new work will receive, according to an analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents published in Nature. go.nature.com/43i9dKX #Academicsky 🧪

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Nuffield Council on Bioethics (NCOB) @nuffieldbioethics.bsky.social · Apr 24

📣New report!

Our summary report sets out the key #ethical themes and practical considerations identified during our workshop exploring the use of #genomic data in #education.

🔗 bit.ly/genomics-edu...