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Duncan Palmer
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Senior statistical geneticist at the Big Data Institute in Oxford, in the centre for SMARTbiomed
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Duncan Palmer @astheeggeggs.bsky.social · Jul 21
Deadline extended to August 1st!
Fully funded DPhil (PhD) in Statistical Genetics at Oxford, available to international candidates!
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Duncan Palmer @astheeggeggs.bsky.social · Jun 9
Come join us! We have an exciting PhD opportunity in statistical genetics at the University of Oxford.
More info here: bit.ly/biomedDPhil
🗓️ App deadline: June 30th 2025.
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Nik Baya @nbaya.bsky.social · Sep 4
✨ NEW PUBLICATION ✨

We combined large-scale human genetics with CRISPR-Cas9 editing in fat cells to identify genes linked to fat accumulation.

Check out the full study, now published in AJHG! www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...
Combining evidence from human genetic and functional screens to identify pathways altering obesity and fat distribution
Overall and tissue-specific fat accumulation are associated with altered risk of cardiometabolic disease and mortality. By combining exome-wide association analysis of traits related to obesity and fa...
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Emilie Wigdor @emiliewigdor.bsky.social · Jul 21
New app deadline August 1st 📣

If you're interested in human genetics, stats, big data, and/or ML, this is in an incredible opportunity 🧬💻

✨Fully funded ✨ PhD at Oxford with @astheeggeggs.bsky.social, available to international students 🌎🌍🌏, embedded in the new and exciting SMARTBiomed Centre 🤩
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Duncan Palmer @astheeggeggs.bsky.social · Jun 9
Come join us! We have an exciting PhD opportunity in statistical genetics at the University of Oxford.
More info here: bit.ly/biomedDPhil
🗓️ App deadline: June 30th 2025.
Please share!
Research Studentships | statistics
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Duncan Palmer @astheeggeggs.bsky.social · Jul 21
Deadline extended to August 1st!
Fully funded DPhil (PhD) in Statistical Genetics at Oxford, available to international candidates!
astheeggeggs.bsky.social
Duncan Palmer @astheeggeggs.bsky.social · Jun 9
Come join us! We have an exciting PhD opportunity in statistical genetics at the University of Oxford.
More info here: bit.ly/biomedDPhil
🗓️ App deadline: June 30th 2025.
Please share!
Research Studentships | statistics
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Duncan Palmer @astheeggeggs.bsky.social · Jun 9
Come join us! We have an exciting PhD opportunity in statistical genetics at the University of Oxford.
More info here: bit.ly/biomedDPhil
🗓️ App deadline: June 30th 2025.
Please share!
Research Studentships | statistics
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Duncan Palmer @astheeggeggs.bsky.social · Jun 9
👤 Your background: Degree (or almost done) in mathematics, computer science, statistics, machine learning, statistical or population genetics or similar.
💷 Fully funded 3.5 year position with a stipend
🇩🇰🇬🇧Join the collaborative centre for SMARTbiomed: smartbiomed.dk
The Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed
The Pioneer Centre is anchored at Aarhus University and will be a collaboration of researchers from Aarhus University, University of Copenhagen, and University of Oxford.
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Duncan Palmer @astheeggeggs.bsky.social · Jun 9
🧬 Project: Develop and apply novel statistical and machine learning algorithms to address key challenges in human genomics, applying them to massive genomic datasets from across the globe.
🤝 Supervisor team: Duncan Palmer and Pier Francesco Palamara
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Duncan Palmer @astheeggeggs.bsky.social · Jun 9
Come join us! We have an exciting PhD opportunity in statistical genetics at the University of Oxford.
More info here: bit.ly/biomedDPhil
🗓️ App deadline: June 30th 2025.
Please share!
Research Studentships | statistics
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Barney Hill @barneyhill.bsky.social · Dec 18
Ever get lost searching through genetic literature? We've built a new interface for bioRxiv+medRxiv to directly browse preprint findings on the genome! (1/N)

Try genorxiv: sitlabs.org/genorxiv
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Nicky Whiffin @nickywhiffin.bsky.social · Nov 18
It's PhD application season here in Oxford with two weeks until the deadlines (3rd Dec) @universityofoxford.bsky.social

Here is a short 🧵 highlighting 3 amazing programs in the genomics, data science, statistics space 🩺🖥️🧬

Please share with anyone you think would be interested!

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Emilie Wigdor @emiliewigdor.bsky.social · Nov 20
📣 Big news! Our tag-team effort on common variants in rare neurodevelopmental conditions is now out in Nature 📣

Co-first authoring with the brilliant Qinqin Huang🌟—proof that teamwork does make the dream work. 💪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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