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Behavior Genetics Association

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International society supporting education and research on complex relationships between genes, environments, and behavior: https://www.bga.org/

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Oct 4

📸 BGA Banquet, London, England, 29 June 2024

Next stop: Atlanta 2025!

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · 14h

🔜 Submit your abstract to the BG special issue "The role of sex in neurodevelopment" before October 31!

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Behavior Genetics

Behavior Genetics is a leading journal concerned with the genetic analysis of behavioral traits. The journal offers the most current original research on ...

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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · 3d

Two birds of a gene - catch Matt Keller's webinar at @uio.no on October 15th. Please share
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Using structural equation models to estimate direct and indirect genetic effects and assortative mating in trio data - PROMENTA

Guest lecture by Matt Keller

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Aug 21

🧬 Xuanyu Lyu and colleagues on using extended pedigrees to quantify the influence of mitochondrial DNA on human behavior

Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Aug 21

🧠 The impact of polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for cannabis use disorder (CUD) and general substance use and substance use disorder liability (SU/SUD) on brain morphology in drug-naïve adolescents by Sydney Kramer et al.

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Aug 21

👋 The potential causal effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy on offspring handedness using a proxy gene-by-environment (GxE) Mendelian randomization design by Daisy Crick and colleagues

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚬 A study by Li Hazel Yu and colleagues that calls into question the robustness of links between self-reported victimization in childhood and prospectively measured timing of substance initiation across adolescence.

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Aug 21

📱 The association between social media use, wellbeing, and depressive symptoms, and the extent to which genetic and environmental factors contribute to this association by @selimsametoglu.bsky.social and colleagues

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Aug 21

😷 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wellbeing of children & adolescents in three large Dutch samples by Hekmat Alrouh and colleagues

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Aug 21

⏰Volume 55, issue 4 of Behavior Genetics is out, with studies exploring 🧵⬇️
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Behavior Genetics

Behavior Genetics is a leading journal concerned with the genetic analysis of behavioral traits. The journal offers the most current original research on ...

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Jul 17

If you are looking for more resources on behavior genetics and its broader implications? A large list of resources is available on the website!:
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Public Science Resources - Behavior Genetics Association

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Jul 17

The BGA Public Science committee has published its second statement, 'BGA Statement on Polygenic Embryo Selection'.

Read more on the BGA website:
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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · Jul 2

In other news from the BGA meeting @sophiebell.bsky.social won the award for best student oral presentation. I think my lab is firmly in the lead for student awards, BGA-wide. Gifted students have always been my secret sauce.

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Jul 2

👬 A special symposium on twin and family studies in the 21st century, and setting up a global collaboration with presentations by Matt Keller, @meikebartels.bsky.social and Chris Beam

And much, much more! Share your favorite moments and tag us 📸

Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Jul 2

🏆 @laraffington.bsky.social‬ won the early career award, and Paul Liechtenstein won the Dobzhansky award

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Jul 2

🧑‍🏫 @ent3c.bsky.social Dobzhansky lecture "Theodosius Dobzhansky and the Origins of Radical Behavior Genetics"

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Jul 2

Thank you too all (virtual) attendees that attended #BGA2025 - we look back at a great week of presentations, meet-ups and catching up between colleagues. ✨Some highlights:

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Samantha Miadich @drsamm.bsky.social · Jun 26

First day of #BGA2025! Looking forward to learning about all the research that is happening.

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Jun 20

Our public science committee published its first statement, 'against misuse of behavioral genetics research' on the website.

Read it now on the website ⬇️

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Misuse of Genetics Statement - Behavior Genetics Association

Misuse of Genetics Statement

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · May 28

🎫Two more days to get your 'on time' tickets for #BGA2025! bga.org/content.aspx...

BGA Annual Meeting 2025 - Events - Behavior Genetics Association

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · May 2

The BGA Public Science Committee will co-host Wednesday, May 14th, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, US Eastern Time, an online symposium addressing how polygenic scores are communicated to the public, challenges of translating this research, and surrounding ethical & legal issues.
Registration: lnkd.in/eGgKgxmT

Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · May 1

New issue of in behavior genetics out now, with work on MZ qualitative differences, epigenetic clocks, alcohol use behaviors, education attainment, agency, and more!

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Behavior Genetics

Behavior Genetics is a leading journal concerned with the genetic analysis of behavioral traits. The journal offers the most current original research on ...

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Mar 6

The BGA meeting in Atlanta will now have a hybrid option! 🌍🎥 We've also reopened abstract submissions for 2 weeks, with a hard deadline of March 14, 2025. Join us in person or virtually for a fantastic meeting!

Register here: auth.oxfordabstracts.com?redirect=/st... #BGA2025

Oxford Abstracts

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · Jan 23

🚨 Call for Papers: Behavioral Genetics as a Public Science 🧬📃

Exploring the broader impact, misinterpretations, and ethical implications of behavioral genetics research.

🔗 Submit a 300-word abstract by Jan 31, 2025! Full details here: link.springer.com/journal/1051...

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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · Jan 14

Want to get out of Dodge? Do a postdoc @uio.no! You will be using the MoBa study and registers to study intergenerational transmission and GxE for #MentalHealth and #education using @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social and @pgcgenetics.bsky.social approaches. Please share!

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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health Research (272560) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mental Health Research (272560), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, February 24, 2025

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Dr Elsje van Bergen @drelsje.bsky.social · Jan 2

Excited to kick off our module "Grant writing & #SciComm" in our MSc programme #rmGBH @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social!
Interested in why people differ? How genes and environments interact? Like data? vu.nl/genes 🧬👨‍👩‍👧Our MSc is a springboard to a career in @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social 🚀.

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