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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 2d

Happy to announce that I'll give a talk on how we can make rigorous causal inference more mainstream 📈

You can sign up for the Zoom link here: tinyurl.com/CIIG-JuliaRo...

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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · 3d

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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
www.sv.uio.no/promenta/eng...
@ispg.bsky.social @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social @essgn.bsky.social @ibg.colorado.edu

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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Siri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · 14d

So many policies meant to improve conditions for ECRs end up with a penalty for the ECR. My university makes us do this too, issue open calls for projects designed by a PhD or postdoc candidate even when named in grant 🤦‍♀️
Best case scenario is wasted time for candidate & other ECRs who apply 🤬

Maria Niedernhuber @mariandrnh.bsky.social · 14d

it has happened to me twice today at 2 different universities that I (senior postdoc) wrote a grant together with a PI, and the department tries to kick me off the grant. One was awarded (and my name is listed on the grant), and now the department says the team will have to advertise my position.

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Siri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · 14d

Please RT
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!

Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!

We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025

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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · 15d

Look forward to US zoom meetings until January 2029

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Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 18d

Massive sibling regression study finds that human traits are largely environmentally driven (average heritability = 0.3)

Within-family heritability estimates for behavioural and disease phenotypes from 500,000 sibling pairs of diverse ancestries

Quantification of the direct effect of genetic variation on human behavioural traits is important for understanding between-individual variation in socio-economic and health outcomes but estimates of ...

www.medrxiv.org

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Uku Vainik @ukuvainik.bsky.social · 20d

See you Edinburgh next summer!

René Mõttus @renemottus.bsky.social · 20d

Submissions are now open for 22nd European Conference on Personality (Edinburgh, 2026); deadline 7/12/25.
Keynote speakers and pre-conference workshops have also been confirmed.
www.ecp22edinburgh.org/submission

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Hans Fredrik Sunde @hfsunde.bsky.social · 28d

I tried making a figure explaining how the sum of variances law can be understood as the diagonal of a bivariate normal, and how a correlation between the two antecedent variables — such as under assortative mating — will result in greater variance and more cases above a threshold.

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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · 28d

Tried to explain this to the students this afternoon (tried is emphasized), but will cite you next semester

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Abdel Abdellaoui @dr-appie.bsky.social · Sep 8

Some people call it a minefield. Others call it dangerous, even irresponsible. I call it the most promising field in life sciences.

My love letter to social science genetics: communities.springernature.com/posts/a-love...

A Love Letter to Social Science Genetics

Some people call social science genetics a minefield. Others call it dangerous, even irresponsible. I call it the most promising field in life sciences.

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Itai Sher @itaisher.bsky.social · Sep 8

Reminds me of how sometimes people make a technical argument when there is a much more fundamental conceptual point.

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International Society for Bayesian Analysis @isba-bayesian.bsky.social · Sep 5

The 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐬 (𝐈𝐒𝐁𝐀) was founded in 1992 to promote the development and application of Bayesian analysis.

𝘐𝘚𝘉𝘈 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.

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International Society for Bayesian Analysis | The International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) was founded in 1992 to promote the development and application of Bayesian analysis.

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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · Sep 6

Yes, agree. I think it is most likely confounding, but the pop in effect that for <28 days also in the rating scale sibling design from 2013 warrants some more studies. Someone should volunteer to me to do a new sibling fixed effect and MR MoBa study on the national math tests

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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · Sep 6

This is the sibling study that sparked it for us, but it does not have the magical keyword ADHD academic.oup.com/ije/article-...

Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a sibling-controlled cohort study

Abstract. Background Paracetamol is used extensively during pregnancy, but studies regarding the potential neurodevelopmental sequelae of foetal paracetamo

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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · Sep 6

So the truth is that I think it is often the best option and wise to take it when needed (particularly under fever and when the GP say so), but also say that we don’t know for sure when it comes to the very continuous long term use.

Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · Sep 6

In the pediatrics article I could adjust for indications and stratify by infections vs e.g. pain finding that short term use was even slightly protective under fever, but the very long term use effect was consistent publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

Prenatal Exposure to Acetaminophen and Risk of ADHD

We identify a strong association between long-term acetaminophen use and offspring ADHD that is not explained by indications of use or familial ADHD.

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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · Sep 6

I set out doing the paternal effect believing it was a negative control, but then a toxicologist at UiO pointed out that long very high doses could be no picnic for the testicles (my takeaway was just doubt in this specific case, since I could not evaluate the reasoning)

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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · Sep 6

Maybe, but I don’t think it that simple. The Swedish study relies on prescriptions of paracetamol (people get a large batch to use when needed) is a very noisy measure of an already noisy measure. I have no trust in sibling difference in that specific case pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Familial confounding or measurement error? How to interpret findings from sibling and co-twin control studies

Epidemiological researchers often examine associations between risk factors and health outcomes in non-experimental designs. Observed associations may be causal or confounded by unmeasured factors. Si...

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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · Sep 6

A Revived Focus on an Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/h...

A Revived Focus on an Unproven Link Between Tylenol and Autism

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Ted Schwaba @tedmond.bsky.social · Sep 2

I'm looking for a PhD student to do some trailblazing at the frontier of personality genomics and lifespan gene-environment transactions (start Fall 2026)! If you want to work with me: psychology.msu.edu/graduatestud...
(PS @drmeltemyucel.bsky.social is taking a student too, in moral psych/dev!)

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Siri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · Aug 29

What can *genetic insensitivity to opioids* teach us about endogenous opioid function in humans?

Fully funded position in Oslo (PhD student or postdoc)

Interested in pain, mu/kappa opioids, behavioural genetics, RCTs, or related? Apply here:
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Phd candidate or postdoc– Genetic determinants of opioid responsiveness

The Department of Research and Development at the Division of Emergencies and Critical Care, Oslo University Hospital in collaboration with Leknes Affective Brain lab (www.affectivebrains.com) and the...

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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · Aug 29

Get an award and come visit Oslo www.uv.uio.no/create/engli...

The Sigrid Blömeke Scholarship Award - CREATE - Centre for Research on Equality in Education

In Memory of Professor Sigrid Blömeke (1965-2023) The Centre for Research on Equality in Education (CREATE) at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo, is pleased to announce the Sigr...

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Tim Morris @timtmorris.bsky.social · Aug 13

Call for abstracts: genetics, economic & social issues.

We're hosting a 1-day workshop on using genetic data to examine economic & social issues on 12th December at UCL’s Social Research Institute. More info & submission at link below #genetics #socialscience #economics #cohort

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Lynn Chiu @drlynnchiu.bsky.social · Jul 20

Read all Elements in The Philosophy of Biology series for FREE during the ISHPSSB conference 20 - 25 July. You can find all of these Elements free to download and read here: cup.org/4kEgivL

Philosophy of Biology

Welcome to Cambridge Core

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