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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

www.sv.uio.no

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Professor Melinda Mills @melindacmills.bsky.social · 21d

Loved hosting @essgn.bsky.social in Oxford including @dr-appie.bsky.social & family (& the rest of the ESSGN family as well) - read the post and links below to hear about this great event

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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University @oxforddemsci.bsky.social · 21d

We welcomed the next generation of @essgn.bsky.social social science genomics researchers in Oxford!
✨ Speakers from industry (deCODE, Genomics), data (UKBiobank), experts from Oxford & beyond + an Editor from Nature Human Behaviour!

📸 More here 👉 www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/lcds-ho...

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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.

communities.springernature.com

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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

bit.ly/41EnPmu

Microsoft Forms

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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · Jun 20

1/🧵 Even more nature-nurture for school performance in
@pnas.org! Nikolai Eftedal examined family resemblance in school performance in nearly 1 million students across their Norwegian relatives. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Eivind Ystrom @eivindy.bsky.social · Jun 11

🧵 THREAD: New wine on socioeconomic status!
Joakim Coleman Ebeltoft shipped a new tap in
@NatureComms
- a large study on the genetic and environmental factors behind socioeconomic status in Norway 🇳🇴
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doi.org/10.1038/s414...

The genetic and environmental composition of socioeconomic status in Norway - Nature Communications

The authors examine the genetic and environmental contributions to socioeconomic status (SES) in Norway using a large, population-wide dataset and four different heritability estimation methods. They ...

doi.org

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Pietro Biroli @pietrobiroli.bsky.social · May 26

So happy that this conference has gotten to the 4th iteration.

Loved to be there and see the faces and ideas of a growing community of responsible social science genetic researchers

Love.

ESSGN @essgn.bsky.social · May 22

Today marks the start of the fourth annual ESSGN conference, this year hosted in a lovely and sunny Bristol! Follow along!

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Charlotte Payne @libertyruth.bsky.social · Jun 2

Thank you @essgn.bsky.social and everyone at ESSGN this year for a brilliant conference! I was grateful to be there and learnt so much.

Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · May 23

“Social science genetics will continue as a field but your publications will stay” @libertyruth.bsky.social told us her wishes and advice as an NHB editor.
-> Talk about your limitations, use correlation terminology when not testing causation, document your ethical considerations, write FAQs

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Josi Bernardo @josefina-bernardo.bsky.social · May 26

Very grateful that I got to present at the ESSGN past Friday. In the study I presented, we looked at intergenerational transmission of education in a sample of the Norwegian population register. We used a Children-of-Twins model to look at GPA at age 16 and educational attainment in the parents.

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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · May 23

Ending the conference with a panel about Mendelian Randomization with @mendelrandom.bsky.social Alice Carter and Dalton Conley. My main take-away: use negative controls!
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ESSGN @essgn.bsky.social · May 23

Final plenary discussion about mendelian randomization with George Davey Smith, Dalton Conley and Alice Carter.

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ESSGN @essgn.bsky.social · May 23

Titus Galama on the Economics and Econometrics of GxE

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ESSGN @essgn.bsky.social · May 23

Sonia Petrini on reconciling Scarr-Rowe and compensatory advantage

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ESSGN @essgn.bsky.social · May 23

Asta Breinholt is presenting a novel theoretical typology of GxE

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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · May 23

Independent contributions to externalizing and internalizing symptoms from common and rare variants shown by @olivia-wootton.bsky.social in MCS and Alspac.
Also always nice to see that the NonCog PGI association is not mediated by cognitive skills 🤞
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ESSGN @essgn.bsky.social · May 23

Tim Morris presents the variety of British cohort studies and their genomic uses

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ESSGN @essgn.bsky.social · May 23

Rafael Geurgas on using machine learning with genetic data to predict depression

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ESSGN @essgn.bsky.social · May 23

Aysu Okbay is talking about the interaction between a Colombian cash transfer RCT and genetic factors

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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · May 23

Very thorough investigation of the impact of low dose ionization due to nuclear incident in the UK. By Rossella da Sabbato @essgn.bsky.social I’m learning a lot here!

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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · May 23

“Social science genetics will continue as a field but your publications will stay” @libertyruth.bsky.social told us her wishes and advice as an NHB editor.
-> Talk about your limitations, use correlation terminology when not testing causation, document your ethical considerations, write FAQs

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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · May 23

Using having two first children of same sex as an IV, Dalton Conley disproves the Trivers-Willard hypothesis: it appears having a girl is taking a bigger toll on parents’ epigenetic clocks. @essgn.bsky.social

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ESSGN @essgn.bsky.social · May 23

Rosa Cheesman on GxE and childcare use

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ESSGN @essgn.bsky.social · May 23

Dilnoza Muslimova on Genetic Inequalities and Public Policy

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Uku Vainik @ukuvainik.bsky.social · May 22

@michelnivard.bsky.social gave a very enthusiastic big 5 GWAS overview. I hope we'll see a lot more personality research at @essgn.bsky.social next year!

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