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Jacqueline S. Dron, PhD @jsdron.bsky.social · Jul 8

Can’t wait to see what you and Anvita put together for 2027! 👀🤩

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Pradeep Natarajan @pnatarajanmd.bsky.social · May 6

The most math equations written on a whiteboard by a clinician I've seen - yet amazingly well delivered to a broad audience!
S. Urbut's talk @broadinstitute.org A Practical Primer on Bayesian Statistics youtube.com/watch?v=jcFS...
@mgbresearch.bsky.social @harvardmed.bsky.social

MPG Primer: A Practical Primer on Bayesian Statistics (2025)

YouTube video by Broad Institute

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Jacqueline S. Dron, PhD @jsdron.bsky.social · Apr 7

They talked a lot about “early-career” scientists in their press release. Hopefully it will be a mix of postdocs and investigators!

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Jacqueline S. Dron, PhD @jsdron.bsky.social · Apr 7

On their website, there is a link now to express your interest in “Canada Leads”, but it is asking about interest to be a postdoc… 🤦‍♀️

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Jacqueline S. Dron, PhD @jsdron.bsky.social · Mar 18

Just wanted to remind folks of the upcoming abstract submission deadline for the 2025 Human Genetics and Genomics GRS on March 30! 🧬

Come join us in beautiful Portland, Maine from July 5-6!

Check out this link for more details: www.grc.org/human-geneti...

2025 Human Genetics and Genomics Conference GRC

The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Human Genetics and Genomics will be held in Portland, Maine. Apply today to reserve your spot.

www.grc.org

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Jacqueline S. Dron, PhD @jsdron.bsky.social · Mar 18

Just wanted to remind folks of the upcoming abstract submission deadline for the 2025 Human Genetics and Genomics GRS on March 30! 🧬

Come join us in beautiful Portland, Maine from July 5-6!

Check out this link for more details: www.grc.org/human-geneti...

2025 Human Genetics and Genomics Conference GRC

The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Human Genetics and Genomics will be held in Portland, Maine. Apply today to reserve your spot.

www.grc.org

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Jacqueline S. Dron, PhD @jsdron.bsky.social · Jan 15

Planning your conference schedule for 2025? Don’t forget to include the GRS/GRC for Human Genetics and Genomics!

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Jacqueline S. Dron, PhD @jsdron.bsky.social · Dec 4

Applications are now OPEN for the 2025 Human Genetics and Genomics GRC and GRS!! 🎉 🧬

📅 GRS: July 5-6, 2025
📅 GRC: July 6-11, 2025
📍 Portland, Maine

@calliao.bsky.social and I are co-chairs for the GRS, with Shamil Sunyaev and @eimearekenny.bsky.social as the GRC chairs 👀

Links to apply below 👇

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Michael Honigberg @mchonig.bsky.social · Dec 19

Terrific holiday party / “Yankee swap” 🎁🔄🎁 with @mchonig.bsky.social @zhiyu.bsky.social Fahed + @pnatarajanmd.bsky.social labs 🎅 🎄 @massgeneralbrigham.bsky.social MGB Heart + @broadinstitute.org @broadinstitute.bsky.social

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Cal Liao @calliao.bsky.social · Dec 4

📣 APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN for the 2025 Human Genetics and Genomics Gordon Research Conference and Seminar.

📅 GRS: July 5-6, 2025
📅 GRC: July 6-11, 2025

Join us in Portland, Maine for compelling and exciting discussions related to human genetics and genomics!! 🧬

www.grc.org/human-geneti...

2025 Human Genetics and Genomics (GRS) Seminar GRC

The 2025 Gordon Research Seminar on Human Genetics and Genomics (GRS) will be held in Portland, Maine. Apply today to reserve your spot.

www.grc.org

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Jacqueline S. Dron, PhD @jsdron.bsky.social · Dec 4

GRC application: www.grc.org/human-geneti...

GRS application: www.grc.org/human-geneti...

2025 Human Genetics and Genomics Conference GRC

The 2025 Gordon Research Conference on Human Genetics and Genomics will be held in Portland, Maine. Apply today to reserve your spot.

www.grc.org

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Jacqueline S. Dron, PhD @jsdron.bsky.social · Dec 4

Applications are now OPEN for the 2025 Human Genetics and Genomics GRC and GRS!! 🎉 🧬

📅 GRS: July 5-6, 2025
📅 GRC: July 6-11, 2025
📍 Portland, Maine

@calliao.bsky.social and I are co-chairs for the GRS, with Shamil Sunyaev and @eimearekenny.bsky.social as the GRC chairs 👀

Links to apply below 👇

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Pradeep Natarajan @pnatarajanmd.bsky.social · Nov 30

Our review led by @jsdron.bsky.social of the contributions of the Global Lipids Genetics Consortium (www.lipidgenetics.org) journals.lww.com/co-lipidolog...

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Jacqueline S. Dron, PhD @jsdron.bsky.social · Dec 2

PS the review will be open-access soon!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39602359/

The breadth and impact of the Global Lipids Genetics Consortium - PubMed

The GLGC has significantly advanced the understanding of the genetic basis of lipid levels and serves as the leading resource of GWAS summary statistics for these traits. Continued collaboration will ...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Jacqueline S. Dron, PhD @jsdron.bsky.social · Dec 2

🌎🌍🌏 Also, to all the GLGC collaborators out there: please comment or repost to let folks know you’re part of the community! I'd love to follow more lipid genetics enthusiasts 👀

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Jacqueline S. Dron, PhD @jsdron.bsky.social · Dec 2

The GLGC is a global collaboration of 100s of scientists interested in lipid genetics. Check out our recent review, where we highlight 🔑 contributions from the GLGC across the last 15 years.

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#CardioSky #Genetics #Lipids #GWAS

Pradeep Natarajan @pnatarajanmd.bsky.social · Nov 30

Our review led by @jsdron.bsky.social of the contributions of the Global Lipids Genetics Consortium (www.lipidgenetics.org) journals.lww.com/co-lipidolog...

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Jacqueline S. Dron, PhD @jsdron.bsky.social · Dec 2

This was such a fun review to put together 🤓

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The Polygenic Score Catalog @pgscatalog.bsky.social · Nov 26

The Catalog isn't just a knowledgebase and source of polygenic scores, we also provide open-soruce tools to make PGS calculation easier and more reproducible! You can find our pgsc_calc tool on github (github.com/PGScatalog/p...) with extensive documentation (pgsc-calc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).

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The Polygenic Score Catalog @pgscatalog.bsky.social · Nov 26

Let's start with introductions! The PGS Catalog is an open database of polygenic scores and the relevant metadata required for accurate application and evaluation. Everything is on our website www.PGSCatalog.org, and our newest publication describes how far we've come: rdcu.be/d1vTG since 2019!

Gif of Julie Andrews singing "Let's start at the very beginning" from Sound of Music.

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Jacqueline S. Dron, PhD @jsdron.bsky.social · Nov 23

Awesome resource! Thanks for assembling! 😁

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Jon Lim, MRCP PhD @drjonlim.bsky.social · Nov 23

🎨 In case anyone need…

The NIH BioArt Source is an awesome library of *free* professionally drawn illustrations for scientific presentations or figures. Downloadable in HD. Thank you NIH for this invaluable tool 🙏!

Check it out 👇
bioart.niaid.nih.gov

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Satoshi Yoshiji, MD, PhD @satoshiyoshiji.bsky.social · Nov 20

I’ll be speaking (virtually) at the Medical and Population Genetics Seminar @broadinstitute.org tomorrow at 9:30 AM with Dr. Jason Flannick and colleagues. If you’re at the Broad, please join us!

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adelaide tovar @adel-aide.bsky.social · Nov 15

Started a list of early career folks in human genetics! 🧬

Set this up while waiting in line for a tea, so i just added a random few folks to start. Please nominate others and I’ll add throughout the day!

#genetics #genomics #humangenetics #informatics

go.bsky.app/RG1voNE

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Amy Johnston, PhD @amydjohn.bsky.social · Nov 17

📣 Interested in "Advancing women’s heart, brain and vascular health together"? 🫀🧠

Register for the upcoming 2025 Canadian Women's Heart Health Summit! April 25 - 26, 2025 | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦

Details here ⤵️
cwhhc.ottawaheart.ca/summit

#CardioSky #MedSky #EpiSky #AcademicSky

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Jodie Ingles @jodieingles27.bsky.social · Nov 16

Updated: cardiovascular genetics starter pack… go.bsky.app/4NjCKhB #cardiogen #genechat #cardiosky #medsky #genesky

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