Aboard the HMS Hardy-Wijnberg with @dr-appie.bsky.social and @margotvdweijer.bsky.social

How much do people know and understand what their administrative and health data is used for?
Another story of consent for genetic data use this week.

We end with a set of recommendations aimed to address these considerations. Note that this is a pre-print and may thus still be subject to change!
Many thanks to @evangiangrande.bsky.social @appelbap.bsky.social @lucasjmatthews.bsky.social & Emily Bassett

In this pre-print, we address these ethical and legal considerations (particularly with respect to informed consent), the importance of transparent science communiciation, and how robust regulatory frameworks guiding IRBs on novel advanced methods such as Mendelian imputation are currently missing

Mendelian imputation is a promising method for imputing missing parental genotypes and estimating direct genetic effects. While the method has clear scientific benefits, so far there has been little reflection on its legal and ethical implications.

New pre-print online: Imputing parental genotypes through Mendelian Imputation: Ethical and Legal Considerations
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The BGA Public Science committee has published its second statement, 'BGA Statement on Polygenic Embryo Selection'.

Read more on the BGA website:
bga.org/content.aspx...

New paper out in psychological medicine where we explore the brain volume reductions as a potential mechanism underlying effects of smoking on psychiatric disease liability!

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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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ICYMI: decision to cut 5 international bachelor psychology programs in NL poses serious threat to psych science nationally & internationally, given how much research conducted here has historically punched above its weight in terms of per-capita output.

eiko-fried.com/nl-psycholog...

No posts yet but this is a grassroots network of Amsterdam geneticists, crosses disciplines, institutions & career stage. All run out of passion on a shoestring budget. Great way to strike up collaborations!