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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · 2h

So your meta-analysis does not find publication bias?

Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · 2h

Feeling seen here as I am scrolling Bsky during my break from writing a review of PGIxE methods and challenges, exactly because of this fear 😏 Let's hope we can salvage the field.

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Siri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · 2d

Brilliant thread summarising this field - perfect for those in other fields 🙏

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

🧩Learning to talk & read isn’t just about effort or teaching—it’s shaped by biology, experience & context

🧠Our new review links genetics, neuroscience, psychology & education to show why some children find language or reading easier.

📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

🖼️genes→brain→cognition→behaviour 🧵👇

Figure 2 in the review: Levels of analysis from genes and brain systems to cognition and behaviour.
The child both influences and is influenced by parents through genetically shaped interactions, and by the wider school and social environment.
Figure design by Neil Usher.
Figure from this review paper: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/w23yz_v1

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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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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · 2d

And to complement, notably to hear more about the impact on democracy, I would go over my current favorite podcast: Antisocial economics by @wealtherty.bsky.social @lseinequalities.bsky.social link.podtrac.com/pe4r83js
Directly relevant to the question is Episode 4.

Antisocial Economics

What is wealth? How come so many of us haven’t got any? How does wealth inequality make poverty worse? In the UK and other rich economies, wealth inequality and poverty are at incredibly high levels. ...

link.podtrac.com

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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · 2d

Should we tax the super-rich?

My favorite news show tackles this question this week: www.arte.tv/en/videos/11... (spoiler: the answer is yes)

ARTE Europe Weekly - Does Europe need a supertax for the super-rich? - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English

Europe’s super-rich are getting astronomically wealthy, while the squeezed middle and lower classes are being asked to tighten their belts. The French economist Gabriel Zucman has proposed a wealth ta...

www.arte.tv

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 15d

Currently attending a conference & our field is quite a bit into fancy modeling, so it’s time to repost this blog post.

Don’t try to squeeze your research question into whatever model is fashionable right now; try to build the right model for your research question.

www.the100.ci/2024/08/27/l...

Let’s do statistics the other way around

Summer in Berlin – the perfect time and place to explore the city, take a walk in the Görli, go skinny dipping in the Spree, attend an overcrowded, overheated conference symposium on cross-lagged pane...

www.the100.ci

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Mona Joly @monajoly.bsky.social · 18d

📢 Appel à communications
Les conférences annuelles des GDR FRESH et RESHAPE auront lieu à Montpellier, les 4–6 nov. 2025.

Thèmes : santé publique & inégalités, climat & santé, evolutionary medicine, + session Varia.

✅ Inscription gratuite → fresh-reshape25.sciencesconf.org
📅 Deadline : 30 sept.

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Sjoerd van Alten @sjoerdalten.bsky.social · 23d

Proud to share our new @nber working paper on how genetics shape the intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic status in the Netherlands. 🧵(1/8)

www.nber.org/papers/w34208

A Chip Off the Old Block? Genetics and the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

www.nber.org

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Lea Michel @leacmichel.bsky.social · 23d

Choosing to go by train/ferry to #Flux2025 I emitted SEVEN times less C02 compared to a plane trip.

Air travel is one of the largest contributors to the carbon footprint of research. Researchers, universities and conferences have the responsabilities to create more sustainable alternatives.

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Shai Carmi @shaicarmi.bsky.social · 27d

Brilliant paper by Visscher et al.

Populations differ in traits/disease burden. Are these differences due to genetics?

Comparing single variants or polygenic scores between populations is biased due to environmental confounders correlated with the variants.

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www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Direct effect of genetic ancestry on complex traits in a Mexican population

Human populations differ in disease prevalences and in average values of phenotypes, but the extent to which differences are caused by genetic or environmental factors is unknown for most complex trai...

www.medrxiv.org

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is a helpful article of where Norwegian green politics is at and where it is coming from with insights by @elinlb.bsky.social

www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/norways-elec...

Norway’s Elections: A Fossil Consensus

Could the rise of smaller parties drive Europe’s biggest gas supplier to change course?

www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · Aug 19

To engage people on the problem of wealth inequality, we should focus on the “unfair influence” wielded by those at the top, write @michaelvaughan.bsky.social, @wealtherty.bsky.social & Annalena Oppel, even if that causes outrage.

@jrf-uk.bsky.social

🔗 buff.ly/GAf0Es5

It’s time to face up to power in the debate about wealth inequality

When discussing wealth inequality, the “unfair influence” framing fares best at driving support for redistributive measures. But does it come with hidden costs?

buff.ly

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Ludvig Daae Bjørndal @ludvigdb.bsky.social · Aug 17

New paper! 📜 In nearly 50,000 individuals randomly sampled from the general population, we apply a symptom-specific perspective to examine which anxiety and depressive symptoms are most strongly associated with various aspects of financial adversity

doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · Aug 18

OMG thank you my bad!

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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · Aug 12

This is the most interesting opinion piece I have read on the topic of polygenic embryo screening!
The "having" and "doing" of motherhood, the concrete practicalities of IVF, the blur between traits and diseases, etc.

Highly recommended reading.

Kathryn Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social · Aug 11

I wrote about my recent experiences taking care of my 3-year-old, Sheila Heti's "Motherhood", and the discourse around polygenic embryo selection: kathrynpaigeharden.substack.com/p/openness-t...

Openness to Risk in Motherhood and "Motherhood"

Some Thoughts Related to Polygenic Embryo Screening

kathrynpaigeharden.substack.com

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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · Aug 11

I think one key benefit of having coauthors is their enthusiasm for the paper when after a while I am quite likely to think it is worthless and probably incorrect. So I’m sure this feeling is a side effect of a solo paper and it will in fact be very interesting!

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Josi Bernardo @josefina-bernardo.bsky.social · Aug 9

I could not resist...

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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · Aug 10

"Sure, at some level everyone has a right to whatever knowledge is out there about their own genome, but dissemination of that knowledge should be based on something more than a toxic combination of libertarianism, greed, and ignorance."

Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · Aug 9

New blog post: The New Eugenics Companies
(Oops, I meant to say generational health and embryo selection)

The New Eugenics Companies

Oops, I meant to say generational health and embryo selection

ericturkheimer.substack.com

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Kathryn Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social · Aug 3

I wrote another book & I'm very excited (& nervous) for it to be released into the world: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714593...

Original Sin by Kathryn Paige Harden: 9780593447628 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

An intellectually daring and deeply intimate exploration of how genetics complicates our ideas about blame, punishment and moral responsibility—from acclaimed psychologist and author of The Genetic....

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · Aug 6

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.

Andrea Ganna @andganna.bsky.social · Aug 5

The iPSYCH study represents a unique example to understand the ethical and legal challenges of using existing samples/data for health research. A thread 🧵

www.science.org/content/arti...

Blood taken from Danish babies ended up in huge genetic study—without consent

The iPsych project, which investigates the genetics of psychiatric disorders, has sent 140,000 opt-out notices amid backlash

www.science.org

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Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · Aug 2

A few thoughts on Herasight, the new embryo selection company. First, their whitepaper (drive.google.com/file/d/1EpFi...) implies that competitors like Nucleus have been marketing and selling grossly erroneous risk estimates. This is shocking if true! 🧵

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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · Aug 4

Must-read for anyone considering Mendelian Imputation to increase their genetic sample.
Is the potential benefit really outweighing the risks?

Margot van de Weijer @margotvdweijer.bsky.social · Aug 1

New pre-print online: Imputing parental genotypes through Mendelian Imputation: Ethical and Legal Considerations
osf.io/preprints/ps...

OSF

osf.io

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · Jul 24

Poetry collection is going well thanks for asking

Mock up of a pamphlet with silly academic poems in the form of bluesky posts

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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · Jul 23

I once reviewed a document that still contained co-authors comments and questions left unanswered… at least I could just copy-paste for my report 🙃

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