Burak Yelmen
@burakyelmen.bsky.social
Research Fellow at the Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu. Genomics, complex traits, deep learning, artificial genomes. Occasionally music producer.
In our new study, we investigate how GWAS test statistics behave when a trait’s genetic architecture includes epistasis. We first model the bias mathematically and show via simulations how linear models can produce spurious significance (more in comments).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Bias in genome-wide association test statistics due to omitted interactions
Over the past two decades, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) enabled the discovery of thousands of variants associated with many complex human traits. However, conventional GWAS are still widely ...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
In our new study, we investigate how GWAS test statistics behave when a trait’s genetic architecture includes epistasis. We first model the bias mathematically and show via simulations how linear models can produce spurious significance (more in comments).
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
There is a very interesting conference on ML for genomics in French Alps December 8th-12th this year. I will also talk about generative AI. Abstract submission for oral presentations is open till September 22nd.
legend2025.sciencesconf.org
legend2025.sciencesconf.org
legend2025 : Machine Learning for Evolutionary Genomics Data - Sciencesconf.org
legend2025.sciencesconf.org
September 15, 2025 at 10:03 AM
There is a very interesting conference on ML for genomics in French Alps December 8th-12th this year. I will also talk about generative AI. Abstract submission for oral presentations is open till September 22nd.
legend2025.sciencesconf.org
legend2025.sciencesconf.org
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𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐒𝐂𝐀 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩?
Find your research group and join us at the University of Tartu!
Check our list of supervisors, application details, and everything else you need to know ut.ee/en/content/postdoctoral-research-university-tartu
Find your research group and join us at the University of Tartu!
Check our list of supervisors, application details, and everything else you need to know ut.ee/en/content/postdoctoral-research-university-tartu
March 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
𝐒𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐒𝐂𝐀 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩?
Find your research group and join us at the University of Tartu!
Check our list of supervisors, application details, and everything else you need to know ut.ee/en/content/postdoctoral-research-university-tartu
Find your research group and join us at the University of Tartu!
Check our list of supervisors, application details, and everything else you need to know ut.ee/en/content/postdoctoral-research-university-tartu
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Happy to announce an open call for a funded PhD position!
📊 Research project: Elucidating the fine-scale demographic history of the Eastern Baltic by incorporating haplotype-based analyses and modelling
📍 Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu
📩 Application period: 1st–15th May 2025
📊 Research project: Elucidating the fine-scale demographic history of the Eastern Baltic by incorporating haplotype-based analyses and modelling
📍 Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu
📩 Application period: 1st–15th May 2025
April 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Happy to announce an open call for a funded PhD position!
📊 Research project: Elucidating the fine-scale demographic history of the Eastern Baltic by incorporating haplotype-based analyses and modelling
📍 Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu
📩 Application period: 1st–15th May 2025
📊 Research project: Elucidating the fine-scale demographic history of the Eastern Baltic by incorporating haplotype-based analyses and modelling
📍 Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu
📩 Application period: 1st–15th May 2025
Reposted by Burak Yelmen
Excited to share our recently published overview of the @estbiobank.bsky.social 🧬
We highlight the unique features of the biobank and the conducted scientific research it has enabled, including the many recall studies that have been carried out over the years!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We highlight the unique features of the biobank and the conducted scientific research it has enabled, including the many recall studies that have been carried out over the years!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Estonian Biobank’s journey from biobanking to personalized medicine - Nature Communications
Large-scale biobanks have become a font of data that have led to discoveries across many fields of research. Here, the authors provide an overview of the Estonian Biobank, highlighting its value for r...
www.nature.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Excited to share our recently published overview of the @estbiobank.bsky.social 🧬
We highlight the unique features of the biobank and the conducted scientific research it has enabled, including the many recall studies that have been carried out over the years!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We highlight the unique features of the biobank and the conducted scientific research it has enabled, including the many recall studies that have been carried out over the years!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...