Mohamed Abdulkadir
@drmoab.bsky.social
Postdoc at The National Centre for Register-based Research (Aarhus University). Understanding psychiatry through the lens of statistical genetics. Recreational long distance runner.
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New paper on everyone’s favourite topic, QC!
We show why you should do genotype-level QC on your WGS data
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very real quotes about this paper -
“The most exciting, mind-blowing paper of the year!”
“On a par with Fisher 1918”
“I read it every night. Just so beautiful”
We show why you should do genotype-level QC on your WGS data
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very real quotes about this paper -
“The most exciting, mind-blowing paper of the year!”
“On a par with Fisher 1918”
“I read it every night. Just so beautiful”
Genotype-level quality control substantially reduces error rates in population-scale whole-genome sequencing
Population-scale whole-genome sequencing data will contain many individual-level genotype errors, even after allele-level quality control (QC). We establish the need for genotype-level QC using UK Bio...
www.biorxiv.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
New paper on everyone’s favourite topic, QC!
We show why you should do genotype-level QC on your WGS data
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very real quotes about this paper -
“The most exciting, mind-blowing paper of the year!”
“On a par with Fisher 1918”
“I read it every night. Just so beautiful”
We show why you should do genotype-level QC on your WGS data
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Very real quotes about this paper -
“The most exciting, mind-blowing paper of the year!”
“On a par with Fisher 1918”
“I read it every night. Just so beautiful”
Reposted by Mohamed Abdulkadir
Deze 7 partijen gaan voor groen. Stem jij ook groen vandaag? 💚
@groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social, @voltnederland.org, @d66.nl, @partijvoordedieren.nl, @christenunie.bsky.social, @spnederland.bsky.social, Denk
#Verkiezingen2025 #GaVoorGroenStembusakkoord #klimaatbeleid #klimaatcrisis
@groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social, @voltnederland.org, @d66.nl, @partijvoordedieren.nl, @christenunie.bsky.social, @spnederland.bsky.social, Denk
#Verkiezingen2025 #GaVoorGroenStembusakkoord #klimaatbeleid #klimaatcrisis
October 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Deze 7 partijen gaan voor groen. Stem jij ook groen vandaag? 💚
@groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social, @voltnederland.org, @d66.nl, @partijvoordedieren.nl, @christenunie.bsky.social, @spnederland.bsky.social, Denk
#Verkiezingen2025 #GaVoorGroenStembusakkoord #klimaatbeleid #klimaatcrisis
@groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social, @voltnederland.org, @d66.nl, @partijvoordedieren.nl, @christenunie.bsky.social, @spnederland.bsky.social, Denk
#Verkiezingen2025 #GaVoorGroenStembusakkoord #klimaatbeleid #klimaatcrisis
Ik heb gestemd. Tot 21:00 kan je nog stemmen. Laat je niet gek maken door “Het maakt geen verschil”. Het maakt wel degelijk een verschil.
groenlinkspvda.nl/nieuws/waaro...
groenlinkspvda.nl/nieuws/waaro...
Waarom stemmen wél zin heeft, en zelfs heel belangrijk is | GroenLinks-PvdA
Sommige mensen vragen zich af of stemmen nog iets uitmaakt. De politiek lijkt vaak ver weg, en het voelt alsof één stem geen verschil maakt.
groenlinkspvda.nl
October 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Ik heb gestemd. Tot 21:00 kan je nog stemmen. Laat je niet gek maken door “Het maakt geen verschil”. Het maakt wel degelijk een verschil.
groenlinkspvda.nl/nieuws/waaro...
groenlinkspvda.nl/nieuws/waaro...
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It was great seeing many of you at #ASHG25! Based on the discussions at our IGES meetup, we are considering reviving the Genetic Analysis Workshop (GAW) series.
If you are possibly interested in helping out, fill out this form and we will get in touch: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you are possibly interested in helping out, fill out this form and we will get in touch: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
GAW (Genetic Analysis Workshop) Revival Interest Form
If you are interested in helping to renew the Genetic Analysis Workshops, please provide your contact information below. We will follow up with more information soon.
docs.google.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:27 AM
It was great seeing many of you at #ASHG25! Based on the discussions at our IGES meetup, we are considering reviving the Genetic Analysis Workshop (GAW) series.
If you are possibly interested in helping out, fill out this form and we will get in touch: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
If you are possibly interested in helping out, fill out this form and we will get in touch: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Non-paywalled link to my commentary on @vw1234.bsky.social and colleagues new paper in @nature.com rdcu.be/eI2NG
October 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Non-paywalled link to my commentary on @vw1234.bsky.social and colleagues new paper in @nature.com rdcu.be/eI2NG
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Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at blinkingguy.com
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Our new paper is out, in which we developed an approach to transform Polygenic Scores (PGSs) into disorder probabilities (i.e., the absolute lifetime disorder risk).
Below a thread 👇
open access link: rdcu.be/eIjvC
Below a thread 👇
open access link: rdcu.be/eIjvC
Estimating disorder probability based on polygenic prediction using the BPC approach
Nature Communications - Here the authors present a method to transform polygenic scores into disorder probabilities using only GWAS summary statistics, genotype data and a prior - no tuning sample...
rdcu.be
September 27, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Our new paper is out, in which we developed an approach to transform Polygenic Scores (PGSs) into disorder probabilities (i.e., the absolute lifetime disorder risk).
Below a thread 👇
open access link: rdcu.be/eIjvC
Below a thread 👇
open access link: rdcu.be/eIjvC
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Active on Bluesky, whether it be as a researcher, research group or other? Mention our handle @rug.nl in your profile description and in your posts, to help increase the impact of (y)our posts! 😀
September 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Active on Bluesky, whether it be as a researcher, research group or other? Mention our handle @rug.nl in your profile description and in your posts, to help increase the impact of (y)our posts! 😀
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Apply to do a PhD with me, Laura Corbin, Gareth Hawkes and George Davey Smith ( @mendelrandom.bsky.social) in Bristol on identifying rare effects on health using new and innovative methods. Amazing team, great educational environment, lovely city. Forward to your undergrads wrapping up!
Shining a light on the un-common to identify novel health risk-factors - GW4 BioMed MRC DTP
Project Code MRCPHS26Br Nivard Project Type Dry lab Research Theme Population Health Science Project Summary Download Summary Complex traits such as body mass index and height are influenced by a mixt...
gw4biomed.ac.uk
September 19, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Apply to do a PhD with me, Laura Corbin, Gareth Hawkes and George Davey Smith ( @mendelrandom.bsky.social) in Bristol on identifying rare effects on health using new and innovative methods. Amazing team, great educational environment, lovely city. Forward to your undergrads wrapping up!
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Proposal for how to fix family wise error rates.
For every uncorrected p value you must add an extra letter to the claim.
“Eating chocolate maaaaaaaaay be associated with lower rates of stroke”
For every uncorrected p value you must add an extra letter to the claim.
“Eating chocolate maaaaaaaaay be associated with lower rates of stroke”
September 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Proposal for how to fix family wise error rates.
For every uncorrected p value you must add an extra letter to the claim.
“Eating chocolate maaaaaaaaay be associated with lower rates of stroke”
For every uncorrected p value you must add an extra letter to the claim.
“Eating chocolate maaaaaaaaay be associated with lower rates of stroke”
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NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
August 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths.
x8 in Zambia
x7 in Botswana
x6 in Sudan
x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia
🧵
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New paper!
Our PhD-student Phillip conducted a meta-analysis of psychological determinants of sustainable energy technology adaption.
Rather than writing an extensive 🧵 here, Phillip summarises our work in the video below
www.youtube.com/shorts/2NIZh... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our PhD-student Phillip conducted a meta-analysis of psychological determinants of sustainable energy technology adaption.
Rather than writing an extensive 🧵 here, Phillip summarises our work in the video below
www.youtube.com/shorts/2NIZh... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Recent Research: What causes people to adopt sustainable technologies?
YouTube video by Environmental Psychology Groningen
www.youtube.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
New paper!
Our PhD-student Phillip conducted a meta-analysis of psychological determinants of sustainable energy technology adaption.
Rather than writing an extensive 🧵 here, Phillip summarises our work in the video below
www.youtube.com/shorts/2NIZh... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our PhD-student Phillip conducted a meta-analysis of psychological determinants of sustainable energy technology adaption.
Rather than writing an extensive 🧵 here, Phillip summarises our work in the video below
www.youtube.com/shorts/2NIZh... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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New blog post: The New Eugenics Companies
(Oops, I meant to say generational health and embryo selection)
(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
August 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New blog post: The New Eugenics Companies
(Oops, I meant to say generational health and embryo selection)
(Oops, I meant to say generational health and embryo selection)
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BREAKING: JOINT STATEMENT FROM REUTERS, BBC NEWS, ASSOCIATED PRESS & AFP.
Warning that their staff face death by starvation in Gaza.
Horrifying and unprecedented.
Warning that their staff face death by starvation in Gaza.
Horrifying and unprecedented.
July 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
BREAKING: JOINT STATEMENT FROM REUTERS, BBC NEWS, ASSOCIATED PRESS & AFP.
Warning that their staff face death by starvation in Gaza.
Horrifying and unprecedented.
Warning that their staff face death by starvation in Gaza.
Horrifying and unprecedented.
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I had a genuinely though provoking (for me anyway) conversation with Awais Aftab ( @awaisaftab.bsky.social ) about where I think the field of psychiatric genetics is right now, and might be headed.
Psychiatric Genetics Beyond Heritability: Q&A with Michel Nivard ( @michelnivard.bsky.social )
“We look for genes as a means to an end—biology, epidemiology, and etiology of complex human outcomes.”
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/psychiatri...
“We look for genes as a means to an end—biology, epidemiology, and etiology of complex human outcomes.”
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/psychiatri...
Psychiatric Genetics Beyond Heritability: Q&A with Michel Nivard
We look for genes as a means to an end—biology, epidemiology, and etiology of complex human outcomes.
www.psychiatrymargins.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I had a genuinely though provoking (for me anyway) conversation with Awais Aftab ( @awaisaftab.bsky.social ) about where I think the field of psychiatric genetics is right now, and might be headed.
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I talked to a journalist at the Geneva Solutions about the censorship i experienced at the AI for Good Summit 2 days ago
genevasolutions.news/science-tech...
genevasolutions.news/science-tech...
UN AI summit accused of censoring criticism of Israel and big tech over Gaza war - Geneva Solutions
A prominent AI scientist says she was pressured by the organisers of the UN’s flagship conference on AI to censor parts of her presentation that criticised Israel over its war in Gaza and the role of ...
genevasolutions.news
July 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I talked to a journalist at the Geneva Solutions about the censorship i experienced at the AI for Good Summit 2 days ago
genevasolutions.news/science-tech...
genevasolutions.news/science-tech...
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Woo-Hoo! This has been a long time coming, and in much testing (beta testing) but the integrated beta more functionality - smooth genome scrolling, nice uploads, and gene + function pages.
🚀 We've launched an Integrated Release on Ensembl Beta!
Beta Release 2025-02 features 2,919 genomes, ready for both current & long-term use.
You can explore the data on zurl.co/FuoKx or read more about Ensembl Beta releases on our blog at zurl.co/xbRr4
Beta Release 2025-02 features 2,919 genomes, ready for both current & long-term use.
You can explore the data on zurl.co/FuoKx or read more about Ensembl Beta releases on our blog at zurl.co/xbRr4
July 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Woo-Hoo! This has been a long time coming, and in much testing (beta testing) but the integrated beta more functionality - smooth genome scrolling, nice uploads, and gene + function pages.
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Next week, I'm teaching a **Statistical Human Genetics course using R**; would be of interest if I try to record it to make it available as a Youtube video?
June 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Next week, I'm teaching a **Statistical Human Genetics course using R**; would be of interest if I try to record it to make it available as a Youtube video?
Reposted by Mohamed Abdulkadir
📣 Latest from the lab: Performance of deep-learning-based approaches to improve polygenic scores www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Its thought deep learning will substantially improve PGS but the reality is MANY have tried but no/little gain has been seen so far. Here we report our negative results.
Its thought deep learning will substantially improve PGS but the reality is MANY have tried but no/little gain has been seen so far. Here we report our negative results.
June 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
📣 Latest from the lab: Performance of deep-learning-based approaches to improve polygenic scores www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Its thought deep learning will substantially improve PGS but the reality is MANY have tried but no/little gain has been seen so far. Here we report our negative results.
Its thought deep learning will substantially improve PGS but the reality is MANY have tried but no/little gain has been seen so far. Here we report our negative results.
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Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it
Colette Delawalla, Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek in The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Colette Delawalla, Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek in The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it | Colette Delawalla
The new executive order allows political appointees to undermine research they oppose, paving the way for state-controlled science
www.theguardian.com
May 31, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Trump’s new ‘gold standard’ rule will destroy American science as we know it
Colette Delawalla, Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek in The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Colette Delawalla, Victor Ambros, Carl Bergstrom, Carol Greider, Michael Mann and Brian Nosek in The Guardian.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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NB: The Polygenic Score Catalog has just lost its NIH funding. It was substantial. We are now on auxillary funding sources.
If anyone has a spare £1m plz DM
If anyone has a spare £1m plz DM
May 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
NB: The Polygenic Score Catalog has just lost its NIH funding. It was substantial. We are now on auxillary funding sources.
If anyone has a spare £1m plz DM
If anyone has a spare £1m plz DM
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Very pleased to see our paper describing the @ukbiobank.bsky.social second online mental health questionnaire has now been published in @plosone.org! This describes the origin of the resource as well as the data.
Fantastic work by Katrina Davis in leading this 👏👏👏
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Fantastic work by Katrina Davis in leading this 👏👏👏
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
The UK Biobank mental health enhancement 2022: Methods and results
Background This paper introduces the UK Biobank (UKB) second mental health questionnaire (MHQ2), describes its design, the respondents and some notable findings. UKB is a large cohort study with over ...
dx.plos.org
May 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Very pleased to see our paper describing the @ukbiobank.bsky.social second online mental health questionnaire has now been published in @plosone.org! This describes the origin of the resource as well as the data.
Fantastic work by Katrina Davis in leading this 👏👏👏
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Fantastic work by Katrina Davis in leading this 👏👏👏
dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue.
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
Redirecting to: https://www.youtube.com/@wclivestream/live
wclivestream.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
200+ scientists are in the middle of a marathon livestream to show why weather and climate science is so important and needs all our help to continue.
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
It is here: wclivestream.com/watch
Reposted by Mohamed Abdulkadir
📄❌ Shell verscheurt onze klimaateisen. Letterlijk én figuurlijk.
Onze eis: Stop met het aanboren van nieuwe olie- en gasvelden.
Shells reactie? Een verhaal vol groene praatjes en de claim dat er “meer vraag” is naar fossiele energie.
(🧵 1/4 )
Onze eis: Stop met het aanboren van nieuwe olie- en gasvelden.
Shells reactie? Een verhaal vol groene praatjes en de claim dat er “meer vraag” is naar fossiele energie.
(🧵 1/4 )
May 28, 2025 at 12:45 PM
📄❌ Shell verscheurt onze klimaateisen. Letterlijk én figuurlijk.
Onze eis: Stop met het aanboren van nieuwe olie- en gasvelden.
Shells reactie? Een verhaal vol groene praatjes en de claim dat er “meer vraag” is naar fossiele energie.
(🧵 1/4 )
Onze eis: Stop met het aanboren van nieuwe olie- en gasvelden.
Shells reactie? Een verhaal vol groene praatjes en de claim dat er “meer vraag” is naar fossiele energie.
(🧵 1/4 )
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GROTE OVERWINNING in een klimaatzaak van @greenpeace.no & @naturogungdom.bsky.social!🔥
Een belangrijk Europese Hof zegt: bij de beoordeling van een vergunning voor een nieuw olie- of gasveld moet ook de wereldwijde verbrandingsuitstoot (scope 3) meetellen. Scope 3 = 95% van de uitstoot!💥
Meer!👇🏽
Een belangrijk Europese Hof zegt: bij de beoordeling van een vergunning voor een nieuw olie- of gasveld moet ook de wereldwijde verbrandingsuitstoot (scope 3) meetellen. Scope 3 = 95% van de uitstoot!💥
Meer!👇🏽
HUGE victory for @greenpeace.no & @naturogungdom.bsky.social in Norway
A European trade court (EFTA) has ruled that the oil and gas permits must also count pollution from burning the fuels, not only those from the drilling – and so Norway was wrong to approve 3 drilling projects in the North Sea
A European trade court (EFTA) has ruled that the oil and gas permits must also count pollution from burning the fuels, not only those from the drilling – and so Norway was wrong to approve 3 drilling projects in the North Sea
Victory for youth and environmentalists in European supranational court: oil and gas climate impacts must be counted - Greenpeace International
The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Court issued its Advisory Opinion in the case Greenpeace Nordic and Natur og Ungdom (Young Friends of the Earth Norway)
www.greenpeace.org
May 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
GROTE OVERWINNING in een klimaatzaak van @greenpeace.no & @naturogungdom.bsky.social!🔥
Een belangrijk Europese Hof zegt: bij de beoordeling van een vergunning voor een nieuw olie- of gasveld moet ook de wereldwijde verbrandingsuitstoot (scope 3) meetellen. Scope 3 = 95% van de uitstoot!💥
Meer!👇🏽
Een belangrijk Europese Hof zegt: bij de beoordeling van een vergunning voor een nieuw olie- of gasveld moet ook de wereldwijde verbrandingsuitstoot (scope 3) meetellen. Scope 3 = 95% van de uitstoot!💥
Meer!👇🏽