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Congratulations to Anaïs Thijssen for receiving the Volksbond award yesterday for her paper on "Investigating genetically stratified subgroups to better understand the etiology of alcohol misuse": www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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🎙️ New #GENEAmsterdam Interview session: Jana Hirzinger and Adrià Túnez interview @ymilaneschi.bsky.social on his research on immunometabolic depression, talking not only about genetics, but also philosophy, the clinic, and even ozempic.

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GENE Amsterdam Interview - Yuri Milaneschi - Genetics Network Amsterdam
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November 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Congratulations to Dr. Wouter Peyrot for winning the Sklar Innovation Award. This award honors the memory of Pamela Sklar and recognizes people & groups for innovation. Dr. Peyrot received the award at the award ceremony of the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG) 2025.
October 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Please join us Tuesday October 28 at the CNCR seminar hosted by Dorret Boomsma and Danielle Posthuma:

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳" by prof. Jonathan Flint.

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October 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Have you already signed up for the annual hashtag#GENEAmsterdam day on December 16? If not, sign up using the google form send out to the mailing list!

Important note: this years GENE Amsterdam meeting will n̳o̳t̳ take place at the Doelenzaal but at Roeterseiland!
October 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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Join us online tomorrow for our monthly research talk where Anaïs Thijssen will present introduce a novel method, Genetic Distance Visualization (GDVIS)🔺.
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Research Meeting: Anaïs Thijssen - Genetics Network Amsterdam
The next GENE Amsterdam research meeting will take place online on the 2nd of October at 13:00 (online). Anaïs Thijssen will present a talk titled “Visualising the Genetic Heterogeneity of […]
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October 1, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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❗SAVE THE DATE!

The 4th annual GENE Amsterdam meeting will take place Tuesday, December 16. Registration forms will be send out to the mailing list end of this month. Not on the mailing list and interested in joining? Contact us via LinkedIn or the website: www.geneticsnetworkamsterdam.org
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September 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Congratulations to one of #GENEAmsterdam's founding members, Wouter Peyrot, for receiving an ERC starting grant! www.amsterdamumc.org/en/research/...
Wouter Peyrot awarded ERC Starting Grant for personalized genetic risk profiles in psychiatry | Amsterdam UMC
Wouter Peyrot, Assistant Professor of Statistical Genetics at Amsterdam UMC, has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant worth €1.5 million for his research project PersonalRiskProfile. This ambitious project aims to develop advanced genetic methods to identify individuals at increased risk of serious mental illness (SMI).
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September 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Interesting webinar by the International Society for Twin Studies (ISTS), moderated by #GENEAmsterdam researcher @jennyvandongen.bsky.social. Sign up using the QR code! 📝
September 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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🗓️ Our next (hybrid, AMC) research meeting will take place September 4th 13:00, where @hubersnikki.bsky.social will present current knowledge on the aetiology of twinning. See you there!

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Research Meeting: Nikki Hubers - Genetics Network Amsterdam
Dear all,   The next GENE Amsterdam research meeting will be a hybrid meeting on Thursday, September 4th at 13:00 at the AMC. Nikki Hubers will give a talk covering […]
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August 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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🥳Congratulations to #GENEAmsterdam researcher Fiona Hagenbeek, for receiving a VENI to study genetic and molecular influences on externalizing behaviors from childhood into (early) adulthood at @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social!

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Veni 2024 | NWO
NWO heeft aan 200 veelbelovende onderzoekers uit de volle breedte van de wetenschap Veni-financiering van maximaal 320.000 euro toegewezen. De laureaten kunnen daarmee in de komende drie jaar hun eigen onderzoeksideeën verder ontwikkelen.
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July 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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🎤New #GENEAmsterdam interview online! Read about @meikebartels.bsky.social work on genetic & environmental influences on wellbeing, including her views on where the next 15 years will take us:
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GENE Amsterdam Interview Session 8: Meike Bartels - Genetics Network Amsterdam
This month, Anaïs Thijssen and Jana Hirzinger interview Meike Bartels, professor at the department of Biological Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Most research focuses on why people get...
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June 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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👤 On the 'personal pages' part of the website, you can check out the profiles of GENEAmsterdam researchers. Are you a genetics researcher based in Amsterdam but do you not have a personal page yet? Please reach out so we can quickly set this up!

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June 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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(1/9) 📣 OUT NOW! 📣

So excited to share that our systematic review and meta-analysis on the autism polygenic score is now published in JAACAP Open @jaacapjournals.bsky.social.

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A (long) thread of our main findings ⤵️
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May 31, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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🎓 Multiple exciting job openings at the Department of Complex Trait Genetics at VU Amsterdam:

Application for Two PhD Positions in Statistical Genetics: t.co/0Cy3KF75lI
Application for Postdoc Statistical Genetics: t.co/ENI5KeI6yF
Application for Postdoc Bioinformatics: t.co/qOLaauKNLV
https://werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/two-phd-positions-in-statistical-genetics-amsterdam-1174503
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June 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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1/2; Check out our new paper on #Dizygotic #Twinning and female #fertility: doi.org/10.1007/s108...
In this collaboration from @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social and the Norwegian #MoBa study, we use several genetically informed methods to investigate the genetic architecture of DZ Twinning.
Polygenic scores for dizygotic twinning: insights into the genetic architecture of female fertility - Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics
Purpose Natural dizygotic twinning (DZT) results from hyper-ovulation and is an indicator of female fertility. However, some traits linked to DZ twinning are also associated with infertility. We exami...
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May 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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🗓️ Our next research meeting will take place online on Thursday, June 5th at 13:00. Tune in to hear about interesting research by @bstpourcain.bsky.social & Ellen Verhoef.

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Research meeting: Beate St Pourcain & Ellen Verhoef - Genetics Network Amsterdam
The next GENE Amsterdam research meeting will take place online on Thursday, June 5th at 13:00. Beate St Pourcain and Ellen Verhoef will present on “Modelling Heterogeneity in Twin Studies […]
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May 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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🏡🧬 Our new meta-analysis of 140 studies including ~66,000 people finds that lower socioeconomic status and marginalized race/ethnicity is associated with faster epigenetic biological aging. Find out which epigenetic clocks show the strongest effects 👇
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Social determinants of health and epigenetic clocks: Meta-analysis of 140 studies
Social determinants of health are social factors that affect health and survival. Two of the most powerful social determinants are socioeconomic status (SES) and race/ethnicity; people with lower SES ...
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May 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Don't forget to join our online research meeting tomorrow!

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Research Meeting: Mieke van Haelst - Genetics Network Amsterdam
The next GENE Amsterdam research meeting will be on Thursday, May 1st @13.00 on Teams . Prof Mieke van Haelst will present a talk titled “Emma Center for Personalized Medicine: Accelerating therapy de...
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April 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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📌PhD Position at the department of Biological Psychology:
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PhD-student position at VU Amsterdam
The department of Biological Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit has a vacancy for a PhD-student within the ambitious Stress in Action project. The experience of stress is an inherent aspect of daily...
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April 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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New preprint!

We find no evidence that parental mental health influences children's academic achievement when comparing families in the Norwegian MoBa study.

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Quick thread 👇
Main figure of the paper: Associations between parental mental health (anxiety and depression, alcohol problematic use, ADHD, eating disorder) with children's tests scores in mathematics, reading comprehension and English as second language at age 10.
April 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Previously presented by Yayouk Willems and @laraffington.bsky.social at a #GENEAmsterdam symposium and out now:

"Linked emergence of racial disparities in mental health and epigenetic biological aging across childhood and adolescence" by @munaaikins.bsky.social

Summary: lnkd.in/eyT9jrrQ
Racism Gets Under the Skin: Social Disparities in Children’s Mental Health and Epigenetic-Clock-Measured Biological Aging
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April 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Don't forget to join this workshop/discussion coming Thursday!
geneamsterdam.bsky.social Genetics Network Amsterdam @geneamsterdam.bsky.social · Mar 11
On the 10th of April, Renata Androvicova, @joellepasman.bsky.social and Karin Verweij will host a workshop on the genetics of sexual violence. Join in person or online to discuss the results of the study on the genetic overlap between sexual violence, reproductive traits, and psychiatric traits!
Workshop on the genetics of sexual violence Renata Androvicova, Joëlle Pasman, Karin Verweij WHAT: Genetic overlap between sexual violence and reproductive and psychiatric traits GOAL: Discussion of the results and interpretation of the study WHERE: Hybrid - AMC room PA3.102 or online htpps://tinyurl.com/genetics-sexual-violence WHEN: 10th of April 2025, 3:30pm - 5:00pm CET CONTACT: r.androvicova@amsterdamumc.nl
April 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Tomorrow in our research meeting (location VU):
Yuchen Ning will present a talk on “Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Physical Activity Across Six Cohorts: Novel Loci, Genetic Correlation, and Causality”. 🏃

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April 2, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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This past Monday, Dr. Bodine Gonngrijp successfully defended her PhD thesis "Invisible Scars: Unravelling the Epigenetic and Mental Health Consequences of Victimization." Congratulations on this important milestone! 👏
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March 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM