Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz
janitzamontalvo.bsky.social
Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz
@janitzamontalvo.bsky.social
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Today, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social from Yale University at our #SeminarsIN with her talk: “Advancing psychiatric genomics in admixed populations: novel findings and consortia efforts”
A fantastic lecture, thank you! 👏
@barcolab.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Review: Pleiotropy, epistasis and the genetic architecture of quantitative traits www.nature.com/articles/s41... (read free: rdcu.be/dQ6Ec)
Pleiotropy, epistasis and the genetic architecture of quantitative traits - Nature Reviews Genetics
In this Review, Mackay and Anholt discuss how epistasis and pleiotropy contribute to the genetic architecture of quantitative traits and outline factors that might explain observed differences in…
www.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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(1/6) We’re excited to present “Advancing the Understanding of Depression Genetics Through Research on Latin American Genomes” at #WCPG2025! 🌎✨
Mon Oct 20 | 9:45–11:15 AM
Blue River 3 – Convention Center, Cancún
Led by Drs. @roseannpeterson.bsky.social @nscorralfrias.bsky.social 🧵...
October 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Awesome opening session at #WCPG2025 by @morestrada.bsky.social who shared with us all the link to MexVar, which allows exploration of genetic variants in the context of geography and ancestry in the Mexican population #AcademicSky 🧪

morenolab.shinyapps.io/mexvar/
🧬 MexVar
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October 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Mark your calendars 🗓️ for June 23 for a Kavli Awards Research in Progress!🧠

Hear from Drs. Bhaskar (@krishnaswamylab.bsky.social‬), @lashaeneuroxp.bsky.social‬, Chen (@emonetlab.bsky.social)‬, Martinez-Magaña (@janitzamontalvo.bsky.social), @kuanawanda.bsky.social‬, Teefe, & ‪‪@haohy.bsky.social‬.
May 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🚨 @LAGCPsychGene is thrilled about this year's #WCPG2025 @ISPGnet in Cancun, Mexico!

We have an exciting line-up of events, symposiums, talks, and poster presentations from our LAGC membership. See below for more info 👇
October 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Scientists from WTI will be participating in Fiesta Latina on September 27-28 in New Haven. Events are free and open from 12–5 pm. 🪇🪘 🧠

🔗 peabody.yale.edu/events/fiest...

#KnowTogether #FiestaLatina #NewHaven @dacolon.bsky.social @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social @gguerre.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 1:13 PM
So honored and happy to have our work published in @naturegenet.bsky.social. This is a collaborative product of the hard work and dedication of talented colleagues, and I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to lead this work with them. A description below👇:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Psychiatric genetics in the diverse landscape of Latin American populations - Nature Genetics
Latin America and the Caribbean remain largely underrepresented in psychiatric genetics research. This Review highlights the need for more research in these populations to advance genetic insights and...
www.nature.com
April 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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🌟New review in Psychiatric Clinics: Closing diversity gaps in psychiatric genomics is vital for health equity. 📖Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.ps...
@roseannpeterson.bsky.social @giustilab.bsky.social @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social @nokewole.bsky.social
March 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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And finally some inspirational words from Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz to round off a fantastic #InternationalWomensDay2025 @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
😪 Just keep swimming...
February 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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WHO just released the new principles for ethical collection and sharing of genomics data

www.who.int/news/item/20...
WHO releases new principles for ethical human genomic data collection and sharing
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a set of principles for the ethical collection, access, use and sharing of human genomic data. Created with guidance from the WHO Technical Advisory Grou...
www.who.int
November 20, 2024 at 1:47 PM
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Comprehensive benchmarking of tools for nanopore-based detection of DNA methylation https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.09.622763v1
November 20, 2024 at 9:00 PM
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Just added the 106th amazing statistical/psychiatric geneticist! Even if you have seen this starter pack before have a look, find the new people filtering in!
November 16, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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Download our database of 492 (!) funding opportunities for EARLY-CAREER FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS.

For each entry, we provide link to funder, description, amount, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship).

Download freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...
November 17, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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Epigenetic and Genetic Profiling of Comorbidity Patterns among Substance Dependence Diagnoses https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.08.24315111v1
Epigenetic and Genetic Profiling of Comorbidity Patterns among Substance Dependence Diagnoses https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.08.24315111v1
Objective: This study investigated the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying the comorbidity
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October 9, 2024 at 12:55 AM