Margot van de Weijer
@margotvdweijer.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Amsterdam UMC: focus on genetic epidemiology/psychiatric genetics, causal inference, substance use, (sex) hormone genetics
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Aboard the HMS Hardy-Wijnberg with @dr-appie.bsky.social and @margotvdweijer.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Aboard the HMS Hardy-Wijnberg with @dr-appie.bsky.social and @margotvdweijer.bsky.social
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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.
Another story of consent for genetic data use this week.
The iPSYCH study represents a unique example to understand the ethical and legal challenges of using existing samples/data for health research. A thread 🧵
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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
August 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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.
Another story of consent for genetic data use this week.
New pre-print online: Imputing parental genotypes through Mendelian Imputation: Ethical and Legal Considerations
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August 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
New pre-print online: Imputing parental genotypes through Mendelian Imputation: Ethical and Legal Considerations
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osf.io/preprints/ps...
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The BGA Public Science committee has published its second statement, 'BGA Statement on Polygenic Embryo Selection'.
Read more on the BGA website:
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Read more on the BGA website:
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July 17, 2025 at 8:56 AM
The BGA Public Science committee has published its second statement, 'BGA Statement on Polygenic Embryo Selection'.
Read more on the BGA website:
bga.org/content.aspx...
Read more on the BGA website:
bga.org/content.aspx...
New paper out in psychological medicine where we explore the brain volume reductions as a potential mechanism underlying effects of smoking on psychiatric disease liability!
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The causal effect of smoking on psychiatric disorders: an examination of brain volume as a potential pathway | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
The causal effect of smoking on psychiatric disorders: an examination of brain volume as a potential pathway - Volume 55
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June 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
New paper out in psychological medicine where we explore the brain volume reductions as a potential mechanism underlying effects of smoking on psychiatric disease liability!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Our public science committee published its first statement, 'against misuse of behavioral genetics research' on the website.
Read it now on the website ⬇️
bga.org/content.aspx...
Read it now on the website ⬇️
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Misuse of Genetics Statement - Behavior Genetics Association
Misuse of Genetics Statement
bga.org
June 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Our public science committee published its first statement, 'against misuse of behavioral genetics research' on the website.
Read it now on the website ⬇️
bga.org/content.aspx...
Read it now on the website ⬇️
bga.org/content.aspx...
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ICYMI: decision to cut 5 international bachelor psychology programs in NL poses serious threat to psych science nationally & internationally, given how much research conducted here has historically punched above its weight in terms of per-capita output.
eiko-fried.com/nl-psycholog...
eiko-fried.com/nl-psycholog...
Cutting international bachelor programs threatens psychological science » Eiko Fried
Dutch universities decided to throw international bachelor programs under the bus to appease the government. This is a terrible idea.
eiko-fried.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
ICYMI: decision to cut 5 international bachelor psychology programs in NL poses serious threat to psych science nationally & internationally, given how much research conducted here has historically punched above its weight in terms of per-capita output.
eiko-fried.com/nl-psycholog...
eiko-fried.com/nl-psycholog...
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No posts yet but this is a grassroots network of Amsterdam geneticists, crosses disciplines, institutions & career stage. All run out of passion on a shoestring budget. Great way to strike up collaborations!
bsky.app
December 6, 2024 at 7:54 AM
No posts yet but this is a grassroots network of Amsterdam geneticists, crosses disciplines, institutions & career stage. All run out of passion on a shoestring budget. Great way to strike up collaborations!