Rosa Cheesman
@rosacheesman.bsky.social
researcher interested in gene-environment interplay, mental health, social inequalities
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📢🧬 Call for Papers — 5th ESSGN Conference
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026
I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social
📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026
I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social
📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026
February 2, 2026 at 3:42 PM
📢🧬 Call for Papers — 5th ESSGN Conference
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026
I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social
📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026
I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social
📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026
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“Education should adapt to children’s strengths and needs, not the other way round.”
@rosacheesman.bsky.social explores how children’s genetic dispositions interact with their environments to shape their mental health and learning. Annie Brookman-Byrne finds out more. boldscience.org/the-genetici...
@rosacheesman.bsky.social explores how children’s genetic dispositions interact with their environments to shape their mental health and learning. Annie Brookman-Byrne finds out more. boldscience.org/the-genetici...
The geneticist looking beyond genes to help all children thrive
Rosa Cheesman is exploring which environments help different children
boldscience.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:34 AM
“Education should adapt to children’s strengths and needs, not the other way round.”
@rosacheesman.bsky.social explores how children’s genetic dispositions interact with their environments to shape their mental health and learning. Annie Brookman-Byrne finds out more. boldscience.org/the-genetici...
@rosacheesman.bsky.social explores how children’s genetic dispositions interact with their environments to shape their mental health and learning. Annie Brookman-Byrne finds out more. boldscience.org/the-genetici...
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🚨🚨🚨 "At least 63 times since 2007, data from some of the 28 human genomic repositories that the N.I.H. controls was improperly released to researchers, used for unapproved purposes or made vulnerable to theft..." (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:19 PM
🚨🚨🚨 "At least 63 times since 2007, data from some of the 28 human genomic repositories that the N.I.H. controls was improperly released to researchers, used for unapproved purposes or made vulnerable to theft..." (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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1/11 New @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by @ESSGNetwork PhD student @qiyuanpeng.bsky.social : Parental influence on children’s educational achievement using Trio-GCTA. doi.org/10.64898/202...
Parental Influence on Children’s Educational Achievements: Analysing Direct and Indirect Genetic Effects through Trio-GCTA
Educational achievement is a key predictor of later-life outcomes, including financial security, social mobility, health, and mortality. Knowing its familial determinants, such as genetic predispositi...
doi.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
1/11 New @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social led by @ESSGNetwork PhD student @qiyuanpeng.bsky.social : Parental influence on children’s educational achievement using Trio-GCTA. doi.org/10.64898/202...
Exploring educational sorting using genetics
Great big picture commentary by @robbeewedow.bsky.social on our recent paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great big picture commentary by @robbeewedow.bsky.social on our recent paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Exploring educational field sorting using genetics - Nature Genetics
Creative use of informed statistical genetics methods combined with large-scale genomic data has delivered insights about sorting into educational fields. This study has wide-ranging implications for ...
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Exploring educational sorting using genetics
Great big picture commentary by @robbeewedow.bsky.social on our recent paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Great big picture commentary by @robbeewedow.bsky.social on our recent paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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New article w @cearadau.bsky.social
Connecting feminist theory with technology studies, our lens - technosocial reproduction - explains how tech interventions should replenish rather than deplete the overlooked work people already do to sustain life.
www.eflux.com/architecture...
Connecting feminist theory with technology studies, our lens - technosocial reproduction - explains how tech interventions should replenish rather than deplete the overlooked work people already do to sustain life.
www.eflux.com/architecture...
Humanitarianism - Margie Cheesman et al. - Technosocial Reproduction and Humanitarian Reason
A white van rolled through the gates of a refugee camp in mainland Greece, its driver unloading a stack of pre-packaged lunches.
www.e-flux.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
New article w @cearadau.bsky.social
Connecting feminist theory with technology studies, our lens - technosocial reproduction - explains how tech interventions should replenish rather than deplete the overlooked work people already do to sustain life.
www.eflux.com/architecture...
Connecting feminist theory with technology studies, our lens - technosocial reproduction - explains how tech interventions should replenish rather than deplete the overlooked work people already do to sustain life.
www.eflux.com/architecture...
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"Offering genetic predictions for embryos to improve health outcomes latches onto a privatization logic that does exactly the opposite and hence erodes a system based on social equality and solidarity."
Thank you @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social for such an important piece!
Thank you @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social for such an important piece!
There’s a new kid in town!
Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence.
We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality.
With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
Companies are now selling IVF and embryo selection based on genetic testing for traits related to health and even intelligence.
We outline methodological and ethical concerns, and warn against risks for social inequality.
With the fantastic @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social
Embryo selection based on polygenic prediction risks reinforcing social inequality
The rise of companies offering embryo selection based on genetic testing has triggered heated debate about ethical acceptability, as well as the accuracy and scientific validity of these techniques. W...
www.fertstert.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"Offering genetic predictions for embryos to improve health outcomes latches onto a privatization logic that does exactly the opposite and hence erodes a system based on social equality and solidarity."
Thank you @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social for such an important piece!
Thank you @arnovanhootegem.bsky.social @gaiaghirardi.bsky.social for such an important piece!
I’ll be leading a new project uniting biomedical and social sciences to learn why neurodevelopmental conditions are rising and how to better support people. We’re hiring soon! @astridsandsor.bsky.social Hedvig Nordeng Krister Fjermestad Alexandra Havdahl Nicolai Borgen www.uio.no/english/rese...
Eight new convergence environments will address major societal challenges in life sciences
- UiO:Life Science
The application process initiated a year ago has concluded, eight interdisciplinary research projects have been selected to address major societal challenges in the life sciences at the University of ...
www.uio.no
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I’ll be leading a new project uniting biomedical and social sciences to learn why neurodevelopmental conditions are rising and how to better support people. We’re hiring soon! @astridsandsor.bsky.social Hedvig Nordeng Krister Fjermestad Alexandra Havdahl Nicolai Borgen www.uio.no/english/rese...
end/ ... not on here Ville Anapaz, Ralph Porneso, Joakim Ebeltoft, Espen Eilertsen, Alexandra Havdahl, Qi Qin
& participants of MoBa, FinnGen and LifeLines!
& participants of MoBa, FinnGen and LifeLines!
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
end/ ... not on here Ville Anapaz, Ralph Porneso, Joakim Ebeltoft, Espen Eilertsen, Alexandra Havdahl, Qi Qin
& participants of MoBa, FinnGen and LifeLines!
& participants of MoBa, FinnGen and LifeLines!
6/ Thanks to fantastic coauthors @sjoerdalten.bsky.social @dr-appie.bsky.social @ziadaayorech.bsky.social @perlinedemange.bsky.social @agnesfauske.bsky.social
@hlaht.bsky.social @torkildl.bsky.social @andganna.bsky.social @eivindy.bsky.social
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@hlaht.bsky.social @torkildl.bsky.social @andganna.bsky.social @eivindy.bsky.social
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November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
5/ This work opens the door to understanding how personal traits like interests and social environments interact to shape major life decisions like what people study and build careers in — without implying genetic destiny.
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
5/ This work opens the door to understanding how personal traits like interests and social environments interact to shape major life decisions like what people study and build careers in — without implying genetic destiny.
4/ ⚠️ What this study does not say
• There are “genes for engineering” or “genes for art”
• DNA determines your degree or career
• Genetics should guide educational choices
• People fit into fixed “types”
• There are “genes for engineering” or “genes for art”
• DNA determines your degree or career
• Genetics should guide educational choices
• People fit into fixed “types”
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
4/ ⚠️ What this study does not say
• There are “genes for engineering” or “genes for art”
• DNA determines your degree or career
• Genetics should guide educational choices
• People fit into fixed “types”
• There are “genes for engineering” or “genes for art”
• DNA determines your degree or career
• Genetics should guide educational choices
• People fit into fixed “types”
3/ These genetically-correlated dimensions also relate to personality, mental health, behaviour, socioeconomic status.
This suggests that interests, dispositions, and opportunity structures relate to educational pathways in interconnected ways.
This suggests that interests, dispositions, and opportunity structures relate to educational pathways in interconnected ways.
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
3/ These genetically-correlated dimensions also relate to personality, mental health, behaviour, socioeconomic status.
This suggests that interests, dispositions, and opportunity structures relate to educational pathways in interconnected ways.
This suggests that interests, dispositions, and opportunity structures relate to educational pathways in interconnected ways.
2/ 🧬 We analysed genetic data from >460,000 people in Norway & Finland, looking across 10 educational fields.
Two major dimensions emerged in how people sort into fields:
• Technical ↔ Social
• Practical ↔ Abstract
Two major dimensions emerged in how people sort into fields:
• Technical ↔ Social
• Practical ↔ Abstract
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
2/ 🧬 We analysed genetic data from >460,000 people in Norway & Finland, looking across 10 educational fields.
Two major dimensions emerged in how people sort into fields:
• Technical ↔ Social
• Practical ↔ Abstract
Two major dimensions emerged in how people sort into fields:
• Technical ↔ Social
• Practical ↔ Abstract
1/ 🚨New paper in Nature Genetics
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
Genetic associations with educational fields - Nature Genetics
Genome-wide analyses of 10 educational fields identify 17 associated loci. Analysis of genetic clustering across specializations identifies two key dimensions that show genetic overlap with personalit...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 AM
1/ 🚨New paper in Nature Genetics
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
Genetic factors are associated with the educational fields people study, from arts to engineering.
Article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
FAQ: www.thehastingscenter.org/genomic-find...
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Better schools can compensate for dispositions
Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
The genetic lottery goes to school: Better schools compensate for the effects of students’ genetic differences
www.pnas.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Better schools can compensate for dispositions
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We have an open postdoc position in Social Science Genomics in Berlin!
Includes gene-environment interplay within German population cohorts & experimental online survey studies to probe public perceptions of potential DNA biomarker applications
🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...
Includes gene-environment interplay within German population cohorts & experimental online survey studies to probe public perceptions of potential DNA biomarker applications
🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...
Postdoctoral Position in Social Science Genomics | Max Planck Research Group Biosocial
www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de
October 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We have an open postdoc position in Social Science Genomics in Berlin!
Includes gene-environment interplay within German population cohorts & experimental online survey studies to probe public perceptions of potential DNA biomarker applications
🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...
Includes gene-environment interplay within German population cohorts & experimental online survey studies to probe public perceptions of potential DNA biomarker applications
🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...
Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
The genetic lottery goes to school: Better schools compensate for the effects of students’ genetic differences
www.pnas.org
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Interdisciplinary paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen now out in PNAS!
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Causal evidence of gene-environment interaction for reading test scores based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
A few thoughts on Herasight, the new embryo selection company. First, their whitepaper (drive.google.com/file/d/1EpFi...) implies that competitors like Nucleus have been marketing and selling grossly erroneous risk estimates. This is shocking if true! 🧵
August 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A few thoughts on Herasight, the new embryo selection company. First, their whitepaper (drive.google.com/file/d/1EpFi...) implies that competitors like Nucleus have been marketing and selling grossly erroneous risk estimates. This is shocking if true! 🧵
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Extremely excited to share the first effort of the Revived Genomics of Personality Consortium: A highly-powered, comprehensive GWAS of the Big Five personality traits in 1.14 million participants from 46 cohorts. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Extremely excited to share the first effort of the Revived Genomics of Personality Consortium: A highly-powered, comprehensive GWAS of the Big Five personality traits in 1.14 million participants from 46 cohorts. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen 📝
Causal evidence for gene-environment interaction based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
Causal evidence for gene-environment interaction based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
New Working Paper! 😀📢
"The Genetic Lottery Goes to School: Better Schools Compensate for the Effects of Students’ Genetic Differences" 🧬 🎓
by @rosacheesman.bsky.social Nicolai T. Borgen, Astrid M. J. Sandsør @paulhufe.net
Read the full paper here:
📝 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
"The Genetic Lottery Goes to School: Better Schools Compensate for the Effects of Students’ Genetic Differences" 🧬 🎓
by @rosacheesman.bsky.social Nicolai T. Borgen, Astrid M. J. Sandsør @paulhufe.net
Read the full paper here:
📝 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
May 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
New paper with @paulhufe.net Astrid Sandsør and Nicolai Borgen 📝
Causal evidence for gene-environment interaction based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
Causal evidence for gene-environment interaction based on:
🧬 Exogenous within-family genetic differences
🏫 Exogenous variation in school value added
Reposted by Rosa Cheesman
Our gene discovery project on age at onset of walking is out today! Find the paper here www.nature.com/articles/s41... Huge thanks to the cohorts, collaborators & coauthors, in particular first author Dr Anna Gui 1/n
Genome-wide association meta-analysis of age at onset of walking in over 70,000 infants of European ancestry - Nature Human Behaviour
A genome-wide association study of age at onset of walking in over 70,000 infants found 11 significant loci. Age at onset of walking showed SNP heritability of 24%, a reliable polygenic score and gene...
www.nature.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Our gene discovery project on age at onset of walking is out today! Find the paper here www.nature.com/articles/s41... Huge thanks to the cohorts, collaborators & coauthors, in particular first author Dr Anna Gui 1/n
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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.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Quick thread 👇
We find no evidence that parental mental health influences children's academic achievement when comparing families in the Norwegian MoBa study.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Quick thread 👇
April 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
New preprint!
We find no evidence that parental mental health influences children's academic achievement when comparing families in the Norwegian MoBa study.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Quick thread 👇
We find no evidence that parental mental health influences children's academic achievement when comparing families in the Norwegian MoBa study.
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Quick thread 👇
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So happy to finally see this paper out in @natcomms.nature.com. rdcu.be/ehQsd “Correcting for volunteer bias in GWAS increases SNP effect sizes and heritability estimates”. A thread on our findings!
Correcting for volunteer bias in GWAS increases SNP effect sizes and heritability estimates
Nature Communications - Genetic studies may be biased due to volunteer-based biobanks. Using UK Biobank, the authors apply inverse probability weighting based on UK Census data, finding that...
rdcu.be
April 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
So happy to finally see this paper out in @natcomms.nature.com. rdcu.be/ehQsd “Correcting for volunteer bias in GWAS increases SNP effect sizes and heritability estimates”. A thread on our findings!
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