Duncan Palmer
astheeggeggs.bsky.social
Duncan Palmer
@astheeggeggs.bsky.social
Senior statistical geneticist at the Big Data Institute in Oxford, in the centre for SMARTbiomed
Pinned
Deadline extended to August 1st!
Fully funded DPhil (PhD) in Statistical Genetics at Oxford, available to international candidates!
Come join us! We have an exciting PhD opportunity in statistical genetics at the University of Oxford.
More info here: bit.ly/biomedDPhil
🗓️ App deadline: June 30th 2025.
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Research Studentships | statistics
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✨ NEW PUBLICATION ✨

We combined large-scale human genetics with CRISPR-Cas9 editing in fat cells to identify genes linked to fat accumulation.

Check out the full study, now published in AJHG! www.cell.com/ajhg/fulltex...
Combining evidence from human genetic and functional screens to identify pathways altering obesity and fat distribution
Overall and tissue-specific fat accumulation are associated with altered risk of cardiometabolic disease and mortality. By combining exome-wide association analysis of traits related to obesity and fa...
www.cell.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Reposted by Duncan Palmer
New app deadline August 1st 📣

If you're interested in human genetics, stats, big data, and/or ML, this is in an incredible opportunity 🧬💻

✨Fully funded ✨ PhD at Oxford with @astheeggeggs.bsky.social, available to international students 🌎🌍🌏, embedded in the new and exciting SMARTBiomed Centre 🤩
Come join us! We have an exciting PhD opportunity in statistical genetics at the University of Oxford.
More info here: bit.ly/biomedDPhil
🗓️ App deadline: June 30th 2025.
Please share!
Research Studentships | statistics
bit.ly
July 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Deadline extended to August 1st!
Fully funded DPhil (PhD) in Statistical Genetics at Oxford, available to international candidates!
Come join us! We have an exciting PhD opportunity in statistical genetics at the University of Oxford.
More info here: bit.ly/biomedDPhil
🗓️ App deadline: June 30th 2025.
Please share!
Research Studentships | statistics
bit.ly
July 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Reposted by Duncan Palmer
Come join us! We have an exciting PhD opportunity in statistical genetics at the University of Oxford.
More info here: bit.ly/biomedDPhil
🗓️ App deadline: June 30th 2025.
Please share!
Research Studentships | statistics
bit.ly
June 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Come join us! We have an exciting PhD opportunity in statistical genetics at the University of Oxford.
More info here: bit.ly/biomedDPhil
🗓️ App deadline: June 30th 2025.
Please share!
Research Studentships | statistics
bit.ly
June 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Reposted by Duncan Palmer
Ever get lost searching through genetic literature? We've built a new interface for bioRxiv+medRxiv to directly browse preprint findings on the genome! (1/N)

Try genorxiv: sitlabs.org/genorxiv
December 18, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Reposted by Duncan Palmer
It's PhD application season here in Oxford with two weeks until the deadlines (3rd Dec) @universityofoxford.bsky.social

Here is a short 🧵 highlighting 3 amazing programs in the genomics, data science, statistics space 🩺🖥️🧬

Please share with anyone you think would be interested!

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November 18, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Reposted by Duncan Palmer
📣 Big news! Our tag-team effort on common variants in rare neurodevelopmental conditions is now out in Nature 📣

Co-first authoring with the brilliant Qinqin Huang🌟—proof that teamwork does make the dream work. 💪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
a couple of cartoon characters standing next to each other with one wearing a purple earring
Alt: a couple of cartoon characters standing next to each other with one wearing a purple earring
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:03 PM