Beate St Pourcain
@bstpourcain.bsky.social
genetic epidemiologist, mum of twins, rose gardener, occasional expression of an opinion
Our work on genetic links across infant motor behaviour, self-care/symbolic actions, and emerging language abilities has been published, with first author @everhoef.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
Developing language within a developing body!
@mpi-nl.bsky.social
Developing language within a developing body!
@mpi-nl.bsky.social
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Mastering gross motor abilities in early infancy and culturally defined actions (e.g. self-care routines) in late infancy can initiate cascading developmental changes that affect language...
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September 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Our work on genetic links across infant motor behaviour, self-care/symbolic actions, and emerging language abilities has been published, with first author @everhoef.bsky.social ! doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
Developing language within a developing body!
@mpi-nl.bsky.social
Developing language within a developing body!
@mpi-nl.bsky.social
As part of our meta-regression GWAS (preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025...), our PGS predict variation in social context, across outcomes, informants, and, largely, developmental stages, allowing for contextual correlations screens, giving new insight into shared trajectories with mental health.
September 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
As part of our meta-regression GWAS (preprint doi.org/10.1101/2025...), our PGS predict variation in social context, across outcomes, informants, and, largely, developmental stages, allowing for contextual correlations screens, giving new insight into shared trajectories with mental health.
The strongest signal found within our social behaviour meta-regression GWAS (doi.org/10.1101/2025...) resided within the CADM2 gene, associated with self-reported (low) prosocial behaviour at ages 9-14 years.
September 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The strongest signal found within our social behaviour meta-regression GWAS (doi.org/10.1101/2025...) resided within the CADM2 gene, associated with self-reported (low) prosocial behaviour at ages 9-14 years.
Our genome-wide meta-regression of social behaviour is out as a preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Wonderful @eagle-genetics.bsky.social work with first author @luciadehoyos.bsky.social!
We model and predict genetic variation according to social context: outcomes, informants and age!
We model and predict genetic variation according to social context: outcomes, informants and age!
September 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Our genome-wide meta-regression of social behaviour is out as a preprint! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... Wonderful @eagle-genetics.bsky.social work with first author @luciadehoyos.bsky.social!
We model and predict genetic variation according to social context: outcomes, informants and age!
We model and predict genetic variation according to social context: outcomes, informants and age!
We show that preschool musicality is related to school-age speech-related communication and is partially captured by PGS for rhythmicity. Without claiming causality, the identified links are directionally consistent with development and unrelated to cognition/proxies of EA.
July 3, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We show that preschool musicality is related to school-age speech-related communication and is partially captured by PGS for rhythmicity. Without claiming causality, the identified links are directionally consistent with development and unrelated to cognition/proxies of EA.
It was such fun work @luciadehoyos.bsky.social, Ellen Verhoef, @aysuo.bsky.social, Janne Vermeulen, Celeste Figaroa, @profsimonfisher.bsky.social, Reyna Gordon and @miriamlense.bsky.social!
Thanks for your thoughts and contributions!
Thanks for your thoughts and contributions!
July 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It was such fun work @luciadehoyos.bsky.social, Ellen Verhoef, @aysuo.bsky.social, Janne Vermeulen, Celeste Figaroa, @profsimonfisher.bsky.social, Reyna Gordon and @miriamlense.bsky.social!
Thanks for your thoughts and contributions!
Thanks for your thoughts and contributions!
Just out: “Preschool musicality is associated with school-age communication abilities through genes related to rhythmicity.”
doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00329-y
Big thanks to the first author, amazing @luciadehoyos.bsky.social, and all our co-authors!
@mpi-nl.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00329-y
Big thanks to the first author, amazing @luciadehoyos.bsky.social, and all our co-authors!
@mpi-nl.bsky.social
Preschool musicality is associated with school-age communication abilities through genes related to rhythmicity - npj Science of Learning
npj Science of Learning - Preschool musicality is associated with school-age communication abilities through genes related to rhythmicity
doi.org
July 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Just out: “Preschool musicality is associated with school-age communication abilities through genes related to rhythmicity.”
doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00329-y
Big thanks to the first author, amazing @luciadehoyos.bsky.social, and all our co-authors!
@mpi-nl.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1038/s41539-025-00329-y
Big thanks to the first author, amazing @luciadehoyos.bsky.social, and all our co-authors!
@mpi-nl.bsky.social
I am absolutely delighted to work together with @yanlinzhou.bsky.social at @mpi-nl.bsky.social as part of her MSCA award, extending collaborations with dieterwolke.bsky.social, @warwicklng.bsky.social and @R2D2mh. Congratulations on your award, Yanlin!
February 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I am absolutely delighted to work together with @yanlinzhou.bsky.social at @mpi-nl.bsky.social as part of her MSCA award, extending collaborations with dieterwolke.bsky.social, @warwicklng.bsky.social and @R2D2mh. Congratulations on your award, Yanlin!
Reposted by Beate St Pourcain
Million Veteran Program & FinnGen teams are pleased to release v1 meta-analysis of MVP, FinnGen and UKBB GWAS data. This first version includes ~300 binary disease definitions across >1.5 M individuals.
Browse scans at: mvp-ukbb.finngen.fi
Browse scans at: mvp-ukbb.finngen.fi
December 5, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Million Veteran Program & FinnGen teams are pleased to release v1 meta-analysis of MVP, FinnGen and UKBB GWAS data. This first version includes ~300 binary disease definitions across >1.5 M individuals.
Browse scans at: mvp-ukbb.finngen.fi
Browse scans at: mvp-ukbb.finngen.fi
Please join us today for our recorded webinar at adhdeurope.eu "Deciphering genetic links between early language abilities & ADHD" at 15.00 CET!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxT1...
Ellen Verhoef and I will discuss our recently published @eagle-genetics.bsky.social work!
tinyurl.com/yx5jht2y
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxT1...
Ellen Verhoef and I will discuss our recently published @eagle-genetics.bsky.social work!
tinyurl.com/yx5jht2y
Deciphering genetic links between early language abilities & ADHD
YouTube video by Broadcasting ADHD Europe
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October 24, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Please join us today for our recorded webinar at adhdeurope.eu "Deciphering genetic links between early language abilities & ADHD" at 15.00 CET!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxT1...
Ellen Verhoef and I will discuss our recently published @eagle-genetics.bsky.social work!
tinyurl.com/yx5jht2y
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxT1...
Ellen Verhoef and I will discuss our recently published @eagle-genetics.bsky.social work!
tinyurl.com/yx5jht2y
I am so proud of my PhD student @luciadehoyos.bsky.social at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics NL, who won the Outstanding Associate Member Oral Presentation Award #BGA2024 for her work on the social behaviour meta-GWAS in the @eagle-genetics.bsky.social consortium
July 11, 2024 at 2:09 PM
I am so proud of my PhD student @luciadehoyos.bsky.social at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics NL, who won the Outstanding Associate Member Oral Presentation Award #BGA2024 for her work on the social behaviour meta-GWAS in the @eagle-genetics.bsky.social consortium
Fancy working with us on the genetics (epigenetics) of early language development and social abilities?
We have an open 4-year, fully funded PhD position starting 1 October 2024:
www.mpi.nl/career-educa...
We have an open 4-year, fully funded PhD position starting 1 October 2024:
www.mpi.nl/career-educa...
April 17, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Fancy working with us on the genetics (epigenetics) of early language development and social abilities?
We have an open 4-year, fully funded PhD position starting 1 October 2024:
www.mpi.nl/career-educa...
We have an open 4-year, fully funded PhD position starting 1 October 2024:
www.mpi.nl/career-educa...
We are depositing the meta-GWAS summary statistics of early vocabulary size into The Language Archive (TLA) and hope they will spark future research.
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
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www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
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March 13, 2024 at 4:40 PM
We are depositing the meta-GWAS summary statistics of early vocabulary size into The Language Archive (TLA) and hope they will spark future research.
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
t.co/5f0SFNf0mb
www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S000...
t.co/5f0SFNf0mb
Our SFARI-funded work “Structural models of genome-wide covariance identify multiple common dimensions in autism” is just out in Nat Commun! Congratulations to the first author @luciadehoyos.bsky.social, THANK YOU to all co-authors, participants and @simonsfoundation.org! tinyurl.com/yuy6465x
February 27, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Our SFARI-funded work “Structural models of genome-wide covariance identify multiple common dimensions in autism” is just out in Nat Commun! Congratulations to the first author @luciadehoyos.bsky.social, THANK YOU to all co-authors, participants and @simonsfoundation.org! tinyurl.com/yuy6465x
Our study identified genetic associations between children’s early vocabulary size and later-life ADHD, literacy, and general cognition. However, these associations changed dynamically across the first three years of life.
tinyurl.com/bdzxbxv8
tinyurl.com/bdzxbxv8
February 19, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Our study identified genetic associations between children’s early vocabulary size and later-life ADHD, literacy, and general cognition. However, these associations changed dynamically across the first three years of life.
tinyurl.com/bdzxbxv8
tinyurl.com/bdzxbxv8
Wonderful news! Our work
@MPI_NL showing that infant/toddler vocabulary size is genetically linked to ADHD, literacy, and cognition has been published in Biol Psychiatry tinyurl.com/bdzxbxv8 Big THANK YOU to #EAGLE_GENETICS co-authors & cohorts and first author Ellen Verhoef
@MPI_NL showing that infant/toddler vocabulary size is genetically linked to ADHD, literacy, and cognition has been published in Biol Psychiatry tinyurl.com/bdzxbxv8 Big THANK YOU to #EAGLE_GENETICS co-authors & cohorts and first author Ellen Verhoef
Genome-wide Analyses of Vocabulary Size in Infancy and Toddlerhood: Associations With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Literacy, and Cognition-Related Traits
The number of words children produce (expressive vocabulary) and understand (receptive
vocabulary) changes rapidly during early development, partially due to genetic factors.
Here, we performed a meta...
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February 19, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Wonderful news! Our work
@MPI_NL showing that infant/toddler vocabulary size is genetically linked to ADHD, literacy, and cognition has been published in Biol Psychiatry tinyurl.com/bdzxbxv8 Big THANK YOU to #EAGLE_GENETICS co-authors & cohorts and first author Ellen Verhoef
@MPI_NL showing that infant/toddler vocabulary size is genetically linked to ADHD, literacy, and cognition has been published in Biol Psychiatry tinyurl.com/bdzxbxv8 Big THANK YOU to #EAGLE_GENETICS co-authors & cohorts and first author Ellen Verhoef
We are looking for a new team member interested in ASD and quantitative genetics to join our group as part of the R2D2 project. We will combine analyses on social behaviour within the EAGLE consortium with studies of ASD in SPARK. Interested? Have a look here:
Postdoctoral Research Scientist Position in Statistical Genomics/Genetic Epidemiology | Max Planck I...
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January 18, 2024 at 12:44 PM
We are looking for a new team member interested in ASD and quantitative genetics to join our group as part of the R2D2 project. We will combine analyses on social behaviour within the EAGLE consortium with studies of ASD in SPARK. Interested? Have a look here:
On my way to #WCPG2023; really looking forward to it!
October 9, 2023 at 7:51 PM
On my way to #WCPG2023; really looking forward to it!
Everytime I come back here my mind unfolds ... my mental garden
October 3, 2023 at 7:51 PM
Everytime I come back here my mind unfolds ... my mental garden
We have an upcoming PostDoc position in Statistical Genomics within my group at @MPI_NL as part of the EU-funded @R2d2Mh project. Interested in modelling the genomic influences underlying social behaviour in ASD?
tinyurl.com/3w8k8ph7
tinyurl.com/3w8k8ph7
October 2, 2023 at 8:35 PM
We have an upcoming PostDoc position in Statistical Genomics within my group at @MPI_NL as part of the EU-funded @R2d2Mh project. Interested in modelling the genomic influences underlying social behaviour in ASD?
tinyurl.com/3w8k8ph7
tinyurl.com/3w8k8ph7
Slowly diving into the deep blue sky. Glad to be on the other side and finding some familiar faces...
September 30, 2023 at 8:25 PM
Slowly diving into the deep blue sky. Glad to be on the other side and finding some familiar faces...