At a symposium celebrating the 20th year of the @genscot.bsky.social cohort. David Porteous giving an overview of the origins of the cohort, answering the question "Why Scotland"

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In Lilongwe for the kick-off meeting of the Genetics of Anxiety in Malawi project. Toward African-led, context-specific genomic research, supported by @wellcometrust.bsky.social

Meeting at the Kwaza Arts centre.

Reading about the plan for the "NEW UNIVERSITY" building in Edinburgh, built in the 1790s but now called "Old College".

A. J. Youngson, The Making of Classical Edinburgh.

At Edinburgh Futures Institute for the annual team meeting for the AMBER (Antidepressant Medications: Biology, Exposure & Response) project.

Fascinating talk by @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social on medieval portrayals of self-harm in "Sir Orfeo", a retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice (Heurodis, who wounds herself after being visited by a fairy king in her sleep). @edinburghmentalhealth.org annual conference

Horicon National Wildlife Refuge, 2015

We also meta-analysed cohorts aggregated by phenotyping method (Clinical/Interview, Health Records, Symptom questionnaire, Self-report diagnosis).

Genetic correlations are what you'd expect but surprisingly little variant-level heterogeneity.

Good morning, wherever you are.

Old office view // New office view

Entire department moved across town last week, from the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in Morningside to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh / Bioquarter in Little France.

Back from World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics in Singapore. Catching up with friends and colleagues, getting excited about new methods and data, and reflecting.

New paper: GWAS and SEM of major depression symptoms in clinical and community cohorts. Tested models from the literature and found a separation of appetite symptoms from the rest.

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Frans de Waal at the International Primatological Society XXIII Congress, Kyoto 2010.

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