Rachel Freathy
rmfreathy.bsky.social
Rachel Freathy
@rmfreathy.bsky.social
Using genetics to understand fetal growth and what it can tell us about diseases of pregnancy and later-life. Professor and research group leader at University of Exeter.
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Great to get together with the original genetics of complex traits team @exeter.ac.uk for the 30th birthday celebration of the genetics lab. We haven’t changed a bit! @rmfreathy.bsky.social @timfrayling.bsky.social @drarwood.bsky.social @mnweedon.bsky.social Hana Lange Allen & John Perry
September 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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A great opportunity to join us in Exeter as a Lecturer in Health Data Science: tinyurl.com/2sy7w2y5. Please get in touch if you're interested!
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February 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Great representation from @exeter.ac.uk at new Women’s Health conference at Wellcome Genome Campus
January 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
So happy to see this published in NatComms! tinyurl.com/yc66amvu Rare variant assocs with birth weight identify 9 genes. Insights into links between earlygrowth & later metabolic health. Great collabs between teams Exe&Camb. Amazing resources of UKB & deCODE made it possible.
Rare variant associations with birth weight identify genes involved in adipose tissue regulation, placental function and insulin-like growth factor signalling - Nature Communications
An exome-wide association study for fetal and maternal rare deleterious variants affecting the normal variation in birth weight identifies nine genes involved in adipose tissue regulation, placental f...
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January 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM