Quote accompanying a photo of Ellen McDonagh, Open Targets Translational Informatics Director and EMBL-EBI co-lead for the Open Psychiatry Project: The Open Psychiatry Project will translate the power of omics data into identifying potential new treatments for mental health conditions. This is the first major initiative to bring together mental health data for multiple stakeholders in an accessible way, and analysing this information collectively is a key step towards finding new targets for drug development.

The recently-announced Open Psychiatry Project is the first initiative to jointly analyse UK mental health research data

Findings from this project will be integrated into the Open Targets Platform to help identify and prioritise the most promising therapeutic targets.

How do neutrophils contribute to mental health? Delighted to share research led by @staceykigar.bsky.social: meningeal neutrophils shape how the brain responds to stress. Out today @natcomms.nature.com. More in the thread⬇️ @psychiatry-ucam.bsky.social @medcambridge.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social

If you have experience in statistical genetics or single cell analysis and this sounds interesting, get in touch for a chat about the post. Here's the job advert, applications due 16th March. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50251/

You would be part of the dynamic UKRI ImmunoMind Hub @mhplatform.bsky.social and analyse an extraordinary new immunogenetic dataset from patients recruited as part of the UK Mental Health Mission.

We have a position open, working with me and @gosiatrynka.bsky.social to discover genetically-prioritised cellular biomarkers of immune dysfunction in psychosis.

Picture of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, ImmunoMind logo, and Sanger Institute

Fancy a 4-year post-doc in Cambridge, working in both the biggest biomedical centre in Europe @cambridgebrc.bsky.social and the genetic powerhouse of the @sangerinstitute.bsky.social?

Just joined, can I self-nominate for this pack please