🚨 PGC African Monthly Meeting Alert!

We are delighted to have Mr. Morné Du Plessis from @suhealthsci.bsky.social joining us for this month's virtual PGC Africa meeting

📆 26th March 2026
⏰ 2PM GMT/3PM WAT/4PM SAST/5PM EAT/9AM EST
📣 Details in the flyer below

#PGCAfrica #PolygenicScores #PTSD

Embryonic Selection by Polygenic Scores and Disability Explore how embryonic selection based on polygenic scores works, its connection to disability rights, and the scientific and ethical debate shaping its future.

Embryonic Selection by #PolygenicScores & #Disability - #EmbryonicSelection is the process by which one or more #embryos created through in #vitrofertilization are evaluated and chosen based on specific #genetic or #chromosomal criteria - www.disabled-world.com/disability/p...

Polygenic Scores: What They Mean for Aging and Disability Learn how polygenic risk scores work, what they predict, and why they matter for seniors facing age-related diseases and disabilities.

#PolygenicScores: What They Mean for #Aging and #Disability - Learn how #polygenic risk scores work, what they predict, and why they matter for #seniors facing age-related #diseases and #disabilities - www.disabled-world.com/disability/p...

Architecting Meta-Learning [RR] We must stop trying to teach meta-learning and start architecting environments that force it to emerge. <<Support my work: book a keynote or briefing!>> Want to support my work but don't need a keyno...

Read More at academy.socos.org/architecting...
#Genetics #TheTaxOnBeingDifferent #EducationPolicy #PolygenicScores #NatureVsNurture

🧬 PRSs in practice (4/5): Lower-risk PRS results — false reassurance, or false assumption?

A common concern is that lower-risk PRS results cause false reassurance. But evidence & theory do not support this.

Read my paper with @mikeinouye.bsky.social here👉 rdcu.be/eNeKN

#Genomics #PolygenicScores

Psychological and behavioural considerations for integrating polygenic risk scores for disease into clinical practice Nature Human Behaviour - The application of polygenic risk scores (PRSs) in clinical practice has advanced but also received criticism. In this Perspective, major psychological and behavioural...

🧬 I’ve started a series on polygenic risk scores (PRSs) in healthcare practice, from my new paper with @mikeinouye.bsky.social in @nathumbehav.nature.com.

Yesterday’s post was on public understanding.

Tomorrow: do higher-risk PRS results cause distress?

👉 rdcu.be/eNeKN

#Genomics #PolygenicScores

Dr Emma Meaburn explains what preimplantation genetic testing for complex traits (PGT-P) is, what polygenic scores are and what information they can/can’t provide us Read in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/polygenic-sc...

#PGT-P #DNA #ComplexTraits #Genetics #GeneticDisease #Health #PolygenicScores

Genetic tests can now predict childhood obesity, especially in whites—and could be employed to sharply curtail it What if we could prevent people from developing obesity? The World Obesity Federation expects more than half the global population to develop overweight

#obesity #polygenicscores
“..international team of researchers created a genetic test called a polygenic risk score that predicts adulthood obesity already in early childhood. Genetic tests can now predict childhood obesity, especially in whites—and could be employed to sharply curtail it…”

Imputation and polygenic score performance of low coverage whole-genome sequencing and genotyping arrays in diverse human populations
Duong, H. H.-T. et al.
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#GenomicImputation #PolygenicScores #DiversePopulations

PGS Browser: a public platform for personalized polygenic score interpretation
Aavikko, M., Artomov, M. et al.
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#PGSBrowser #PersonalizedMedicine #PolygenicScores

Tinker Tots

👉 tinker-tots.net

@ethoxcentre.bsky.social @briandavidearp.bsky.social
@joannad-c.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @uehiro.ox.ac.uk

#TinkerTots #Genetics #Bioethics #IVF #PolygenicScores #PublicEngagement #ReproEthics

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Join us for the ISPG Members' Meetup on March 26th!

Dr. Oliver Pain will present his groundbreaking research on polygenic scores and the innovative GenoPred pipeline.

Don't miss out: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#ISPG #Genetics #PolygenicScores #Bioinformatics

Interpretation of #PolygenicScores for educational attainment can be clouded by racism, classism, and ableism bit.ly/43VuBq3 #ELSI #SocioGenomics

6/n SNP-based #heritability of depression was comparable to previous studies (h2=8.4%).

#Polygenicscores for depression showed higher predictive accuracies than before (R2=5.8%), esp. in clinical/healthcare samples and participants of European ancestry.

How well can genetic scores predict IQ? Here’s what the latest research reveals Research published in Intelligence explores the power of polygenic scores to predict intelligence, finding that these genetic estimates explain about 6% of IQ variation.

Research published in Intelligence explores the power of polygenic scores to predict intelligence, finding that these genetic estimates explain about 6% of IQ variation. #Genetics #IQ #Intelligence #PolygenicScores #Research