Arslan Zaidi @aazaidi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Collaborator? I hardly know her! @tinalasisi.bsky.social 130
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiRoshni Patel @roshnipatel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026These are of course very old questions with tremendous recent progress; we focus mostly on the recent progress and what it offers for the next era of studying human genetics in biobanks. Excited this preprint is out and we'd of course love to hear any thoughts! 12410
Arslan Zaidi @aazaidi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Lab got me an Aang funko pop for my bday. I think they don’t hate me 🥹 020
Reposted by Arslan ZaidibioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The Genome-Wide Effect of Drift and Selection over a Single Generation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20… 0196
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiArjun Biddanda @aabiddanda.github.io · 31/07/2026Amazing to see this online today! A very fun project over the past couple of years (made all the better by a great team of people to work with!) 0177
Arslan Zaidi @aazaidi.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Minneapolis is so wonderfully weird. Sometime ago a beloved giant oak tree at someone’s house fell due to a storm and they made an annual festival of sharpening a pencil out of the stump. People finding reasons to be joyful and celebrate #lakeoftheislespencil. 150
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiGenetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 06/06/2026In #GENETICS, @jazlynmooney.bsky.social and the team present a unified theoretical framework for understanding how recombination shapes ancestry patterns after admixture. 🔗 buff.ly/7i4EFAc 0125
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiDr. Arun Sethuraman @arunsethuraman.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Headed to #PEQG26 next week? The Sethuraman Lab will be presenting a buncha recent work! Come find us at both poster sessions, and DM/message me if you'd like to chat about the open postdoc position in my lab. 01610
Arslan Zaidi @aazaidi.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Our preprint on the genetic regulation of mtDNA gene expression in collaboration with @shwetaramdas.bsky.social and @rajivmccoy.bsky.social .biorxiv.org 1115
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiGideon Bradburd @gbradburd.bsky.social · 29/05/2026postdoc alert 🚨! NIH-funded postdoc in my lab to work on Ancestral Recombination Graphs in space. Please spread the word widely in your networks, and please reach out if you're interested! (2-3yr position, start date flexible, pay/benefits good!). details here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...genescape.orgrecruitmentMultiple positions available: Postdoc PhD students 36678
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiJulia Kreiner @jmkreiner.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Abstract deadline for Midwest Pop Gen 2026 extended to June 12th! Aug 21-22 at UChicago — free, trainee-oriented meeting with talks, posters + Friday BBQ at Promontory Point. Chicago in August doesn't get better than this... jkreinz.github.io/mwpg2026 01812
Arslan Zaidi @aazaidi.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Happy to present our perspective on how to think about group-differences in genetic risk. With @nicole-kleman.bsky.social , Meng Lin, and Chris Gignoux.arxiv.orgTread lightly interpreting group differences in genetic riskObserved differences in mean phenotypic values across human groups have attracted renewed interest with the rise of large-scale genomic studies and polygenic risk prediction. However, the genetic basi... 1156
Arslan Zaidi @aazaidi.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I try not to complain about things but biorxiv refused to preprint our perspective piece and arxiv wants an endorsement from two unicorns who have preprinted there in the last 5 yrs in the same subsection before we can post anything. Preprinting shouldn’t be this hard. 010
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiAlicia Martin @genetisaur.bsky.social · 29/04/2026📣 𝐖𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐝𝐨𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬! 🌍📈🧬 If you’re finishing a PhD (or know someone who is) and want to work on complex trait biology + 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙-𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡, read on 👇 11313
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiNicholas Mancuso @nmancuso.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Please share! The USC Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology is searching for a full-time, teaching-track faculty member for the teaching of QBIO undergraduate statistics and computational biology courses. usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...usccareers.usc.eduFull-Time, Teaching-Track Faculty Position in Quantitative and Computational Biology at USCLearn more about applying for Full-Time, Teaching-Track Faculty Position in Quantitative and Computational Biology at USC 01924
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiMaria A Nieves Colón @mitopr.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Friends and Colleagues! I am SO excited to catch up with you all this week at #AABA2026! Here is a quick 🧵summarizing what our 🧪🧬👩🏽💻👨🏿🔬👩🏼🔬🧑💻lab will be presenting at the meetings (1/n) @umncla.bsky.social @umnanth.bsky.social www.nievescolonlab.orgnievescolonlab.orgAnthropological Genetics Lab at UMNAnthropological Genetics Laboratories at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities 1104
Arslan Zaidi @aazaidi.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Glad to be part of a community that values the well-being and safety of its neighbors. 0113
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10/01/2026We visited Renee Good's memorial. There, we met a group of Somali Minnesotans — who too have been viciously attacked for weeks — warmly hosting everyone. Flowers & stuffed animals galore. Neighbors continually offering sambusas & hand-warmers & water. Grief. And belief. Scenes from Minneapolis:zeteo.comWATCH: Prem Attends Memorial at Scene of Murder in MinneapolisSee what Prem saw at the memorial for the 37-year-old mother killed by ICE in Minneapolis, plus interview with Omar Fateh and residents. 2762891442
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiJonathan Pritchard @jkpritch.bsky.social · 05/01/2026I'm just delighted to announce our new preprint on genome-scale perturb-seq in CD4+ T cells. We learned both general lessons about the power of perturb-seq, and specific lessons about T cell biology. Led by amazing postdocs Emma Dann and Ronghui Zhu, with my wonderful collaborator Alex Marson. 05827
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiMykhaylo M. Malakhov @mykmal.xyz · 20/12/2025My second dissertation paper is now out in @natcomms.nature.com! Here we introduce the co-expression-wide association study (COWAS) method for identifying pairs of genes or proteins whose genetically regulated co-expression is associated with complex traits. 🧵⬇️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comCo-expression-wide association studies link genetically regulated interactions with complex traits - Nature CommunicationsProteins can affect traits through their interactions with one another. Here, the authors propose the COWAS method to identify pairs of interacting genes or proteins whose genetically regulated co-exp... 1145
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiXinjun Zhang @zhanglabpopgen.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Preprint online right before the holidays! Excited to share the first piece of work from the Zhang Lab, led by my absolutely stellar postdoc Michelle Kim! In this work, we ask how admixture, selection and demography shape complex trait genetics and GWAS performance www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...biorxiv.orgDetermining the driving factors shaping genetic architecture of complex traits in recently admixed populationsUnderstanding the genetic architecture of complex traits in admixed populations remains challenging due to heterogeneous genetic backgrounds and demographic histories. Mischaracterizing admixture can ... 14421
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiRoshni Patel @roshnipatel.bsky.social · 01/12/2025As promised, a longer thread on what I consider to be some of the most interesting and important contributions of this paper (1/10) 1147
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiEmily Josephs @emjo.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Hey Yaniv Brandvain is not on Bluesky but his most recent biostats ebook is live ybrandvain.github.io/biostats/. His stats resources have been so helpful to me as I develop my own stats course, so check it out. Github repo here: github.com/ybrandvain/b...ybrandvain.github.ioApplied Biostatistics 38651
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiRoshni Patel @roshnipatel.bsky.social · 22/10/2025reminder that my (wonderful, diverse, interdisciplinary) department at the University of Oregon is seeking applications for an Associate/Full Professor of Data Science -- deadline 10/31 and only cover letter/CV needed to apply academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30328academicjobsonline.orgUniversity of Oregon, Department of Data Science Job #AJO30328, 535565 Associate or Full Professor of Data Science, Department of Data Science, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, US 02528
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiRoshni Patel @roshnipatel.bsky.social · 15/10/2025I'm recruiting a postdoc for my group (based in beautiful Eugene, OR). Please get in touch if you're interested, esp if you'd like to chat at #ASHG25! 04242
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiGraham Coop @gcbias.bsky.social · 15/10/2025We're excited to be recruiting an NIH funded postdoc to work in the Coop lab at UC Davis. We're specifically interested in candidates who are want to work at the intersection of human genetics, GWAS, and population genetics modeling. Please RT 1163210
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiArbel Harpak @arbelharpak.bsky.social · 14/10/2025If you are at #ASHG2025 and would like to chat in person, please reach out! My lab is looking for curious scientists to join us, especially (but not limited to) postdoctoral researchers. 054
Arslan Zaidi @aazaidi.bsky.social · 14/10/2025We will be at #ASHG25 this year! Some presentations from our group, please stop by! : 182
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiMoneeza Siddiqui @moneeza-ks.bsky.social · 09/10/2025🔔 Excited to share our preprint from the largest ever exome-wide association study for T2D in South Asians. We make important discoveries implicating the genes HNF4A, GP2, RNF19A in the aetiology of diabetes and metabolic traits in south Asians. 👉 Read it here: 114
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiGen Wojcik @genandgenes.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Whoops, wrong hashtag. If you are going to #ASHG25, check out the line-up! This is perfect if you are a trainee who needs to network but has no idea how to do it. Instead of trying to corner someone at the posters (which is stressful!), schedule a slot and sit down for 15 minutes to chat! 1107
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiJazlyn Mooney @jazlynmooney.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Super excited to see our reference bias work out in Cell! Reviewers gave us some excellent ideas, and Maria added on some new analyses that broke down how SNPs from heterospecific references mapped or did not map in a conspecific reference. 1144
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiJeffrey Ross-Ibarra @jrossibarra.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Save the date! #PEQG26 June 9-12 2026 in Asilomar, CA. Happens only every 2yrs, but is my favorite conference. Full website coming soon, and registration and abstract submission opens November 14, but I'm allowed to tease that keynotes will be @jnovembre.bsky.social @jennytung.bsky.social and me!genetics-gsa.orgHomepage - Population, Evolutionary, and Quantitative Genetics ConferenceVisit our website to learn more. 26443
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiPleuni Pennings @pleunipennings.bsky.social · 29/08/2025I made a video about my new paper. I hope you enjoy it! vimeo.com/1113132836?s...vimeo.comNew paper (2025) on better understanding drug-resistance levels in different countriesI made this video about a paper that is coming out in August 2025 in the journal Epidemics. Music is from https://freetouse.com/music/ocean-bloom/summer-bliss https://freetouse.com/music/piki/a-new... 43514
Arslan Zaidi @aazaidi.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Another fun year for the #mwpg, this year at the University of Minnesota! Great to see all the trainees participating with their cool work. 191
Arslan Zaidi @aazaidi.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Huge congratulations to my friend @mitopr.bsky.social on being selected as a Pew Biomedical Scholar! www.pew.org/en/projects/...pew.orgMaria A. Nieves-Colón, Ph.D.My research will investigate the genetic and health impacts of the influx of millions of Africans to Latin America during the colonial period. 160
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiGregor Gorjanc @gregorgorjanc.bsky.social · 11/08/2025AlphaSimR course edin.ac/3wfGSEj Week 3 opens with a discussion on genetic variation between relatives, with a focus on siblings. While mutation is the ultimate source of genetic variation (by introducing new alleles), recombination shuffles the existing genetic variation through meiosis. 151
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiGenetics Society of America @genetics-gsa.bsky.social · 28/07/2025New in #GENETICS: Huang et al. describe biases in SNP & local ancestry heritability as functions of admixture history and the genetic architecture of the trait, clarifying their interpretation and implication for #GWAS & polygenic prediction in population admixture. Read more: buff.ly/1xB3Mpu 094
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiEvolDir @evoldir.bsky.social · 24/07/2025The Mathieson Lab at the University of Pennsylvania is hiring a computational postdoc in machine learning and evolutionary biology. Apply with a CV and references: smathi@sas.upenn.edu. More info: saramathieson.github.io/lab #postdocsaramathieson.github.ioWe are a computational lab focusing on developing machine learning algorithms for biological data. Currently we are working on inference tasks related to natural selection and demographic inference, as well as generative models for genomic data from humans, mosquitos, and other species. 01814
Reposted by Arslan ZaidibioRxiv Genetics @biorxiv-genetic.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Effects of ancestry, agriculture, and lactase persistence on the stature of prehistoric Europeans www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 1115
Arslan Zaidi @aazaidi.bsky.social · 10/07/2025last day tomorrow to register for a talk/poster at Midwest popgen. Please RT(? is that what they say here?)! 031
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiFlorian Privé @privefl.bsky.social · 04/07/2025I probably won't have time to make a video out of this. But the materials are available online, and should be pretty self-explanatory. Hope this is useful to some people. privefl.github.io/statgen-cour...privefl.github.ioStatistical Human Genetics course using RStatistical Human Genetics course using R 13915
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiEsha Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D. @eshabandyopadhyay.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Thrilled to see the latest work from the lab (@genscapelab.bsky.social) out in Current Biology! Congratulations @jaurban2204.bsky.social ! 🎉 Grateful to have had the chance to contribute to this effort. 032
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiEsha Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D. @eshabandyopadhyay.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Please register if you haven't already done so. MidWest PopGen is happening in August at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)—abstract deadline for talk: July 11th, and poster: August 1st. sites.google.com/umn.edu/mwpg...sites.google.comMWPG2025Join us for the 10th Midwest Population Genetics conference, held at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities from August 21 - August 22, 2025. 032
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiEimear Kenny @eimearekenny.bsky.social · 17/06/2025📢 Just posted: Our preprint introducing SPC — Spectral Components — is now live on medRxiv! Led by Dr. Ruhollah Shemirani and years in the making, this method offers a robust, scalable way to adjust for recent population structure in genomic analyses. 🔗 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... 1/9medrxiv.orgSPC: a SPectral Component approach to address recent population structure in genomic analysisPopulation structure is a well-known confounder in statistical genetics, particularly in genome-wide association studies (GWAS), where it can lead to inflated test statistics and spurious associations... 13714
Arslan Zaidi @aazaidi.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Website and hotel info for Midwest popgen. Please register (free!) and book rooms asap to get ahead of the State Fair crowd. The world may be aflame but we can try to find some community with each other. #mwpg25 slogan? sites.google.com/umn.edu/mwpg...sites.google.comMWPG2025 - History of MWPGThe field of population genetics has a remarkable tradition of being a tight-knit and nurturing community. To continue fostering that sense of community for PopGen groups in the Midwest, the Universit... 020
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiMashaal Sohail @mashaals.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Our new work is now out in AJHG "Natural selection acting on complex traits hampers the predictive accuracy of polygenic scores in ancient samples." Great collaboration with @delvecchyo.bsky.social and Emilia Huerta-Sanchez, led by Valeria Añorve-Garibay. 12614
Arslan Zaidi @aazaidi.bsky.social · 06/06/2025**10th Midwest PopGen Conference** Location: UMN Twin Cities, Date: Aug 21–22! Events: Talks, Posters, dinner + MN State Fair. Register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... -- Abstracts by June 15 // Register by Aug 1. Add to calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/eve... #MidwestPopGendocs.google.comMidwest Population Genetics 2025 Registration 010
Reposted by Arslan ZaidiDan Schrider @samurscicop.bsky.social · 05/06/2025The preliminary program of ProbGen 2026, which will be held at UC Berkeley, is now up: probgen2026.github.io Sharing on behalf of Rasmus Nielsen who is not on this site. For more see his thread on that other site: x.com/ras_nielsen/...probgen2026.github.ioHome - ProbGen 2026Your Site Description 02113