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Tim Morris @timtmorris.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🚨We have a fully-funded PhD scholarship (UCL/Birkbeck) starting October 2026 to look at how genetic, family, and social factors shape children’s language and literacy development. **Deadline 29th March**. Further details at bit.ly/40B2Wrx, please do get in touch if you are interested!

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Untangling genetic and environmental pathways to language and reading development: Integrating social and genetic data from longitudinal cohort studies

Principal Supervisor: Dr Tim Morris (UCL) Co-Supervisors: Dr Emma Meaburn (Birkbeck); Professor Bonamy Oliver (UCL) Project Description Language and reading skills are key drivers of educational su…

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Natalie Michaux @nataliemichaux.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Second report from our work exploring use of polygenic indices in #education - this time from our ethics deep-dive workshop. Thanks to @academicmamma.bsky.social for being a fantastic collaborator and to all participants for rich discussion! Please share widely with genomics and edu networks

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Emma Meaburn @academicmamma.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Delighted to have chaired this workshop, and for the expertise, insights and enthusiasm of all participants! We need to be having more of these discussions as the science advances, and - critically - bring in *and listen to* parents, carers and educators.

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Emma Meaburn @academicmamma.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Great to see the NCOB joining Bluesky !

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Samuel Pattillo Smith @sampatsmith.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Think of a polygenic score you care about. Are direct genetic effects driving variation among people in this predictor? Or perhaps other, confounding factors? We at the @arbelharpak.bsky.social & @docedge.bsky.social Labs developed a method to tackle this question. [1/n]

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A Litmus Test for Confounding in Polygenic Scores

Polygenic scores (PGSs) are being rapidly adopted for trait prediction in the clinic and beyond. PGSs are often thought of as capturing the direct genetic effect of one's genotype on their phenotype. ...

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GWAS Catalog @gwascatalog.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Now @adamrutherford.bsky.social speaking about scientific racism. Mentioning the golden ages for #gwas but also that public comms in #genetics and education need changes to decrease eugenics and racism #FOG2025

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Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore @sjblakemore.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

In a new study, researchers uncovered female programmers who made important but unrecognized contributions to genetics. By Ed Yong www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

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The Women Who Contributed to Science but Were Buried in Footnotes

In a new study, researchers uncovered female programmers who made important but unrecognized contributions to genetics.

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Sasha Gusev @sashagusevposts.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

How population stratification makes environments look like genes. A short 🧵:

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Natalie Michaux @nataliemichaux.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Research Bluesky! Interested in #medtech, #neuroscience, #neuroethics, #regulation, #patient experience and/or other #ethics questions arising from novel tx? Do consider responding to our (Nuffield Council on Bioethics) call for evidence on #neurotech - closes 3 Feb 2025. Please like and re-post!

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Neurotechnology in healthcare - Nuffield Council on Bioethics

Investigating the ethics of neurotechnologies that intervene in the brain. Call for evidence open until 3 February 2025.

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