Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🎉 Happy to announce that I have been promoted to Associate Professor at Yale School of Medicine!static.klipy.comBenito Bad BunnyALT: Benito Bad Bunny 120
Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026🧬 New review from the PGC Substance Use Disorders Epigenetics Working Group (proud to serve as co-Chair!) 🧬 📄 A systematic review of substance use disorder methylome-wide association studies in postmortem human brain — Translational Psychiatry (2026) www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA systematic review of substance use disorder methylome-wide association studies in postmortem human brain - Translational PsychiatryTranslational Psychiatry - A systematic review of substance use disorder methylome-wide association studies in postmortem human brain 110
Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026🤩 Super proud of my brilliant graduate student, Melody Rivera-Hernández 🇵🇷 for getting her F31 grant from NIDA! She will be combining computational neurogenetics with functional genomics to investigate opioid use disorder. #MontalvoOrtizLab @yaleschoolofmed.bsky.social 000
Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Had a great week with the visit of Dr. Silva and her students from the University of Puerto Rico to our #MontalvoOrtizLab at Yale and YCCI 000
Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026🧬 New paper out in iScience! Thrilled to share our newest publication: "Decoding the role of transcriptomic clocks in the human prefrontal cortex" #Neuroepigenomics #TranscriptomicClocks #BrainAging #PsychiatricGenomics #DeepLearning #MontalvoOrtizLab pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42491807/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govDecoding the role of transcriptomic clocks in the human prefrontal cortex - PubMedAging is characterized by interindividual variability quantified through aging clocks, informed by biological data and are linked to diverse health outcomes. In this study, we comprehensively profiled... 120
Reposted by Janitza Montalvo-OrtizAnne Elizabeth Sidamon-Eristoff @anneelizabethse.bsky.social · 23/02/2026www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comAdvancing substance use disorder biology by studying underlying gene x environment interactionsSubstance use disorders (SUDs) are heritable, complex genetic disorders associated with a growing list of genetic variants that are common in the popu… 001
Reposted by Janitza Montalvo-OrtizInstituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH @neuroalc.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Today, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social from Yale University at our #SeminarsIN with her talk: “Advancing psychiatric genomics in admixed populations: novel findings and consortia efforts” A fantastic lecture, thank you! 👏 @barcolab.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Janitza Montalvo-OrtizStephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 03/11/2025Review: Pleiotropy, epistasis and the genetic architecture of quantitative traits www.nature.com/articles/s41... (read free: rdcu.be/dQ6Ec)nature.comPleiotropy, epistasis and the genetic architecture of quantitative traits - Nature Reviews GeneticsIn this Review, Mackay and Anholt discuss how epistasis and pleiotropy contribute to the genetic architecture of quantitative traits and outline factors that might explain observed differences in… 042
Reposted by Janitza Montalvo-OrtizPOP-GEM Lab @popgemlab.bsky.social · 20/10/2025(1/6) We’re excited to present “Advancing the Understanding of Depression Genetics Through Research on Latin American Genomes” at #WCPG2025! 🌎✨ Mon Oct 20 | 9:45–11:15 AM Blue River 3 – Convention Center, Cancún Led by Drs. @roseannpeterson.bsky.social @nscorralfrias.bsky.social 🧵... 143
Reposted by Janitza Montalvo-OrtizJehannine (J9) Austin @j9austin.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Awesome opening session at #WCPG2025 by @morestrada.bsky.social who shared with us all the link to MexVar, which allows exploration of genetic variants in the context of geography and ancestry in the Mexican population #AcademicSky 🧪 morenolab.shinyapps.io/mexvar/morenolab.shinyapps.io🧬 MexVar 0113
Reposted by Janitza Montalvo-OrtizYale Kavli Institute for Neuroscience @kavliatyale.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Mark your calendars 🗓️ for June 23 for a Kavli Awards Research in Progress!🧠 Hear from Drs. Bhaskar (@krishnaswamylab.bsky.social), @lashaeneuroxp.bsky.social, Chen (@emonetlab.bsky.social), Martinez-Magaña (@janitzamontalvo.bsky.social), @kuanawanda.bsky.social, Teefe, & @haohy.bsky.social. 054
Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social · 18/10/2025🚨 @LAGCPsychGene is thrilled about this year's #WCPG2025 @ISPGnet in Cancun, Mexico! We have an exciting line-up of events, symposiums, talks, and poster presentations from our LAGC membership. See below for more info 👇 121
Reposted by Janitza Montalvo-OrtizWu Tsai Institute | Yale University @wutsaiyale.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Scientists from WTI will be participating in Fiesta Latina on September 27-28 in New Haven. Events are free and open from 12–5 pm. 🪇🪘 🧠 🔗 peabody.yale.edu/events/fiest... #KnowTogether #FiestaLatina #NewHaven @dacolon.bsky.social @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social @gguerre.bsky.social 053
Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social · 21/04/2025So honored and happy to have our work published in @naturegenet.bsky.social. This is a collaborative product of the hard work and dedication of talented colleagues, and I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to lead this work with them. A description below👇: www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comPsychiatric genetics in the diverse landscape of Latin American populations - Nature GeneticsLatin America and the Caribbean remain largely underrepresented in psychiatric genetics research. This Review highlights the need for more research in these populations to advance genetic insights and... 152
Reposted by Janitza Montalvo-OrtizPOP-GEM Lab @popgemlab.bsky.social · 26/03/2025🌟New review in Psychiatric Clinics: Closing diversity gaps in psychiatric genomics is vital for health equity. 📖Read: doi.org/10.1016/j.ps... @roseannpeterson.bsky.social @giustilab.bsky.social @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social @nokewole.bsky.social 034
Reposted by Janitza Montalvo-OrtizPsychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) @pgcgenetics.bsky.social · 08/03/2025And finally some inspirational words from Janitza Montalvo-Ortiz to round off a fantastic #InternationalWomensDay2025 @janitzamontalvo.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Janitza Montalvo-OrtizAndrea Ganna @andganna.bsky.social · 20/11/2024WHO just released the new principles for ethical collection and sharing of genomics data www.who.int/news/item/20...who.intWHO releases new principles for ethical human genomic data collection and sharingThe World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a set of principles for the ethical collection, access, use and sharing of human genomic data. Created with guidance from the WHO Technical Advisory Grou... 02310
Reposted by Janitza Montalvo-OrtizStephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 20/11/2024Comprehensive benchmarking of tools for nanopore-based detection of DNA methylation www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… 02910
Reposted by Janitza Montalvo-OrtizMichel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Just added the 106th amazing statistical/psychiatric geneticist! Even if you have seen this starter pack before have a look, find the new people filtering in! 1229
Reposted by Janitza Montalvo-OrtizDenis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Download our database of 492 (!) funding opportunities for EARLY-CAREER FACULTY AND RESEARCHERS. For each entry, we provide link to funder, description, amount, deadline, and eligibility criteria (e.g. citizenship). Download freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-... 12558332
Reposted by Janitza Montalvo-OrtizmedRxivpreprint @medrxivpreprint.bsky.social · 09/10/2024Epigenetic and Genetic Profiling of Comorbidity Patterns among Substance Dependence Diagnoses www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/202… medrxiv.orgEpigenetic and Genetic Profiling of Comorbidity Patterns among Substance Dependence Diagnoses https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.08.24315111v1 Objective: This study investigated the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying the comorbidity 023
