Reposted by @jennyvandongen.bsky.socialGenetics Network Amsterdam @geneamsterdam.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Interesting webinar by the International Society for Twin Studies (ISTS), moderated by #GENEAmsterdam researcher @jennyvandongen.bsky.social. Sign up using the QR code! 📝 001
Reposted by @jennyvandongen.bsky.socialGenetics Network Amsterdam @geneamsterdam.bsky.social · 17/07/2025🥳Congratulations to #GENEAmsterdam researcher Fiona Hagenbeek, for receiving a VENI to study genetic and molecular influences on externalizing behaviors from childhood into (early) adulthood at @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social! www.nwo.nl/nieuws/200-o...nwo.nlVeni 2024 | NWONWO heeft aan 200 veelbelovende onderzoekers uit de volle breedte van de wetenschap Veni-financiering van maximaal 320.000 euro toegewezen. De laureaten kunnen daarmee in de komende drie jaar hun eigen onderzoeksideeën verder ontwikkelen. 082
jennyvandongen.bsky.social @jennyvandongen.bsky.social · 23/07/2025New preprint by Xiaopu Zhang! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @jordanatbell.bsky.social @ntrbiopsy.bsky.socialbiorxiv.orgGenetic impacts on within-pair DNA methylation variance in monozygotic twins capture gene-environment interactions and cell-type effectsBackground Genetic variants that are associated with phenotypic variability, or variance quantitative trait loci (vQTLs), have been detected for multiple human traits. Gene-environment interactions ca... 032
Reposted by @jennyvandongen.bsky.socialPerline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Financial stress is most strongly associated with epigenetic aging amongst a broad range of negative life events (between-family estimates). By Bodine Gonggrijp @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social @essgn.bsky.social 0103
Reposted by @jennyvandongen.bsky.socialNikki Hubers @hubersnikki.bsky.social · 27/05/20251/2; Check out our new paper on #Dizygotic #Twinning and female #fertility: doi.org/10.1007/s108... In this collaboration from @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social and the Norwegian #MoBa study, we use several genetically informed methods to investigate the genetic architecture of DZ Twinning.doi.orgPolygenic scores for dizygotic twinning: insights into the genetic architecture of female fertility - Journal of Assisted Reproduction and GeneticsPurpose Natural dizygotic twinning (DZT) results from hyper-ovulation and is an indicator of female fertility. However, some traits linked to DZ twinning are also associated with infertility. We exami... 494
Reposted by @jennyvandongen.bsky.socialntrbiopsy.bsky.social @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social · 30/04/2025🎉Exciting news! Our Research Master's Genes in Behavior and Health has been awarded the Award of Excellence by the 2025 Keuzegids! 🔍 Still searching for a Master’s program for 2025–2026? Curious about the biological and environmental roots of behavior and disease? 👉 Apply now: vu.nl/en/education... 112
jennyvandongen.bsky.social @jennyvandongen.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Good news! @hubersnikki.bsky.social article about multi-omics analysis of ADHD achieved the Top Viewed Article status from #AJMG of articles published in 2023. Read it here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #TopViewedArticle @wiley.com @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social @fionahagenbeek.bsky.socialonlinelibrary.wiley.comIntegrative multi‐omics analysis of genomic, epigenomic, and metabolomics data leads to new insights for Attention‐Deficit/Hyperactivity DisorderThe evolving field of multi-omics combines data and provides methods for simultaneous analysis across several omics levels. Here, we integrated genomics (transmitted and non-transmitted polygenic sco... 094
Reposted by @jennyvandongen.bsky.socialntrbiopsy.bsky.social @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social · 27/03/2025This past Monday, Dr. Bodine Gonngrijp successfully defended her PhD thesis "Invisible Scars: Unravelling the Epigenetic and Mental Health Consequences of Victimization." Congratulations on this important milestone! 👏 #PhDDefense #Research #MentalHealth #Epigenetics 022
Reposted by @jennyvandongen.bsky.socialntrbiopsy.bsky.social @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social · 27/03/2025New BioPsy papers were published lately too. Interesting new research from Pedro and colleagues: we've found that the way our brain ages is linked to how our blood ages — and that environmental factors play an important role in this process. You can read more in the paper: doi.org/10.1093/brai...doi.orgEpigenetic age acceleration in peripheral blood correlates with brain-MRI age accelerationIn a cohort of twins, Sant’Anna Barbosa Ferreira et al. reveal associations between age acceleration estimates from brain structural MRI and DNA methylatio 001
Reposted by @jennyvandongen.bsky.socialFiona Hagenbeek @fionahagenbeek.bsky.social · 06/04/2025✔️DNA methylation in children associates with parental polygenic scores (PGSs) for schizophrenia, educational attainment, BMI, and height. ✔️Strongest genetic nurture effects for schizophrenia (16 CpG sites, 93.7% linked to maternal genetics) (2/5) 111
Reposted by @jennyvandongen.bsky.socialFiona Hagenbeek @fionahagenbeek.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Our new study in Molecular Psychiatry, in 1528 children and their parents (@ntrbiopsy.bsky.social) shows that indirect genetic effects—where parental genetics shape offspring traits via environmental influences (genetic nurture)—impact DNA methylation of children. doi.org/10.1038/s413... (1/5)doi.orgIntergenerational transmission of complex traits and the offspring methylome - Molecular PsychiatryMolecular Psychiatry - Intergenerational transmission of complex traits and the offspring methylome 12612
jennyvandongen.bsky.social @jennyvandongen.bsky.social · 08/02/2025New paper by the talented Austin van Asselt: EWAS of asthma polygenic burden in the Netherlands Twin Register @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/15...mdpi.comBlood-Based EWAS of Asthma Polygenic Burden in The Netherlands Twin RegisterAsthma, a chronic respiratory condition characterized by airway inflammation, affects millions of individuals worldwide. Challenges remain in asthma prediction and diagnosis from its complex etiology ... 011
Reposted by @jennyvandongen.bsky.socialPOP-GEM Lab @popgemlab.bsky.social · 16/01/2025🚀 New paper by @madhurbsingh.bsky.social on smoking & DNA methylation via twin-based MR using @ntrbiopsy.bsky.social data! Supervised by Mike Neale, @jennyvandongen.bsky.social, & Conor Dolan. Co-authors: @dlapato.bsky.social, @charlesbreeze.bsky.social. 🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s106... 035
