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Margot van de Weijer

@margotvdweijer.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor at Amsterdam UMC: focus on genetic epidemiology/psychiatric genetics, causal inference, substance use, (sex) hormone genetics

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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
A highlight from yesterday: The public science committee organized a plenary symposium 'From data to discourse: Behavioral Genetics as a Public Science' chaired by @evangiangrande.bsky.social . During the symposium, we heard from:
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laurawesseldijk.bsky.social @laurawesseldijk.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Kicking off BGA 2026 in an unexpectedly warm Amsterdam! Looking forward to three days of amazing science with fantastic people in our lovely city ❌❌❌
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Abdel Abdellaoui @dr-appie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
You can find all of the videos of the rest of the curriculum here: www.colorado.edu/ibg/workshop... I hope to see many of you at the workshop in a couple of weeks!
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Syllabus
Each day of the course will focus on one topic, or several closely related topics, which will be presented by one or more of the Workshop faculty
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Abdel Abdellaoui @dr-appie.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Here are my four GWAS lectures of ~20 minutes each for the International Statistical Genetics Workshop 2026. They're part of the broader workshop curriculum but also work as standalone lectures covering the basics of GWAS from the ground up. Videos are below 👇🏽
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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Is being a woman in STEM still so strange we need to ask what it means? Sorry not-sorry that I chose to talk about the anger and not the gratitude this year. #IWD #WomenInSTEM
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Margot van de Weijer @margotvdweijer.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Goodreads, but for academic papers🤩: www.papertrailshq.com
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Paper Trails
A social platform for academic papers
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Margot van de Weijer @margotvdweijer.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The updated version of this paper is now online: rdcu.be/eX8ck. We wrote this paper as part of the behavior genetics special issue 'Behavioral Genetics as a Public Science: Impacts and Implications' -excited to see it out! @evangiangrande.bsky.social @lucasjmatthews.bsky.social @appelbap.bsky.social
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Imputing Parental Genotypes Through Mendelian Imputation: Ethical and Legal Considerations - Behavior Genetics
Mendelian imputation is a promising method for imputing missing parental genotypes and estimating direct and indirect genetic effects. While the method has clear scientific benefits, so far there has ...
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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Aboard the HMS Hardy-Wijnberg with @dr-appie.bsky.social and @margotvdweijer.bsky.social
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Perline Demange @perlinedemange.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
How much do people know and understand what their administrative and health data is used for? Another story of consent for genetic data use this week.
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Margot van de Weijer @margotvdweijer.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
New pre-print online: Imputing parental genotypes through Mendelian Imputation: Ethical and Legal Considerations osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The BGA Public Science committee has published its second statement, 'BGA Statement on Polygenic Embryo Selection'. Read more on the BGA website: bga.org/content.aspx...
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Margot van de Weijer @margotvdweijer.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
New paper out in psychological medicine where we explore the brain volume reductions as a potential mechanism underlying effects of smoking on psychiatric disease liability! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The causal effect of smoking on psychiatric disorders: an examination of brain volume as a potential pathway | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
The causal effect of smoking on psychiatric disorders: an examination of brain volume as a potential pathway - Volume 55
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Behavior Genetics Association @behaviorgenetic.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Our public science committee published its first statement, 'against misuse of behavioral genetics research' on the website. Read it now on the website ⬇️ bga.org/content.aspx...
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Misuse of Genetics Statement - Behavior Genetics Association
Misuse of Genetics Statement
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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
ICYMI: decision to cut 5 international bachelor psychology programs in NL poses serious threat to psych science nationally & internationally, given how much research conducted here has historically punched above its weight in terms of per-capita output. eiko-fried.com/nl-psycholog...
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Cutting international bachelor programs threatens psychological science » Eiko Fried
Dutch universities decided to throw international bachelor programs under the bus to appease the government. This is a terrible idea.
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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
No posts yet but this is a grassroots network of Amsterdam geneticists, crosses disciplines, institutions & career stage. All run out of passion on a shoestring budget. Great way to strike up collaborations!
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