Background 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...

NWO 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.

Purpose 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...

The 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...

Molecular Psychiatry - Intergenerational transmission of complex traits and the offspring methylome

Scientific Reports - The association between metabolite concentrations and wellbeing in adults

In a cohort of twins, Sant’Anna Barbosa Ferreira et al. reveal associations between age acceleration estimates from brain structural MRI and DNA methylatio

This seminar will be presented by four PhD candidates from the University of Oslo and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU). Madelief Kuijper, Josefina Bernardo, Kassandra Pomper, and Britt Min will each ...

Asthma, a chronic respiratory condition characterized by airway inflammation, affects millions of individuals worldwide. Challenges remain in asthma prediction and diagnosis from its complex etiology ...

Biologisch psycholoog Anne Landvreugd en collega’s concluderen in dit onderzoek dat er nauwelijks verband is tussen sociale jetlag en je geluksgevoel.