Behavior Genetics Association @BehaviorGenetic
International society supporting education and research on complex relationships between genes, environments, and behavior. bga.org Joined June 2018-
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📢We are sharing two timely statements by @BehaviorGenetic : 1️⃣ Against misuse of behavioral genetics, reaffirming the complexity of genes & environment. 2️⃣ On polygenic embryo selection, advising against clinical use. Read here: elsihub.org/topics-search?…
🚨 New paper out in @BehaviorGenetic ! We introduce a novel extended pedigree model to isolate and estimate the effects of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) on human traits using extended pedigrees. First authored by my student @LyuXuanyu 🧬📈 doi.org/10.1007/s10519… 🧵👇
Attending the 2025 @BehaviorGenetic Meeting in Atlanta? Be sure to check out some exciting work from members of the PGC-SUD working group:
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?p…
The BGA meeting in Atlanta will now have a hybrid option! 🌍🎥 We've also reopened abstract submissions for 2 weeks, with a hard deadline of March 14, 2025. Join us in person or virtually for a fantastic meeting! Register here: auth.oxfordabstracts.com/?redirect=/sta… #BGA2025
🚨 Call for Papers: Behavioral Genetics as a Public Science 🧬📃 Exploring the broader impact, misinterpretations, and ethical implications of behavioral genetics research. 🔗 Submit a 300-word abstract by Jan 31, 2025! Full details here: link.springer.com/journal/10519/…
Want to get out of Dodge? Do a postdoc @UniOslo! You will be using @MoBa_study and registers to study intergenerational transmission and GxE for #MentalHealth and #education using @BehaviorGenetic and @PGCgenetics approaches. Please share! jobbnorge.no/en/available-j…
BGA 2025 Annual Meeting – Abstract submission is OPEN! 🗓 Deadline: February 16, 2025 📍 Atlanta, USA 🇺🇸 Submit your symposium, oral presentation, or poster here: app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/77291/s… Don't miss out – see you there! 🧬🤸♀️
Save the date if you're interested in exploring cutting-edge twin research in a stunning island setting! 🌴 🗓 August 10-12, 2025 📍 Colombo, Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 Join us for the 8th World Congress on Twin Pregnancy & 20th ISTS Congress!
🚨Call for submissions!🚨 We're organizing a special issue on "Behavioral Genetics as a Public Science"🧬🌍 Relevant topics include: -Public outreach and education -(Mis)use and (mis)interpretations of BG research -Ethical, legal, and social issues tinyurl.com/bgpublicscience
Behavior Genetics Special Issue alert! 🚨 This special issue explores the broader impact, (mis)understanding, and implications of behavioral genetics research 🧬 Submit your abstract by January 31st 2025. More info in the document below 👇

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Felix @Felix62782
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Pamela Feliciano @pamefeliciano
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Lewis @Lewis1441094
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@gen0m1cs 🧬📊 @gen0m1cs
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sigieg4 @sigieg42544
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Shiv @ShivkumarVs
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Dr Cathryn Lewis @cathrynlewis
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Dr Elsje van Bergen @drElsje
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Kevin Mitchell @WiringTheBrain
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Prof Thalia Eley 💙 @thaliaeley
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Alex Strudwick Young @AlexTISYoung
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Meike Bartels @Meike_Bartels
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Lianne de Vries @Lianne_dVries
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Fiona Hagenbeek @FionaHagenbeek
386 Followers 478 Following Postdoctoral researcher at @FIMM_UH @helsinkiuni
Amir Sariaslan @AmirSariaslan
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Topher Hübel @topherhuebel
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Gerome Breen @psychgenomics
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Felix C. Tropf @fctropf
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Estonian Biobank @ESTbiobank
766 Followers 111 Following DNA samples and extensive health records of 20% of the adult population of Estonia (212,000 individuals), applied in 100s of international research projects.
genomicstartu @genomicstartu
582 Followers 88 Following Institute of Genomics of the University of Tartu is the leading hub of genomics and related transdisciplinary research in Estonia.
Victória Trindade Po... @victrindadep
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Dr Giorgia Michelini ... @GiorgiaMiche
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Qiyuan Peng 彭启远 @Qiyuan_Peng
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Sarah Paul @spaul1124
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Brittany Mitchell @Britt_Mitchell1
361 Followers 241 Following Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Brisbane | QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute | Psychiatric Genetics 🧬
Uku Vainik @ukuv
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Zhaoying Chen @zhaoying_c
58 Followers 125 Following Zhaoying (Lindsay) Chen - Clinical Psychology PhD Student #GWU /Previous Research Assistant @UofR @UCIrvine/ Family and child dev
Kelli Lehto @lehto_kelli
246 Followers 194 Following Assoc. Professor in neuropsychiatric genetics | #mentalhealth #stress #comorbidity | @unitartu @ESTbiobank | Affiliate @karolinskainstitutet
The Hastings Center f... @hastingscenter
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874 Followers 849 Following https://t.co/ug2ahmuNnd is an online hub supporting work in #ELSI of #genetics & #genomics. Home of #ELSIFridayForum, #ELSIconversations, ELSIhub Collections, & TraineeHub.
Columbia Ethics @ColumbiaEthics
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Statistical Horizons @StatHorizons
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Kim Stienstra @KimStienstra
244 Followers 196 Following Max Weber Fellow @EUI_eu || Previously PhD candidate in Sociology @UniUtrecht /ICS || educational inequality, school quality, twin models
Claire Potter @ce_potter
621 Followers 1K Following Wellcome/HRB Fellow @ICATprogramme PhD student @CPH_QUB @QUB_ARF Psychiatry SpR @_NIMDTA @Fulbright_Eire Student 22-23 to @umisr Stress & cognitive ageing 🧠
PNGumich @PNGumich
464 Followers 460 Following The Population, Neurodevelopment and Genetics Program (PNG) at @umich @umisr. Also at: https://t.co/85hp7KaDsB #PNGresearch
Ananda Amstadter, PhD @DrAmstadter
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Dr. Tyler Bell @TylerBellPhD
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Clyde Francks @ClydeFrancks
563 Followers 206 Following Prof. of Brain Imaging Genomics @ Max Planck Institute & Donders Institute, Netherlands. Biologist interested in genes, brains, behaviour, left-right asymmetry
Sarah Brislin, PhD @SarahBrislin
355 Followers 362 Following clinical psychologist @RutgersU @BHI_Rutgers. all things externalizing. views my own. she/her
Chloe Yap @doyouseewhy
637 Followers 600 Following MD-PhD | psychiatric omics | biology of mind+body | do you see why it's seewhy 🤷 @MaterResearch @PCTGenomics ex-Fulbright @GandalLabUCLA
FABBS @FABBS
1K Followers 464 Following Coalition of scientific societies committed in advancing the sciences of mind, brain, & behavior. (RTs are not endorsements) 📌 https://t.co/GikY7vqlIC
PGC Africa @PGC_Africa
234 Followers 154 Following Diversity group of @PGCgenetics🧬| global representation of African population and scientists 🌍| psychiatric genetics research
Niran Okewole @Akanbiodi
1K Followers 2K Following Psychiatry | Bioinformatics & Genetic Epidemiology | Poetry
Zhihong Zhu @zhihong_joe
153 Followers 331 Following Senior Researcher , the National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University. Scientific Visitor, University of Queensland
Naomi Wray @WrayNaomi
2K Followers 303 Following
Şeyma Katrinli @SeymaKatrinli
536 Followers 612 Following Assistant Professor @EmoryGynOb Psychiatric Genetics, Big Data, Bioinformatics fan. Cat & Coffee person. Pro(ish) gamer.
Dr. Ebba Du Rietz @EbbaDuRietz
208 Followers 171 Following Assistant Professor @karolinskainst | Former PhD @SGDPCentreKCL @KingsIoPPN | Psychiatric epidemiology & genetics
Dr Chloe Wong @ChloeCWong
584 Followers 525 Following Epigeneticist @SGDPCentreKCL @KingsIoPPN @KingsCollegeLon
Agnieszka Musial @AgMusial
100 Followers 114 Following Postdoc at the @QMUL | Neurodevelopment | Psychopathology | Genetics and genomics | Toddler mum
Dr Hayley Mountford @hayley_s_m
333 Followers 598 Following Statistical genetics postdoc @SchoolofPPLS Interested in the genetics of #DevLangDis #dyslexia #dyspraxia Mainly on bluesky @hayleymountford
Esme Elsden @ElsdenEsme
423 Followers 1K Following @ESRC @BBSRC funded UCL Soc-B PhD candidate in Biosocial Epidemiology | BASc MSc
Mo Dehestani @mvandehestani
119 Followers 447 Following Computational Biologist & Data Scientist @ DZNE
European Journal of H... @ejhg_journal
8K Followers 7K Following The official journal of the European Society of Human Genetics, providing insights into human genetics, genomics, molecular, clinical and cytogenetics research
anna gui @annagui86
330 Followers 366 Following Mum in science, researcher in developmental neuroscience and genetics. Active learner about inclusion and promoting diversity. She/her
Nicole Creasey @NicoleCreasey
355 Followers 1K Following Postdoc researcher / psychologist @erasmusmc @ucl (Epi)genetic and social interplay in stress regulation & mental health 💜 Living with epilepsy.
Juan Del Toro, Ph.D. @DrJuanDelToro
4K Followers 1K Following Assistant Professor @UMNPsych studying racism & child development. Him/his. First gen 🇲🇽 🏳️🌈 & globe-trotter 🌎
Dr. Kaarina Kowalec �... @KaarinaKowalec
1K Followers 3K Following Wife, mom x2 | @umanitoba Associate Prof | @karolinskainst affiliate | @ubc alum | #PsychGenetics #MS
Rowan K. O'Hara-Payne... @RowanKOHara
90 Followers 263 Following human genetics PhD student @UMBaltimore | #bioinformatics MS @VCU @VCUCBDS @POPGEM_Lab alum | #FirstGen #ADHD | views=own
Samantha Miadich @_DrSamM
197 Followers 326 Following Assistant Prof in Psychology @UMassLowell | Health Psychologist | Pediatric Health Researcher | @ASU postdoc @VCU @BallState @univofdayton alum | Views my own
Matt Hurles @mehurles
4K Followers 245 Following Director, Wellcome Sanger Institute. Decipherer of developmental disorders. Co-founder Congenica Ltd. Dad, husband, cyclist, gardener.
Abby deSteiguer @abbydeSteiguer
129 Followers 377 Following Clinical Psych PhD Student @UTAustin | @KingsIoPPN @LSHTM Alum
Neda Jahanshad @njahanshad
855 Followers 1K Following assoc prof neurology and biomed engineering // PI Lab of Brain eScience @USC_LoBeS // assoc dir @enigmabrains
Geng Wang @Jack_Geng_Wang
381 Followers 781 Following Postdoctoral research fellow of statistical genetics | DOHaD | Institute for Molecular Bioscience | The University of Queensland | BMed | MMed | PhD 🏳️🌈