Weiqiu Cheng

~1/3 of schizophrenia patients have "deficit schizophrenia" -primary, enduring negative symptoms (depression), poorer prognosis, +(in this new MRI study) distinctly thinner gray matter in BLUE zones below. Nerisa Banaj+ENIGMA-Schizophrenia on SZ subtyping: nature.com/articles/s4138…

Happy to share our Nature Protocols paper for the new Seq-Scope platform! Transform Illumina’s NovaSeq 6000 for high-res spatial transcriptomics with submicrometer precision, high capture efficiency, and a rapid, scalable workflow—all at lower costs! nature.com/articles/s4159…

🚨 Excited to share my first post-doc paper at @SFFNORMENT co-first authored with @WeiqiuCheng. We investigated the genetic relationship between cannabis use, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder.🧬🧠 Link to paper authors.elsevier.com/c/1h5i97tf1d51… in @TheLancetPsych 🧵1/7

Exciting news! Our latest work on #schizophrenia is now available online. Neuroimaging biomarkers define neurophysiological subtypes with distinct trajectories in schizophrenia. Check out the paper now! @NatMentHealth @Jianfengfenguk nature.com/articles/s4422…

#callforpapers Special Issue "#Gene-Environment Interaction in Complex Neuropsychiatric Disorders" Edited by Prof. Dr. Yunpeng Wang and Dr. Weiqiu Cheng. more information can be found: mdpi.com/journal/biomed…

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I am hiring! Come work with us in Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴, at @SFFNORMENT and Diakonhjemmet Hospital! We have a fully funded 3-year PhD position in #Neuroendocrinology focusing on the 🧠and #WomensHealth. Deadline March 1st. Please RT! 201412.webcruiter.no/Main/Recruit/P…

New #bigdata neuroscience resource came out ! nature.com/articles/s4159…

Increasing diversity in connectomics with the Chinese Human Connectome Project nature.com/articles/s4159…

Addressing the challenges of polygenic scores in human genetic research pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36459976/?utm_…

The Genetically Informed Neurobiology of Addiction (GINA) model — a Perspective by Ryan Bogdan, Alexander S. Hatoum, Emma C. Johnson & Arpana Agrawal @AlexanderHatoum @e_covey_johnson go.nature.com/3FnBHqU

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APOE4 is the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. A study in @Nature establishes a functional link between APOE4, cholesterol, myelination and memory, offering therapeutic opportunities for Alzheimer’s disease. go.nature.com/3EN1Yyi

We are pleased to announce that our height GWAS: A Saturated Map of Common Genetic Variants Associated with Human Height is published in @Nature today! This is a fantastic effort involving >600 GIANT consortium investigators and @23andMe.

Single neuron sequencing using improved methods estimates 16 SNVs & 3 indels per neuron per year, with the latter particularly enriched in regulatory elements nature.com/articles/s4158… @NatureGenet

Together with @The_MRC @calico @ChanZuckerberg @cziscience we will create the world’s largest longitudinal imaging dataset. By capturing a repeat set of whole body scans on 60,000 UK Biobank participants, researchers will be able to assess changes in their physiology over time.

Happy to share our new paper in @molpsychiatry🥳! We found: 1) subcortical volumes share substantial SNPs with schizophrenia, 2) shared genes are enriched in neurodevelopmental processes, and 3) two genes are associated with thalamic volume in childhood. nature.com/articles/s4138…

🚨Really excited to see this finally out! 🧬Most common genetic variants associated with mental disorders are also associated with others, as well as with cognitive & personality traits. 🧠Conceptual insights on the genetics of mental disorders inbound... ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.11…

New preprint!! We found: 1) two schizophrenia gene sets with pre- versus postnatal cortical expression, 2) these sets associate with distinct neurodevelopmental processes, and 3) set-specific polygenic scores interact to predict diagnosis. Read more: medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

no association between prenatal exposure to antipsychotics and ADHD, ASD, preterm birth, and small for gestational age. underlying maternal psychiatric disorders may be associated with the risk of ADHD and ASD in children. ja.ma/3m5eYGL