Conrad Iyegbe
@conrad_iyegbe
Genetics | Psychiatry | Africa
Our @Nature News&Views article is out today It was great fun to work on this with @paul_f_oreilly!! 1/4
Genetic origins of schizophrenia find common ground go.nature.com/361WJw9
To access the portal; 🔗 Visit: psychgenafrica.org 💡 Join the movement: #PsychGenAfrica #AfricanGenomics #MentalHealthAfrica #PGCAfrica #OpenScience 5/10
Another #WCPG2024 conference highlight was the launch of the new #PsychGenAfrica web portal by @ItunuIsewon which we're proud to introduce!🎉; a hub for African-led research advancing psychiatric genomics across the continent 4/10
📂 Everything is free & open-access: 🔗 bit.ly/PGCAfricaAI_20… #PGCAfricaAI2025 #AIinAfrica #OpenScience #PsychGenAfrica 6/6
🚨 Training materials now open! Missed the #PGCAfricaAI2025 workshop? No problem-you can now access: Introductory slides on AI/ML in genomics Hands-on Python & R tutorials Hands-on tasks on Generative AI models like ChatGPT Ethical reflections in African genomic science 5/6
Please join our fantastic Winter School at UQ in Brisbane. A great opportunity to acquire foundational knowledge in statistical genetics (incl. polygenic score methods), genetic epidemiology, cell-based transcriptomics and pharmacogenomics.
Registration for our 2025 Genetics & Genomics Winter School is now open! hsu.imb.uq.edu.au/genetics-and-g… Up to 80 positions available for this in-person course in Brisbane. Great opportunity to learn statistical and computational methods in genetics and genomics! #StatGen
🚨 PGC Africa Monthly Meeting Alert! We are delighted to have Dr @nadine_parker3 from @SFFNORMENT join the 2nd virtual PGC Africa meeting of 2025 📆27th March 2025 ⏲️1PM GMT | 2PM WAT | 3PM CAT | 4PM EAT 📢More details on the flyer below #Africa #Genetics #DrugTreatments
@PGC_Africa joins with @PGCgenetics to celebrate the great women managing Psychiatric Genetic Research on the African continent. We are honored by your service 💪🏽🎉👩🏫👩⚕️ We welcome Dr. Susan Kanjira to the team👏🏽 #InternationalWomensDay2025 #WomenSupportingWomen #WomenInScience
Elizabeth Atkins, Co-leader of the Latin American Genomics Consortium and post-doctoral candidate Ofure Okoh from the PGC Outreach committee shared some of the challenges they have faced balancing work, travel and being a new mother. #WomenInSTEM #IWD25
🚨 PGC Africa Monthly Meeting Alert! We are delighted to have Prof @MutesaLeon from @Uni_Rwanda join this month's virtual PGC Africa meeting 📅 27th Feb 2025 ⏲️ 2PM GMT | 3PM WAT | 4PM CAT | 5PM EAT 📢 More details on the flyer below #Genetics #Africa #PTSD
@PGC_Africa is running a post #AFSHG2025 workshop on AI and ML … participants having an introduction to the tools that will shape their future research. #Africa #genetics @AfSHG_Genetics
Today I presented preliminary findings from the Neuropsychiatric Genetics in African populations study (NeuroGAP) - the largest study of psychosis in continental Africans. 🧬 #WCPG2024 #PGCAfrica@WCPG24 #PsychGen
@ItunuIsewon introduced the new @PGC_Africa Psychiatric Genomic Portal #PsychGenAfrica 🎉💃🏽👏🏽@ #WCPG2024 🇸🇬 Interactive portal will provide a gateway to view Africa's Psych. Gen. research. Check it out and share your thoughts 👇🏽 @Fogarty_NIH @wellcometrust psychgenafrica.org
Submit your abstract to the 15th African Society of Human Genetics Conference and the 1st Ugandan Society of Human Genetics and Bioinformatics to take place on 3-7 February 2025 in Uganda 🇺🇬 Link: afshg2025.org #Genetics #Bioinformatics #Africa
Abstract submission is OPEN for the 15th African Society of Human Genetics Conference and the 1st Ugandan Society of Human Genetics and Bioinformatics to take place on 3-7 February 2025! Deadline: 15 November 2024 Link: afshg2025.org #Genetics #Bioinformatics #Africa
Please take a look at our article just published in @molpsychiatry ! nature.com/articles/s4138…. We describe a great opportunity for conducting psychiatric genetics research in Uganda @SFatumo @cathrynlewis @KKuchenbaecker @mcintosh2001 @jaredgmaina @MRC_Uganda @PGC_Africa