david_mf_evans
@evans1_d
Professor of Statistical Genetics
If you have a spare moment, it would be great if you could support Nathan Palpant and Glenn King as finalists for the 2024 People’s Choice Awards. shapingaustraliaawards.com.au/the-finalists
Sleepiness and low energy are common symptoms of DEMENTIA. It’s why he takes Adderall Cognitive Doctor discusses Trump’s Brain Damage It's not a joke, it's not sarcasm. "This is a neurological smoking gun." x.com/a_k_a_stardust…
Investigating potential causal effects of maternal smoking on offspring handedness using a proxy gene-by-environment (GxE) Mendelian randomization design out today: link.springer.com/article/10.100… with Daisy Crick @mendel_random @medland_sarah
We have received over 40 registrations and 7 scholarship applications. If you are interested in this opportunity to learn computational methods in genetics and genomics, register now to secure a position! Scholarship application is due in 1 week. Registration is due in 1 month.
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
.@evans1_d and @Dr_GHMoen (@IMBatUQ @UniOslo_MED) used winsorisation when performing #GWAS of birthweight and discovered missense variant in the ABCC8 gene estimated to be responsible for a 170g increase in birthweight amongst carriers #DoHAD #T2D link.springer.com/article/10.100… 🔓
Registration for the IMB Genetics and Genomics Winter School July 7-11 is now open: hsu.imb.uq.edu.au/genetics-and-g…
Is there any high profile GxE interaction finding from the noughties that has not turned out to be completely bogus? link.springer.com/article/10.100… with @GiulioCentorame @NMWarrington @explodecomputer @Jack_Geng_Wang @mendel_random putting the final nail in the coffin
Registration now open for the Genetic and Epigenetic Epidemiology course in beautiful Florence 7th to 11th of July 2025: eepe.org With Gib Hemani (@explodecomputer ), @PaulYousefi and Matt Suderman.
Our method, #DINGO (Direct and INdirect analysis of Genetic lOci), named after Australian wild dog 🐕, now in @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s4146… DINGO meta-analyzes maternal and fetal #GWAS to enhance statistical power for genetic loci discovery 🧬💡 @evans1_d @IMBatUQ
Q: I am a Republican, but no longer registered. I was disturbed by January 6. People from your own administration don't support you. Your own Vice President doesn’t support you. So why would I want to support you? Trump: I totally disagree with Mike Pence for certifying the…
@shannon_durso and I wrote a piece for the @ConversationEDU 👇 Does drinking coffee while pregnant cause ADHD? Our study shows there’s no strong link theconversation.com/does-drinking-…
After 23 years, we thank John Hewitt and Christina Hewitt for their extraordinary service as Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of Behavior Genetics ❤️ We warmly welcome Valerie Knopik as our new Editor-in-Chief, and look forward to the next chapter! link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Glad to have our new study reconciling linkage and association studies using data from 120K sib pairs finally published in @NatureGenet. We used within-family segregation to estimate heritability (unbiasedly) and show that results from linkage can be predicted from GWAS.