Eleftheria Zeggini
@EleZeggini
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Director, Institute of Translational Genomics, Helmholtz Munich; Liesel Beckmann Distinguished Professor, TUM
Joined September 2013
Twenty years of genome-wide association studies. Always worth reading @EleZeggini
nature.com
Nature - The first robust association between a genetic variant and disease risk.
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Amazing paper! Congratulations, @EleZeggini and collaborators, on the gigantic work!!!! 👏 Translational genomics of osteoarthritis in 1,962,069 individuals https://t.co/Z6KM2Q08xb
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Osteoarthritis – Largest Genetic Study Reveals New Drug Targets 🧬 👉 https://t.co/R6jqsQi20M An international team led by Prof. Eleftheria Zeggini, #HelmholtzMunich, has conducted the largest-ever genome-wide association study (GWAS) on osteoarthritis, analyzing data from
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⏳ Only 10 days left to apply for our Principal Investigator in Computational Biomedicine position! Don't miss the chance to drive cutting-edge AI & big data research in health with us @HelmholtzMunich @CompHealthMuc . Apply now! 🚀 📅 Deadline: Feb 24 🔗
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🎉 New Year, New Opportunities! 🚀 We're excited to announce that we are recruiting a PI in Computational Biomedicine @CompHealthMuc @HelmholtzMunich . Join us in shaping the future of health. Apply here:
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Excited to launch the @HelmholtzMunich Imputation Server, enabling genotype imputation within the EU and beyond. Lots of plans for future development, reference panels and functionality enhancement https://t.co/gAof9L8u4M
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New Resource Alert: Launch of Imputation Server 🧬 #HelmholtzMunich has launched the Helmholtz Munich Imputation Server, offering researchers globally a powerful platform for secure genotype imputation. 👉 https://t.co/lr2hCifAhI 💡Imputation is the statistical inference of
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So happy to announce the next Helmholtz Pioneer Campus (HPC) Principal Investigator (f/m/x) recruitment round to promote wonderful young talent in Bioengineering and Biomedicine.
nature.com
Helmholtz Pioneer Campus Principal Investigator (f/m/x) – Bioengineering / Biomedicine 102469 Full time, close to full time Neuherberg near Muni...
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Excited to share the latest T2D Global Genomic #T2DGGI. https://t.co/jyN1342Owr Lead by super starts Ravi Mandla, Kim Lorenz, @XianyongYin @OzvanBocher @AliciaChagoya Anna Arruda, Anthony Piron, Susanne Horn, co-supervised with Andrew Morris, @bvoight28 @EleZeggini
medrxiv.org
Discerning the mechanisms driving type 2 diabetes (T2D) pathophysiology from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) remains a challenge. To this end, we integrated omics information from 16 multi-t...
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The largest genome-wide association study for type 2 diabetes so far, which included several ancestry groups, led to the identification of eight clusters of genetic risk variants
nature.com
Nature - Genome-wide association study identifies risk variants for diabetes that are associated with eight distinct biological processes.
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Diving deeper into the genomics of osteoarthritis 🧬 Pleased our work on the first 3D map of chromatin interactions in primary osteoarthritis chondrocytes is out:) @G_Orozco_C
https://t.co/cijyi6OQRc
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Proud of adding diversity to this study with data from admixed African Americans and Hispanics from @MassGenBrigham Biobank @CGM_MGH @MGH_RI and SIGMA consortium with @AliciaChagoya and Ravi Mandla. Great leadership from @EleZeggini, @bvoight28, Andrew Morris and many more!
An international collaboration has conducted the largest and most ancestrally diverse genome-wide association study for type 2 diabetes (T2D) and found many new locations in the genome linked to T2D
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New exciting GWAS of type 2 diabetes in Nature in ~2.5 million individuals (>0.4 million cases), ~40% of which are from non-European ancestries. The sample size is so big that now the authors can dissociate the genetic signals in different clusters and use the cluster-specific
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#DNA insights into #diabetes 💡In the largest #type2diabetes GWAS study yet, a global team including #HelmholtzMunich researchers uncovered 600+ genetic risk loci, constructing risk scores for disease complications. 👉 https://t.co/KBMF0S443w
@EleZeggini @Nature
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🧬🚀 Exciting News! Our latest commentary in Cell Genomics is out! "Advancing equity in human genomics through tissue-specific multi-ancestry molecular data" @EleZeggini @andrewpmorris73 👉 https://t.co/4jgbc9M5BX
#Genomics #EquityInHealth #PrecisionMedicine #HelmholtzMunich
cell.com
There is a pressing need to generate molecular data from diverse tissues across global populations. These currently missing data are necessary to resolve genome-wide association study loci, identify...
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Fantastic energy in the room at our WiS event -many thanks to our speakers for sharing success stories. Lots of relationships forged and great momentum achieved! @HelmholtzMunich @TU_Muenchen @LMU_Muenchen @Fraunhofer @maxplanckpress @EqualityScience @wellcometrust @BMBF_Bund
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Join the first "Munich for #WomeninScience" event on December 1 which aims to share lessons learned and examples of successful initiatives by key stakeholders: https://t.co/VWpyol7xjq
#diversity #connecting 📷@HelmholtzMunich
helmholtz-munich.de
The first "Munich for Women in Science" event is dedicated to inspiring positive change for Women in Science. The event will be hosted by Helmholtz Munich and has been organized in collaboration with...
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Munich for Women in Science The event is dedicated to inspiring positive change for Women in Science + Networking. 📍Münchner Künstlerhaus, Munich 🗓️1.12.2023 👉Info & registration: https://t.co/g5HukljQJl
@TU_Muenchen @LMU_Muenchen @maxplanckpress @Fraunhofer
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Fantastic session on the important topic of Precision Prevention in Health: The Power of Genomics @Falling_Walls in Berlin with a constellation of panellists @NancyGenetics @nicolablackwood @markmccarthyoxf @SFatumo and David Crosby. Thank you for the inspirational discussion!
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