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We have a couple of updates to GCTA.

Faculty Positions in AI for Life Sciences at Westlake University

A single-authored research highlight paper from our PhD student Liyang SONG is out now in Nature Review Genetics. @liyang_song

Research Highlight by Lin Tang: https://t.co/3Z3l7sShYh

This study shows that lowland individuals living at high altitude exhibit accelerated DNA methylation age.

gsMap paper online. Source code: https://t.co/J1YnfnJ1j6. Results visualisation website: https://t.co/mVKmv21wbZ.

The SMR Portal paper is now online.

*Ten* 3-year post-doc/assistant prof jobs advertised for our Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed - address key questions in common complex diseases through development of new stat/comp tools & software. A new Denmark-Oxford collaboration. Critical mass! https://t.co/1X5lNzRI5w

SMR Portal: an online analysis, visualisation, and database platform for mapping complex disease genes. Powered by Westlake FutureGene. Try it out at: https://t.co/bjZiXolaLl. See a tutorial video at: https://t.co/SekxUDfwEg

From genetic associations to genes: methods, applications, and challenges: Trends in Genetics https://t.co/D5Jy3njNJ1. A review paper from a team effort led by Ting @TingQi2

An update of GSMR

“The extent to which MR methods are robust to directional pleiotropy can vary depending on the specific method used. This underscores the importance of comparing different MR methods in real data analysis before making definitive inferences about causality.” Well done, Angli!

Naomi Wray (@WrayNaomi) works at the interface of genetics, statistics and psychiatric disorders. With early training in quantitative genetics applied to livestock she brought to the field a perspective on the polygenic nature of common complex disease 🧬 https://t.co/nKjRGyGYSO

New GCTA version compatible with Apple M1 and M2 chips (ARM architecture). https://t.co/9zxrmyxWM4

This is how I advise my #PhD students to write research manuscripts (in case someone finds it helpful). General points: 1. Research questions addressed by your manuscript are key and should guide you. 2. Don’t view your manuscript as an article. See it as a STORY. 3. Pick the

The advantage of rare variant analysis? It often leads us straight to the causal variants/genes. As WES/WGS data continues to grow, we anticipate a wave of new therapeutic target genes to be discovered for #obesity and other complex diseases. https://t.co/zw5mMx3GKp

A new method to find the most relevant cells for a complex trait by integrating GWAS summary statistics with scRNA-seq data. Great work led by my collaborators, Dr. Yunlong Ma and Prof. Jianzhong Su.

This study elucidates the mechanism behind why individuals born to older mothers tend to be larger. Excellent collaborative work led by my colleague Dr. Lianfeng Wu! https://t.co/fURW82Vpor

Buckle up! We're in for a wild ride today. A new @NatMetabolism paper by scientists from China adds a surprising twist to the long-known FTO GWAS story. The FTO locus (16q12.2) is the first ever GWAS locus to be associated with obesity and even after 16 yrs now, scientists