Functional Genomics working group of the Psychiatric Genetics Consortium.
Joined February 2024
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The PGC Functional Genomics workgroup serves as a dynamic hub for collaborative, open discovery science and scalable method development. We aim to understand how genes, cells and molecules impact the symptoms and course of psychiatric disorders in populations globally.
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🚨Our SECOND new paper alert for today 🚨
✨Check out the new large OCD-case control EWAS published by Höffler & colleagues ✨
🔗bit.ly/4x9c5qx
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Well done to the team🎉, and remember to find the full paper at 🔗bit.ly/4x9c5qx
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🚨New paper alert!🚨
The bipolar disorder (BD) meta epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) by Tesfaye & colleagues is
Out now in eBioMedicine 🔗bit.ly/4sGX9O6
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A big congrats to the team🥳, and don't forget to check out the full paper here 🔗bit.ly/4sGX9O6
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So, who are the the Functional Genomics Working Group?
🎯Our goal is to understand how genes🧬, cells🦠and molecules💠contribute to psychiatric disorders🧠
We work with other PGC groups and different 'omics data (methylation, cytometry, single cell etc.) to do this🧪
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We have two awesome chairs ✨@HjerlingLeffler and @MLynall✨, who started the group in Fenruary 2024!
We also have 5 project groups, 🔬exploring different ways of understanding #FunctionalGenomics in psychiatric disorders🧠
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PGC-FG retweeted
2 Dec 2025
Before we get started, let’s introduce our two Social Media Reps - @BertholdNatasha and @Eva_C_Schulte!
We're here for the #functionalgenomics🧬, and #Science #Communication📡is a🔑key part!
💫Check out their profiles💫
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PGC-FG retweeted
2 Dec 2025
✨Welcome to the Functional Genomics Takeover of the PGC main account!✨
For the next 2 weeks @BertholdNatasha and @Eva_C_Schulte will be taking you through the achievements and highlights of year 2 in the @pgc_fg.
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Such a huge congratulations to the team🥳
Remember, you can find the full article here 🔗bit.ly/49syndi
#epigenetics #DNAmethylation
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✨Hello folks!✨
We're back in your feed with an amazing paper spotlight by Kira Höffler & colleagues📰🔦
"Optimizing genetic ancestry adjustment in DNA methylation studies: a comparative analysis of approaches"
🔗bit.ly/49syndi
Read our overview below!
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