Misconceptions about human genetic differences fuel genetic essentialism—but educational intervention can change that. Join @robbeewedow.bsky.social during the upcoming April 8 Journal Club Webinar as he shares how & breaks down his @hggadvances.bsky.social paper: https://bit.ly/4rF8FrE #ASHG

Congratulations @andrewgrotzinger.bsky.social - Just amazing work! I know how much went into this, and I'm so proud of and excited for you!!!

Andrew Grotzinger@andrewgrotzinger.bsky.social · 8mo ago

1/4 Thrilled to be sharing new work published today in Nature describing the third wave of results from the PGC Cross-Disorder Group. This reflects a massive group effort to examine shared and unique genetic signal across >1 million cases for 14 psychiatric disorders. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Very proud of this one: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... This has been some of the most important and impactful work I've had the pleasure to be a part of!

How and for whom can genetics education reduce beliefs in genetic essentialism?

Despite advancements in genomics, misconceptions about the extent to which genetics contributes to observable differences across racial groups persist…

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At long last, we have a lab website!- Come see what we're up to: www.wedowlab.com ( with @ktnthompson.bsky.social and everyone else in the group that isn't on here)

Wedow Lab

Interdisciplinary research at the intersection of genetics, environment, and health using statistical modeling and machine learning methods.

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Exploring educational sorting using genetics Great big picture commentary by @robbeewedow.bsky.social on our recent paper! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Exploring educational field sorting using genetics - Nature Genetics

Creative use of informed statistical genetics methods combined with large-scale genomic data has delivered insights about sorting into educational fields. This study has wide-ranging implications for ...

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Stellar work from @robbeewedow.bsky.social, Brian Donovan, & company continuing the work on how changing genetics can reduce genetic essentialism in students. This is the kind of work under attack by the current administration. Several grants on humane genetics literacy were targeted this year

📣New from @robbeewedow.bsky.social & co! 📄How and for whom can genetics education reduce beliefs in genetic essentialism? 🧬🏫 👉 bit.ly/4pk3axv

🚨Attention Statistical, computational, quantitative trait, population geneticists/genomicists: From the @LifeAtPurdue Life Sciences Summit last fall, we are hiring two 3-year postdocs to work on using across-phyla methods to increase genomic prediction careers.purdue.edu/job-invite/2...

I just finished a semester of teaching 250 upper-level undergraduate students how to push back against genetic essentialism using real genetic science on human variation to take down these dangerous and incorrect misuses/misinterpretations... I've never been prouder or more inspired as a teacher ❤️