Recordings from 2023

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1. Levering genomics to investigate the anti-depressive effects of statins Jiayue-Clara Jiang

2. Do polygenic risk scores for bipolar disorder, depression or schizophrenia predict Mood Disorder Questionnaire responses? Kristen Hopkins

3. Identification of cell types and cellular dynamics genetically associated with brain disorders and cognitive traits Ang Li

4. Anorexia nervosa polygenic risk, beyond diagnoses: relationship with adolescent disordered eating and behaviours in an Australian female twin population Madeleine Wilkop

5. Recurrent miscarriage and the risk of type II diabetes and stroke in later life Jodie Painter

6. Proteome-wide Mendelian randomization study of birthweight and adverse perinatal outcomes Emily Daubney

7. Investigating transgenerational effects of maternal psychological distress through infant gene expression profiles in a South African birth cohort study Tsaone Charlotte Chalumbila

8. Direct and INdirect effects analysis of Genetic lOci (DINGO): A software package to increase the power of locus discovery in GWAS meta-analyses of perinatal phenotypes and traits influenced by indirect genetic effects David Evans

9. Familial co-aggregation and shared heritability of functional and internalizing disorders in the Lifelines cohort Martje Bos

10. Are genetic and environmental risk factors for psychopathology amplified in children with below-average intelligence? A population-based twin study. Susanne Bruins

11. Neurobiology of Reading Disabilities: Genetic findings and Stem Cell Models Cathy Barr

12. The heritability of sweet taste liking: insights from twin datasets Stephanie Zellers

13. Pre-diagnosis blood DNA methylation profiling of twin pairs discordant for breast cancer points to the importance of environmental risk       Hannes Bode

14. Relationship between S100B gene and Alzheimer's disease: evidence from brain gene co-expression analyses Yanran Qiu

15. Non-invasive Brain Stimulation using TMS Pulses: A Study of Intracortical Excitation of Neuromuscular Activity and Dopamine Gene Polymorphism (rs4680) Andrey Vlasov

16. CRISPR Cas9 genome editing approach for understanding the functional role of ZNF536 in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Artemiy Kurishev

17. The Joint Effects of Family Genetic Risk Scores and Environmental Factors on Risk of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Natassia Robinson

18. A Community Conversation Process to Identify Resident Perspectives on Opioid Use and Substance Use-Related Needs Jennifer Shepheard

19. Examining the relative predictive accuracy of polygenic scores (PGSs) across genetically-inferred ancestry Robel Alemu

20. Effects of Genetic Relatedness of Kin Pairs on Univariate ACE Model Performance Xuanyu Lyu

21. Advancing Diversity in Behavior Genetics: Strategies for Incorporating Undergraduates into Student-Driven Research S. Mason Garrison

22. Quality sleep in Mexican Twins Diego Zenteno-Morales

23. Heritability of astigmatism and myopia in the Mexican population Talía V. Román-López

24. APOE ɛ4-allele in Middle-Aged and Older Autistic Adults: Associations with Verbal Learning and Memory Samantha Harker

25. A Genetically Informed Longitudinal Study of Infant Temperament and Childhood Aggression Eric Penichet

26. Predicting Executive Function, Attention, and IQ With Two Pediatric Epigenetic Age Clocks Allison Hays

27. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Psychopathology Symptomology: Genetic and Environmental Contributions Savannah G. Ostner

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