Professor of Public Health Sciences and Human Genetics. @UChicagoPHS @UCCancerCenter @HGEN_UChicago. Genetic and Environmental Epidemiologist.
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Our paper on genetic regulation of DNA methylation in human tissues was published today in @NatureGenet. This work was led jointly by Meritxell Oliva, Lin Chen, and myself using samples and data from @GTExPortal.
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Job opening at @UChicago for a tenured Associate of Full Professor in Precision Health at @Uchicago_IPPH. academicjobs.uchicago.edu/po…
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Are you interested in developing powerful predictive models from genomic data? Are you Bayesian-friendly? My lab is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to develop polygenic risk scores that generalises better across ancestry groups.
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Excited to see this work published in @AJHGNews. Led by @uchicagomstp student James Li and @UChicagoGGSB student Niyati Jain. Thanks to @genome_gov, @NIEHS, and @GTExPortal team and donors.
🚨 New from @BrandonL_Pierce & colleagues
📰 The association of cigarette smoking with DNA methylation and gene expression in human tissue samples
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Come chat with @UChicagoGGSB doctoral student Niyati Jain at #ASHG23. She will present her work on DNA methylation correlates of aging in diverse tissue types using samples from @GTExPortal. Saturday poster session PB2254.
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Excited to be back at #ASHG23!
Come visit @UChicagoPHS and @uchicagomstp student James Li at the Wednesday afternoon poster session. He will be presenting on the impact of exposure to arsenic on DNA methylation (PB2264).
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And former @UChicagoPHS student Dr. Lizeth Tamayo will be presenting on the identification of the FMO and GSTO gene clusters as regions influencing individuals' ability to metabolize arsenic. Wednesday afternoon poster session (PB4172).
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Congratulations @LizethITamayo!! It has been a joy working with you! Congrats on your outstanding dissertation and your many accomplishments, awards, contributions over the past five years. You'll be sorely missed.
Congratulations🎉to @UChicagoPHS student @LizethITamayo for successfully defending her dissertation entitled "Genetic and environmental susceptibility to cancer in understudied populations and novel interventions to reduce risk". And congrats on your new position at @TumpusLabs!
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Hi there! I'm recruiting a postdoc for 18 months. Please check this out if you're interested: lnkd.in/gaXpVrRM
This ad is on for Australia-based applicants only. Other positions will open at beginning of next year. Stay tuned!
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We are hiring a Director for the NHGRI Division of Extramural Operations. Please reach out if you want to learn more about this exciting opportunity at @genome_gov - application deadline is March 15! genome.gov/careers-training/…
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Fancy spending a few years working down under in sunny Australia doing statistical genetics? I'm offering two postdoctoral positions for up to four years- seek.com.au/job/60847315
Feel free to DM me if interested!
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Agree! Wish I could attend.
Integrating Environmental Data with Other Omics for Cancer Epidemiology about to start (11am EST)! @NIEHS @theNCI: niehs.nih.gov/news/events/en… Amazing speakers - please join if you can! 👇
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Does anyone have recommendations for service providers for WGBS (whole-genome bisulfite sequencing)? With a track record of applying WGBS to large numbers of human samples?
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New work from @Meytal_C in @PLOSGenetics describing fine-mapping of the AS3MT region in three cohorts to understand genetic effects of #arsenic metabolism efficiency. dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.…
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Variants identified (confidence sets below) were aligned with regulatory elements and omicsQTLs to identify candidate causal variants and potential regulatory mechanisms.
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A big thank you to collaborators from the Strong Heart, HEALS, and New Hampshire Studies: @anavasac, Shelly Cole, @MargaretKaragas, Habib Ahsan, Muhammad Kibriya, and all coauthors. And thanks to @NIEHS, CACHET, @Columbia_SRP, and all research participants and staff.
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Come and work in my group! New position out today for a talented person with a background in bioinformatics or biostatistics.
Bioinformatician/Biostatistician in Aging ki.varbi.com/en/what:job/job…
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New from @NatureGenet: a map of DNA methylation across tissues adds another layer to understanding how genetic variation affects disease biologicalsciences.uchicago.…
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Our paper on genetic regulation of DNA methylation in human tissues was published today in @NatureGenet. This work was led jointly by Meritxell Oliva, Lin Chen, and myself using samples and data from @GTExPortal.
nature.com/articles/s41588-0…
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Many thanks to all coauthors, @genome_gov, @NIEHS, the GTEx Biobank and @GTExPortal teams, and the GTEx donors and their families.
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More on this project from @UChicagoBSD News: biologicalsciences.uchicago.…
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