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Developer/statistician. Previously biologist/geneticist. Runs @gwas_lit , @genomic_pred and @mendelian_lit

Joined September 2013
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Whole genome sequencing analysis of the cardiometabolic proteome biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Need to update our Statistical Genetics course, so what topics (or exciting papers) should an up-to-date Statistical Genetics course cover? Any good new text books available? Any suggestions appreciated. Thank you.
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Causal relationships between obesity and the leading causes of death in women and men biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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Insights about variation in meiosis from 31,228 human sperm genomes biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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The causal effect of adiposity on hospital costs: Mendelian Randomization analysis of over 300,000 individuals from the UK Biobank dlvr.it/R1lwyq
Great review of Data Science, from 2017 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Ed Humpherson of @UKStatsAuth says the challenge for statisticians is to ‘move fast but not break things’. T-shirt with slogan coming soon? statisticsauthority.gov.uk/m…
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The Functional False Discovery Rate with Applications to Genomics biorxiv.org/content/early/20…
Someone took the time to try putting together a complete list of all the web resources for data visualization bit.ly/2vq1P1Y
The genetic basis of volunteering for genetic studies teapawt.net/gwas_lit/status/921435…
The molecular genetics of participation in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents & Children biorxiv.org/content/early/20…
"Every great developer you know got there by solving problems they were unqualified to solve until they actually did it." - Patrick McKenzie
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The new RStudio terminal integration feature is truly awesome. blog.rstudio.com/2017/08/11/…
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Links to videos and R code for over 230 lectures on data analysis for life sciences and genomics now available here: rafalab.github.io/pages/harv…
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My GWAS publication feed is now in the top 100 medical genetics twitter accounts according to agilience.com/en/GWAS_lit @GWAS_lit
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Best paper yet on the genetics of human intelligence. teapawt.net/GWAS_lit/status/883465…
combined analysis of genetically correlated traits identifies 107 loci assoc/w intelligence biorxiv.org/content/early/20…
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An Expanded View of Complex Traits: From Polygenic to Omnigenic cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092…
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