BIPOCinCompGen

Research by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color scientists in computational genomics including pop gen, stat gen, human gen, etc.

[BIPOCinCompGen @BIPOCinCompGen]

Hi 👋🏾 we're @BIPOCinCompGen! We re-tweet computational genomics research papers written by scientists who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color! #POCinSTEM #BIPOC #NativeinSTEM #LatinxinSTEM #BlackinSTEM #amplifyblackSTEM #MinoritiesinSTEM #AsianinSTEM

[Scott V Edwards @ScottVEdwards1]

Excited to share our latest contribution to mapping genes for traits using phylogenies #PhyloG2P #PhyloGWAS @MolBioEvol! PhyloAcc-GT incorporates gene tree variation and improved ease of use !

https://t.co/8oK6RO5aan

https://t.co/LYACs63bEn

@timsackton, @greggwcthomas

[Cientifico Latino, Inc. @cientificolatin]

Out now in @CellCellPress!
https://t.co/alueorl2UL

Historically marginalized student representation drastically drops from undergrad to grad school.

Are underrepresented students unqualified? Or are grad school admissions unnecessarily confusing, costly, & gatekeeping?

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[David Tang @dtang2000]

super excited to share our new paper on polygenic epistasis! we introduce a new model and show how structured statistical epistasis can help us study complex trait biology. huge thanks to my friend and lab-mate @studyjeromics, and my mentor @andywdahl!

https://t.co/hQ4xGPHUei

[Hae Kyung Im 任慧耕 임혜경 @hakyim]

Are you interested in using deep learning for genomic predictions? Join my lab!

please RT

[C. Brandon Ogbunu @big_data_kane]

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25 years ago, today (Oct 24, 1997), 'Gattaca' was released.

Me & @DocEdge85 chose to commemorate the event w/ a technical perspective recently published in GENETICS @GeneticsGSA

Here I'll just post several items related to the broader project.

https://t.co/CbvKIIu5PN

[Ryan Hernandez @rdhernand]

Are you an undergrad thinking about grad school in a biology-related field? Do you identify as a member of a historically excluded group in STEM, grow up with in a disadvantaged background, or experience an ongoing disability? Come join our amazing @UCSF_PROPEL community!🧵

[Roshni Patel @RoshniAPatel]

cannot stop thinking about this paper -- the misuse and misinterpretation of genetics research is a hard and complicated problem but it is not hard and complicated to commit to having real, honest discussions about the societal implications of our work!

[Sohini Ramachandran @s_ramach]

It was a pleasure to work with and learn from @JedMSP @HennLab @dralhindi and @Nature in the processing of writing this commentary: https://t.co/XQLxICqj9n. Thanks especially to @JedMSP for suggesting a lead photo centering the victims of hate crimes by white nationalists. 1/3

[BlackInGenetics @BlackInGenetics]

Thanks for celebrating #BIGxWeek with us, @TheACMG! Check out the link in the tweet below to some FREE #BIGxScience articles on Black women and breast cancer.

[BIPOCinCompGen @BIPOCinCompGen]

UChicago's Genetics DEI committees have put together an online panel to give prospective students the chance to chat w a diverse panel of PhD students and faculty - they'll share application info & app fee waivers so spread the word! 🎉

[Maggie Steiner @maggiecsteiner]

Interested in grad school in genetics? Check out this upcoming panel hosted by @HGEN_UChicago and @UChicagoGGSB to learn about the application process and meet current students/faculty! 🧬

[BlackInGenetics @BlackInGenetics]

#BIGxWeek starts next week with a roll call on October 3rd! Are you ready, #blackingeneticsrollcall?

[Sohini Ramachandran @s_ramach]

Have you ever wondered about whether epistasis shapes human quantitative traits? Is chasing it a fool's errand? Thanks to the wonderful postdoc program @ICERM, @lorin_crawford and I have dropped another single on @biorxivpreprint, co-led by Greg Darnell & @SLiMulateshady. 1/4

[Hannah Wand (she/her), MS, CGC @hannah_wand]

Preprint up: Community co-design of the @StanfordHealth Preventive Genomics Program- partnering with community members to build a clinical program for polygenic scores. Big thanks to our community participants and co-authors for their expertise & time https://t.co/wrQoVNMQhI 1/5

[GenSCAPE (aka Raghavan) Lab 🧬 @GenSCAPE_Lab]

✨ Excited to share our most recent work on population genetics in Southwest India! ✨

🗣️ We ask: What is the relationship between genetic & oral histories in this region? 🧬

https://t.co/TqiSy3lsPw

🧵 A thread with some highlights …

[Roshni Patel @RoshniAPatel]

Thrilled to share my first paper from my PhD, advised by @jkpritch and in close collaboration with my co-first author @shailamusharoff, on testing for differences in causal variant effect sizes across populations. https://t.co/1Smhr09IiA (1/9)

[@adel-aide.bsky.social @ade__lady]

I'm giving a talk at #ASHG21 tomorrow (Wed) at 10:45 am -- my whole session looks awesome! Links to all Parker lab posters and talks threaded here ⬇️

[Shaila Musharoff @shailamusharoff]

Come to my #ASHG21 poster today! We develop a novel statistical approach that leverages admixed genomes and find that causal variant effect sizes differ between populations. Monday Oct 18, 5:30-6:30pm EDT, PrgmNr 3719, with co-authors @RoshniAPatel @tassimes @sbmontgom @jkpritch

[Mashaal Sohail @mashaals]

Very excited and honored to give a plenary talk at #ASHG2021 tomorrow on my work with @jnovembre titled “Investigating relative contributions to complex trait architecture from sequence elements originating across multiple evolutionary timescales” @ 1.40-2.00pm ET

[Dr./Prof. Keolu Fox @KeoluFox]

Happy Indigenous Futures Day 🔮✊🏽❤️

[BlackInGenetics @BlackInGenetics]

🧬 #BIGxWeek Trivia Question 2 🧬
What is the name of the group which was initiated in 2010 in order to study African genomics?
Respond here 👇🏿👇🏾👇🏽
https://t.co/ZjpUNS9m4N