Behavior Genetics Association

International society supporting education and research on complex relationships between genes, environments, and behavior.

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Special Issue: Twin Registries in the Era of Biobanks and Register-Based Research

https://t.co/b6jGj91s6R

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Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) invites applications at the tenured and tenure-track assistant, associate, and full professor ranks for a cluster hire in clinical psychology

https://t.co/tpcoWO4cje

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The Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado Boulder, invites applications for up to 3 tenure track Professorships at the Assistant level or Associate/Full level.

https://t.co/eEglgwm3A4

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The Department of Psychology at California State University, Fullerton, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Psychology to begin Fall 2027.

https://t.co/wfNUycsPle

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The Department of Psychology at Utah State University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Clinical or Counseling Health Psychology with a strong background in Clinical Neuroscience

https://t.co/eQHelTXJnq

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Postdoctoral opportunity at the University of Minnesota: traineeships in genetic and neurobehavioral mechanisms of addiction and related risk factors. Multiple positions are available, with applications considered on a rolling basis.

https://t.co/NXkRSuKBhX

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Penn State is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Child Clinical Psychology. More details here:

https://t.co/P3vxMSUyms

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Another opportunity for our community: a 3-year Postdoctoral Research Scientist position in Statistical Genomics/Genetic Epidemiology at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics.

https://t.co/6grKnnkzzv

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New job opening: Wake Forest University is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Psychology, with a focus on Analysis & Measurement. Applications due October 1.

https://t.co/ZccgGVKlQQ

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My grad student @LyuXuanyu and I won best paper at @BehaviorGenetic last week for work based on his master's thesis https://t.co/UF8TxgvTI2
I couldn't be more proud of him!

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The symposium ended with a discussion facilitated by Sarah Medland. A big thank you to all speakers, Evan, and Sarah for this great session!

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A highlight from yesterday:
The public science committee organized a plenary symposium 'From data to discourse: Behavioral Genetics as a Public Science' chaired by @EvanGiangrande . During the symposium, we heard from:

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@laraffington on sociogenomics and germany, including a videogame her lab developend on genetics and social inequality: https://t.co/gVFEsKwLUV

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💫 These junior-career researchers blew it out of the park yesterday morning during the presidential symposium! Curious what they presented on? Check out the full conference program: https://t.co/RYUDjvTQMR - abstracts will be shared in an upcoming edition of BG!

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🧮 In terms of method development, multi-disorder prediction is the natural default, clinical translation requires well-calibrated prediction, and subtypes need benchmarking

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A few take-aways from the great opening keynote by Wouter Peyrot:

🩺 Genetic counselling in the clinic is evidence-based and clinically useful for empowerment

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The local hosts are doing some last prep before welcoming all of you at the opening reception, see you soon🎉