Shouye Liu

[Sasha Gusev @SashaGusevPosts]

Applications for the 2026 Leena Peltonen School of Human Genetics are open! ~20 advanced PhD students are invited for an intensive, discussion-driven week shaping the future of genomics.

📅 July 26–30, 2026
📍 Wellcome Campus, UK
📝 Apply by March 6 → https://t.co/yhm22Tk5ZZ

[Sasha Gusev @SashaGusevPosts]

Thoughtful and informative post on the Virtual Cell Challenge, what we actually want out of virtual cells, and ideas on how to measure it.

[Sasha Gusev @SashaGusevPosts]

I wrote about gene-gene interactions (epistasis) and the implications for heritability, trait definitions, natural selection, and therapeutic interventions. Biology is clearly full of causal interactions, so why don't we see them in the data? A 🧵:

[Marios Georgakis @MariosGeorgakis]

I'm often asked how human genetics can be used to validate drug targets.

In our new @NatureCVR paper, we provide an end-to-end framework for IL-6 inhibition🧵
👉build a genetic proxy
👉demonstrate potential for cardiovascular benefit
👉assess expected & unexpected safety signals

[Jian Yang @jyang1981]

A single-authored research highlight paper from our PhD student Liyang SONG is out now in Nature Review Genetics. @liyang_song

[Simona Cristea @simocristea]

This R packages can transform any plot using color pallets from painting at the Museum of Modern Art in New York

https://t.co/rUEaPru7N3

[Ming "Tommy" Tang @tangming2005]

5 papers all computational biologists should read 🧵

1. A Quick Guide to Organizing Computational Biology Projects
https://t.co/wSvnEKPa6i

[Jian Yang @jyang1981]

gsMap paper online. Source code: https://t.co/J1YnfnJ1j6. Results visualisation website: https://t.co/mVKmv21wbZ.

[Jian Yang @jyang1981]

SMR Portal: an online analysis, visualisation, and database platform for mapping complex disease genes. Powered by Westlake FutureGene. Try it out at: https://t.co/bjZiXolaLl. See a tutorial video at: https://t.co/SekxUDfwEg

[Naomi Wray @WrayNaomi]

First PhD paper from @MarkXiaotongWan @IMBatUQ addressing a common observation of GWAS meta-analysis

[Flávia E. Rius @flaviaerius]

Found this really nice timeline about the history of #rstats.

It is very interesting how #bioconductor is created just one year after the stable version of R.

And RStudio first release happens only in 2011, 4 years after Hadley's ggplot2!

Source: https://t.co/RYoVg3g4Jc

[Loïc Yengo @LoicYengo]

Hi there! I'm recruiting a postdoc for 18 months. Please check this out if you're interested: https://t.co/dlHTUA1y1c

This ad is on for Australia-based applicants only. Other positions will open at beginning of next year. Stay tuned!

[Jian Zeng @JianZengR]

Join us at our 2nd Genetics & Genomics Winter School in Brisbane, Australia, from June 19-23! This week-long course is open to participants from all over the world. Register now and get more information at https://t.co/zuDjSkGpfz @PCTGenomics @IMBatUQ

[Quan_Nguyen @Quan_Nguyen_UQ]

Winter-school statistical genetics and cellular genomics: https://t.co/kAWikT4jbu - registration opening (max 40 participants/module)

[Jian Zeng @JianZengR]

Check out our new method SBayesRC for polygenic prediction. We extended SBayesR to consider functional annotations and all imputed common SNPs. We found improved accuracy for within and cross ancestry prediction and a major contribution from evolutionary constrained regions
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[Jian Zeng @JianZengR]

Our recent work on the development of a more powerful gene-based test using GWAS summary statistics. We found that masking effects (i.e., SNP effects are masked by linkage disequilibrium) is common, if not ubiquitous, in the genetic architecture of complex traits. @Ang_Li_19

[Jian Zeng @JianZengR]

Registration is still open. Deadline is extended to be COB 13th May, unless modules fill up earlier. Looking forward to see you in June!

https://t.co/zuDjSkGpfz