PGC Consortium

With 1000+ intl scientists & 900,000 participants, the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium is the largest biological investigation in the history of psychiatry.

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📄 Now published in Nature Human Behaviour, read the paper here👇
https://t.co/InJH2Y3c1j

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📢 New publication in @NatureHumBehav from the PGC Anxiety Working Group: the largest GWAS of generalised anxiety symptoms to date, analysing ~700k across 14 cohorts. We found 74 genome-wide significant loci, 39 novel for anxiety.

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🙏 @PGCGenetics collaborators: @mja, @Byrnafyrna, @poppyzenzi, @asfkwong, @PapiolSergi, @no_strom, @oleaandreassen, @PsychGenNIPH, @n_skene, @ProfArmour, @helga_ask, @ian_hickie, @lehto_kelli, @tinalonsdorf, @mcintosh2001, @drjameswalters, @WrayNaomi & many more

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6/ Together, these cohorts demonstrate Africa’s growing contribution to global psychiatric genomics and precision medicine.
📍 WCPG 2026, Glasgow. https://t.co/RfP87U2Izo
🌍 Expanding discovery
🧬 Improving transferability
🤝 Strengthening collaboration

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1/ We conclude this Twitter takeover spotlighting an upcoming symposium at #WCPG2026
“Advancing Psychiatric Genomics through Large-Scale African Cohorts” 🌍🧬
The session will highlight how African cohorts are reshaping psychiatric genetics globally
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5/ The session will also explore:
• culturally adapted phenotyping
• ethical and infrastructure challenges
• advanced genomic analyses
• cross-ancestry discovery
• polygenic prediction across diverse populations

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10/🔗 Learn more:
https://t.co/OnzmgXptsK
https://t.co/MfbU6Im991

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1/ 🧠🌍 Spotlight on the African Bioinformatics Institute (ABI)!
ABI is helping drive data-driven biomedical research across Africa by building computational infrastructure, empowering African scientists, and ensuring genomic discoveries better represent African populations.

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9/ ABI, @PGC_Africa & collaborating scientists are helping shape a more globally representative future for neuroinformatics and precision psychiatry in Africa ensuring African populations actively benefit from advances in genomics and precision medicine.