A fantastic week at #WCPG2024 in Singapore! Grateful to work and travel with many wonderful people 🔬🦀🇸🇬

Excited to be in Singapore at #WCPG2024 - @jonicoleman.bsky.social is unable to come so it up to us to make sure we have an informative and fun BlueSky feed. I will be posting/skeeting as I attend things.

🔬Exciting updates from the Lussier Lab!

We’re proud to contribute to the growing field of research on “Sensitive Periods for Childhood Adversity and DNA Methylation” 🧬

Dr. Alexandre Lussier shared his insights at the WCPG conference in Singapore last month.
#WCPG2024 #Epigenetics #MentalHealth

Hello from Singapore #wcpg2024!🌏 I am presenting an update on the current results of the *Adolescent-Onset Depression GWAS* on Friday at 3pm in the symposium on Genomics and Life Course Data. Come and watch!

These awards highlight the growing impact and visibility of African researchers in global psychiatric genomics.
👏🏽 Congratulations to all! This is African science on the world stage!
#PGCAfrica #GlobalRecognition #WCPG2024 #ScienceInAfrica
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Attending the PGC general meeting - enormously proud of former PhD student Helena Davies who now chairs the outreach committee. #wcpg2024 - they request you fill out the outreach committee survey to inform what they do over the next year.

Ok fine! So I may have found a legit way to include a picture of this art (with appropriate credit of course) in my plenary talk for #WCPG24 #WCPG2024 (which one we using??)
If you’re around on Saturday morning, please come to admire how I have done so 😃

We kick off this segment by acknowledging @pgc-africa.bsky.social members who were prize winners at #WCPG2024 conference in Singapore

🏅ECIP Oral Presentation Award-Dr Lerato Majara
🏅ECIP Poster Presentation Award-Dr @nadineparker.bsky.social
🏅Hugh Garling Memorial Award-Megan Campbell
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Did you see??
The location for the #WCPG2025 meeting is announced on the back of the #WCPG2024 pocket guide… We are going to Cancun! 😎🥳
Dates: Oct 19-23 (straight after #ASHG25)

Another #WCPG2024 conference highlight was the launch of the new #PsychGenAfrica web portal by Dr Itunu Isewon which we're proud to introduce!🎉; a hub for #African-led research advancing psychiatric genomics across the continent
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To top it off, two African scientists Dr Niran Okewole and Prof Sian Hemmings were elected as LMIC representatives to the @ispg.bsky.social board on the final day of #WCPG2024
👏🏽 Huge congratulations to both!
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Remembering the wonderful times at #wcpg2024 this year. Thanks again for everyone who made it such a lovely and fascinating time!

Moving from #WCPG2024 to more good news. @pgc-africa.bsky.social leads Dr Mary Mufford and Dr @OliviaMatshabane were selected to join the “Early Health Researcher Support Network” by the @gatesfoundation.bsky.social , facilitated by Neil Butcher & Associates 🌍👏🏽
#GlobalHealthResearch
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