Polygenic dissection of treatment-resistant depression with proxy phenotypes in the UK Biobank published in Journal of Affective Disorders
Shih-Hsiang (Shaun) Luo received the highest honor at NTU for his bachelor thesis, titled “A multifactorial risk assessment of depression integrating genomic, epigenomic, and psychosocial factors in the Taiwanese population” – Congratulations!
Whole-genome sequencing in multiplex families of schizophrenia revealed a mediating role of de novo mutations between paternal age and disease risk – now published in Molecular Psychiatry
ASHG, WCPG, and IASC-ARS
Yi-Ru Lin received the institutional Oral Presentation award for her research on deciphering the genetics of epilepsy in East and Southeast Asian populations.
Welcome Dr. Yun-Han Wang (Donna) joining our lab as a postdoctoral fellow. Dr. Wang earned her PhD in pharmacoepidemiology from Karolinska Institutet, and she is excited to explore new avenues in genetics!
“Exome sequencing of 20,979 individuals with epilepsy reveals shared and distinct ultra-rare genetic risk across disorder subtypes” from the Epi25 Collaborative now published in Nature Neuroscience
Aaron Chang and Wen-Lan Chen have joined the lab as research assistants. Welcome aboard!
Farewell dinner for lab members… “Who and where do you see yourself in ten years?”
Congratulations to Shaun Luo on receiving the College Student Research Scholarship by the National Science and Technology Council!