Einstein slept nearly 10 hours a day. He valued the significance of quality sleep for maintaining his well-being. His sleep routine, though, was out of the ordinary. He regularly indulged in brief daytime naps, occasionally more than once a day. These quick naps, lasting just a

Super happy to present on the LatinX series on Broad Institute on January 9th about my academic paths and current projects...=)

Excited to share #LDSPEC. We detect pervasive nonzero correlations of derived allele causal effect sizes on #disease between nearby SNPs, challenging the common assumption that disease effects are independent across SNPs. #GWAS #GeneticArchitecture medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Mosaic chromosomal alterations in peripheral blood leukocytes of children in sub-Saharan Africa | am delighted to share these results from African children- thanks ⁦@NCIEpiTraining⁩ ⁦Mitchell Machiela⁩ ⁦Mila ProkuninaOlsson⁩ ⁦@NCIChanock⁩ ⁦ nature.com/articles/s4146…

Happy to be part of this fantastic work from Sam M Mbulaiteye, Mila ProkuninaOlsson, @NCIEpiTraining evaluating mosaic chromosomal alterations in sub-Saharan African children.

It is really gratifying to work with our #GMWG in identifying the most significant advances in genomic medicine each year. There were many excellent 2023 studies to consider, reflecting the incredible efforts being made in using genomics to advance the practice of medicine.

.Weiyin Zhou Mateus H. Gouveia @mitcheila @prokuninaOlsson @NCIChanock @smbulaiteye @NCIEPiTraining investigate the prevalence of mosaic chromosomal alterations in sub-Saharan African pediatric patients with Burkitt #lymphoma #CancerResearch Cancer at Nature Portfolio nature.com/articles/s4146…

Happy to be part of this fantastic study exploring the genetic architecture of kidney function in individuals with ancestry from Africa and the Americas.

Our study sheds new light on HLA and Burkitt lymphoma! Human leukocyte antigen-DQA1*04:01 and rs2040406 variants are associated with elevated risk of childhood Burkitt lymphoma thanks ⁦@NCIEpiTraining⁩ ⁦AFENETAfrica⁩ ⁦Mila ProkuninaOlsson⁩ nature.com/articles/s4200…

In Brazil, one in two female researchers has faced sexual harassment go.nature.com/47wk1UP

Cancer- we are excited that our paper on mosaic chromosomal alterations (mCAs) in African children was featured in the Editor Highlights. Thanks to ⁦@NCIEpiTraining⁩ ⁦@NCIChanock⁩ ⁦Mitchell Machiela⁩ ⁦Mila ProkuninaOlsson⁩ ⁦Mateus H. Gouveia⁩ nature.com/collections/aa…

Excited to share our review paper in Cell! With Sasha Gusev Sohini Ramachandran Yang I Li we discuss the genetic and molecular architecture of human traits, future opportunities and challenges and ways forward. authors.elsevier.com/a/1igrbL7PXqPfU

Attending #ASHG24 this year? Come and take a look at how novel structural variants in the Andean genome helped them to adapt to highland related hypoxia on Friday, Nov 8th! Board number: 3015F

Extremely GLAD to part of this outstanding research from my good friend and collaborator Victor Borda. Also, many thanks to Tim O'Connor (he/him) for the opportunity to contribute. Looking forward to strengthening our collaborations!

If you're attending ASHG 2024, I invite you to visit my poster tomorrow for a discussion on a comprehensive analysis of genetic diversity, ancestries and health implications, using ~250,000 genomes in the All of Us Research Program.

Stop by to see the fantastic work from Eduardo Tarazona Santos Lab!

Although autism shows a striking sex bias—4males:1female—most studies still avoid looking at the sex chromosomes. In our new paper in AJHG, we conducted the first X-chromosome-wide association study (XWAS) for ASD! authors.elsevier.com/c/1kICigeXA9TI Let’s dig in👇

Very happy to share our recent preprint, which presents an extensive analysis of genetic diversity and subcontinental ancestry in the All of Us Research Program. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Very glad to be part of this important work led by one of the most brilliant early-career population geneticists I know, and my friend Victor Borda.