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SUNY Annual Research Day: connecting with colleagues
I was invited to attend the SUNY annual research day in Brooklyn, NY; a great opportunity to connect with our remote lab!
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Presenting at BGA 2026
I will be presenting on postpartum depression in East Asian population at Behavioral Genetics Association meeting in Amsterdam this June
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New Publication: The predicament of heritable confounders
This Prespective piece in Nature Genetics of my colaborators and I elaborates on the concept of deep versus shallow phenotyping and incorporates findings from my pre-print.
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Dr. rer. nat. Rietkerk: an individual title for collaborative effort
I successfully defended my dissertation and obtained magna cum laude distinction! A massive thanks to everyone involved.
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Diversity, Discovery, and Dialogue: My Journey to WCPG 2025 in Mexico
I look back on an inspiring and enriching experience at WCPG2025 in Cancún, Mexico.
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Reflections on ECNP 2025
I was honored with an invitation to present at ECNP 2025 in RAI Amsterdam. I reflect on the experience and conference.
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Announcement: Chair of the UMCG Postdoc Council
The UMCG postdoc council has elected me as chair. I look forward to making an impact this year.
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New preprint: Genetic risk effects on psychiatric disorders act in sets
I’m very happy to share that our new preprint, “Genetic Risk Effects on Psychiatric Disorders Act in Sets”, is now online on medRxiv.
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New job as Postdoc: The Power of Long-Term Networking in Academia
UPDATE! I am now a postdoctoral researcher with Dr. Peterson and Dr. van Loo in a non-traditional collaborative position. Here’s how I got there.
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Closing my PhD with an awe-inspiring trip to Singapore for WCPG 2024
I presented my work at the WCPG’24 in Singapore, explored the home-town of my supervisor who was honoured with an early career award!
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Experiencing community at BGA 2024
Attending BGA for the first time was not only a wonderful learning experience, I also felt the most heartwarming welcome into their community.
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Interdisciplinary collaborations at BIOENG24
Attending the BIOENG24 conference and presenting my work to a wide audience emphasised the importance of translation and collaboration in research.
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The Doctoral INItiative at Helmholtz Munich
My talk at the HPC student seminar inspired me to reflect on my time as part of the DINI at Helmholtz Munich.
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How to make the most of conferences: ASHG 2023
My experience at ASHG2023 and 5 tips on how I make the most of attending conferences.
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Annual DINI retreat was a success!
In Brandenbeg, Austria, four members of DINI met to discuss strategy, organisation and representation.
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World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics 2023
My colleague Lianyun Huang, my supervisor Dr. Na Cai and I traveled to present in Montréal, CA at the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics 2023.
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ExDep Retreat in Gilleleje, Denmark 2023
I was invited to attend the retreat of the ExDep consortium, a group of researchers focussed on MDD
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2nd Annual workshop at Schneerfernerhaus on top of Zugspitze 2023
Almost double the attendees and great weather made this second annual workshop at the Schneefernerhaus a complete succes.
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Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Gordon Research Seminar and Conference 2022
My colleague Simon Wengert and I were selected to present our work at the Gordon Research Seminar that happened prior to the conference.
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World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics 2022
Both Lianyun and I had our abstracts accepted to present a poster on our latest work at the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics 2022