FinnGen researchers present at the ASHG 2022
Tuesday Oct 25
Poster talks II
7:48pm - 7:51pm
Conv Ctr/Petree D/West Building
ProgNbr 642 / P: Sanni Ruotsalainen - Phenome and genomewide recessive scan of coding variants reveals novel associations for female infertility
Wednesday Oct 26
Platform - Applying Mendelian randomization to complex traits
8:45am - 9:00am
Conv Ctr/West Hall A/West Building
ProgNbr 073: Denis Baird - Mendelian randomization and colocalization characterize the impact of the plasma proteome on human complex diseases
Platform - Considering ancestry in study populations
9:00am - 9:15am
Conv Ctr/Room 515/West Building
ProgNbr 082: Juulia Partanen - Leveraging global multi-ancestry meta-analysis in the study of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis genetics
Platform - Let's talk about sex and its contributions to disease risk
10:45am - 11:00am
Conv Ctr/Concourse Hall F/West Building
ProgNbr 136: Jermy Bradley - Testing for interaction using over 1 million individuals and 20 diseases shows considerable differences in polygenic risk score estimates across age groups and sexes
Platform - Somatic mosaicism in human health and disease
11:15am - 11:30am
Conv Ctr/Petree C/West Building
ProgNbr 162: Aoxing Liu - Genetic investigation of mosaic loss of the X chromosome in peripheral leukocytes of 918,085 women identifies germline predisposition and strong signals of haplotype selection
Poster session 3:00pm - 4:45pm
Cancer Posters
PB1116: Anil Kumar - Genome-wide association study identifies 4 novel risk loci including a missense variant in LGR5 for small intestinal neuroendocrine tumors
PB1138 Nina Mars - Impact of polygenic risk, pathogenic variants, and family history on detection of breast cancers within and outside the national mammography screening programme on 117,252 women over 1992-2019
Complex Traits Posters
PB1246: Andrea Ganna - A nationwide approach to understand the role of health, socioeconomic and genetic information in predicting COVID-19 vaccination uptake
PB1358: Amy Hart - Evaluation of genetic support for targeting the IL-23 pathway: current and future therapeutic opportunities
PB1388: Tommi Strausz - Genetic analysis of bruxism and its associations to sleep, psychiatric and behavioural traits
PB1394: Joel Rämö - Genetic characterization of central serous chorioretinopathy and pleiotropic effects with age-related macular degeneration
PB1623: Satu Strausz - Secretoglobin family 1D member 2 (SCGB1D2) protein inhibits growth of Borrelia burgdorferi and affects susceptibility to Lyme disease
PB1661: Jaakko Tyrmi - The first GWAS on intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy unveils novel bile acid metabolism related associations
Prenatal, Perinatal, and Developmental Genetics Posters
PB2108: Sanni Ruotsalainen - Phenome and genomewide recessive scan of coding variants reveals novel associations for female infertility
Molecular Effects of Genetic Variation Posters
PB2543: Josh Chiou - Comprehensive signal identification highlights the contribution of protein QTLs to complex trait genetics
PB2674: Clara Benoit-Pilven - Population-specific RNA-seq data empowers the functional follow-up of disease-associations from FinnGen
Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology Posters
PB3268: Lisa Eick - A machine-learning approach for disease prediction improves GWAS and polygenic scores
PB3569: Jiwoo Lee - Quantifying the causal impact of modifiable risk factors and biomarkers on total healthcare burden via Mendelian randomization
Thursday Oct 27
Platform - Using EHRs to withdraw new insights from biobanks
1:45pm - 2:00pm
Conv Ctr/Concourse Hall E/West Building
ProgNbr 326: Brooke Wolford - Variability in lifetime risk of 20 complex diseases across European countries and polygenic score strata in over 1 million individuals
Poster session 3:00pm - 4:45pm
Complex Traits Posters
PB1232: Tuomo Kiiskinen - A catalog of genetic predictors impacting lifelong medication use patterns in hyperlipidemia, hypertension and type 2 diabetes
PB1373: Heidi Hautakangas - Fine-mapping 110 migraine risk loci using 98,375 migraine cases
PB1443: Mart Kals - Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies novel susceptibility loci for acne vulgaris
PB1573: Annina Preussner - Phenome-wide perspective into the role of Finnish Y chromosome variation in complex diseases
Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology Posters
PB3300: Anniina Tervi - Alpha-2A adrenergic receptor (ADRA2A) modulates susceptibility to Raynaud’s disease
PB3395: Mattia Cordioli - Exploring the genetic, socio-economic and environmental determinants of drug adherence
Friday Oct 28
Platform - Extended applications of polygenic risk scores
10:45am - 11:00am
Conv Ctr/Concourse Hall E/West Building
ProgNbr 387: Nina Mars - Can genetic associations for disease onset be used to predict disease prognosis? The glass is half empty
Platform - Towards the defeat of neurodegenerative disease
10:45am - 11:00am
Conv Ctr/Petree D/West Building
ProgNbr 427: Joni Lindbohm - Immune system and blood-brain barrier-wide biomarker analyses provide causal evidence for autoimmunity in dementia causing diseases
Platform - Genetics and integrated -omics of diabetes and associated metabolic disorders
11:00am - 11:15am
Conv Ctr/Room 515/West Building
ProgNbr 396: Xianyong Yin - Integrating transcriptomics, metabolomics, and GWAS helps reveal molecular mechanisms for metabolite levels and disease risk
11:30am - 11:45am
Conv Ctr/Room 515/West Building
ProgNbr 396: Amanda Elliott - New common genetic loci for gestational diabetes mellitus reveal a distinct genetic architecture from type 2 diabetes mellitus
Saturday Oct 29
Platform - The many ways to make polygenic risk scores
9:45am - 10:00am
Conv Ctr/Concourse Hall E/West Building
ProgNbr 561: Julian Wanner - Potential clinical utility of polygenic risk scores in disease prognosis. The glass is half full