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Sjoerd Beentjes

@sjoerdvbeentjes.bsky.social

Chancellor’s Fellow (Asst. Prof.) in Mathematics at #UoEdinburgh | Causal Inference | Semi-parametric statistics | Biomedicine

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We integrate population genetics, functional genomics & targeted ML to uncover 100s of TF-linked epistatic interactions across 768 traits in UK Biobank. Epistasis, informed by mechanism, empowered by robust stat/ML, is detectable & widespread. doi.org/10.1101/2025... (1/n)

01.10.2025 11:36 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

New course “EMBO Causality in Biomedicine”: We have organised the first EMBO course in *causal* stats/ML methods for quantitative biomedicine. @sjoerdvbeentjes.bsky.social @nimahejazi.org @pablormier.bsky.social @DariaSokolova @CarolineUhler

Very much looking forward to teaching and discussing!

12.08.2025 14:03 — 👍 10    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

At Edinburgh, my PhD students have both joined projects I started, as well as set up their own projects on the All of Us researcher workbench. I just checked AoU’s institutional agreements page, and Cambridge and Edinburgh have the same access level on AoU (R+C), so this should be fine!

03.07.2025 12:00 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Online today! Replicated blood-based #biomarkers for #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis not explicable by inactivity

By S.V. Beentjes, @avakhamseh.bsky.social‬, @cgatist.bsky.social‬ & colleagues @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

🗞️ doi.org/10.1038/s443...

20.06.2025 11:10 — 👍 32    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 0

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