Zoltan promoted to full professor
On 1 August 2026 Zoltan was promoted to full professor (of statistical genetics) at the University of Lausanne and Unisanté.
Zoltan promoted to full professor Read MoreAuthor: Zoltan Kutalik
Samuel receives the 2026 ESHG Early Career Award
Samuel’s talk, “Leveraging language models and proteomics to disentangle drug and disease effects in human proteomics”, was presented at ESHG 2026 in Gothenburg on June 14, where he received an …
Samuel receives the 2026 ESHG Early Career Award Read MoreEleonora receives prestigious Young Investigator Award of ESHG
The European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) held its yearly conference 16-19 June 2018 in Milan, Italy. Eleonora Porcu received the Young Investigator Award for the best talk in statistical genetics …
Eleonora receives prestigious Young Investigator Award of ESHG Read MoreZoltan became associate professor
After 5 years on tenure track, on 1 April 2018, Zoltan has been appointed as associate professor of the University of Lausanne.
Zoltan became associate professor Read MoreBayesian GWAS: Lifespan
The answer to how long each of us will live is partly encoded in our genome. We have identified 16 genetic markers associated with a decreased lifespan, including 14 new …
Bayesian GWAS: Lifespan Read MoreSina & Aaron win poster prize of the Functional Annotation Workshop
Sina Rüeger and Aaron McDaid won the poster prize at the Functional Annotation of Genome-wide variants Workshop held 14-15 March in Lausanne. Their poster was entitled “Improved summary statistics imputation …
Sina & Aaron win poster prize of the Functional Annotation Workshop Read MoreRare variants alter human height by up to 2cm
Our group contributed to a large international study published on 1 February in Nature, where over 300 scientists from across the globe have combined their effort to study in more than …
Rare variants alter human height by up to 2cm Read MoreSina Rüeger receives Lodewijk Sandkuijl Award
The European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG) held its yearly conference 21-24 May 2016 in Barcelona, Spain. Sina Rüeger (PhD student) received the Young Investigator Award for the best talk in statistical …
Sina Rüeger receives Lodewijk Sandkuijl Award Read More15 genes impacting obesity have different effects as we age
Adult body size and body shape differ substantially between men and women and change over time. More than hundred genetic variants that influence body mass index (measure of body size) …
15 genes impacting obesity have different effects as we age Read MoreStudy Examines Association of Genetic Variants with Cognitive Impairment
Study Examines Association of Genetic Variants with Cognitive Impairment Individually rare but collectively common intermediate-size copy number variations may be negatively associated with educational attainment, according to a study in …
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