Research Group Leader MPRG Biosocial | Max Planck Institute for Human Development | Jacobs Foundation Fellow
Laurel Raffington
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I never studied molecular biology, but have found epigenetics to be an exciting substrate to probe evo-devo theories (lifespan plasticity, developmental origins of health and disease, life history, gene X social inequality). Cheers to reuniting the divorcées "social science" and "life science" 💗
Open access via SharedIt rdcu.be/eThTl & Table 1 Suggestions to fostering a lower stress academic workplace for individuals, groups, and institutions >> osf.io/p6yut/files/...
If you are enthusiastic about making developmental sociogenomics magic using AI, I just signed up as an "X" advisor in the new Max Planck AI Network.
PhD applications open from October 1 - 31 >>> ai.mpg.de/@maxplanck.de
We have an open postdoc position in Social Science Genomics in Berlin!
Includes gene-environment interplay within German population cohorts & experimental online survey studies to probe public perceptions of potential DNA biomarker applications
🔗 www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/2196134/2025...
💼 💔 Academia’s toxic love language is playing “hard to get”
🧪 💓 Science is the beautiful pursuit of building knowledge
I wrote an essay for Nature Human Behaviour on treating academia as “just a job” www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What ideas would you add? 💡
#HigherEd #PhDLife #DiversityInSTEM
Berliners 🇩🇪🐻! You are cordially invited to join my talk at @molgen.mpg.de this Monday. I’ll be discussing our efforts in building a "molecular bridge".
📍 MPI-MG, Ihnestraße 63
🗓️ Monday, May 4 | 11:00 AM
🔗 www.molgen.mpg.de/events/45291...
Using saliva DNA methylation to study genetic susceptibility to common diseases given limitations of GWAS to identify molecular mechanisms (LD between nearby polymorphisms and most of the identified markers are in non-coding regions of the genome) >>> www.nature.com/articles/s41...
“The impact on health of a childhood in poverty may not be apparent until later life.”
@laraffington.bsky.social studies how children’s early environments become embedded in their biology and may affect later outcomes. #ChildDev
boldscience.org/the-developm...
The new application cycle for our fully funded international graduate program has just started. You can now apply via our website, sign up for a Q&A, or participate in the Applicant Support Program cognition.maxplanckschools.org/en ! 👍🏻🧠👏🏾#passionforscience, #maxplanckschools
