"Genetic testing has been a game changer. Both infants could shift to SUs and stop insulin within 3 days. This has changed these kids lives forever". Clinician, Ethiopia Our neonatal diabetes crowdfunder provides testing for families across the🌍 t.ly/dkJKY World Diabetes Day

Loads of exciting opportunities to work with us in rare disease genomics - come and join ExeterGenomes Exeter Rare Disease Exeter Med School University of Exeter in lovely Devon! See sites.exeter.ac.uk/rarediseasegen…. DM me if you'd like to discuss.

Born without a pancreas, Tania helped our team discover a new gene finding sheds light on human development and could help the search for a type 1 #diabetes cure. The gene is essential for the human pancreas, yet not present in most other animals. news.exeter.ac.uk

Landmark study led by Elisa De Franco & Nick Owens shows ZNF808 loss causes human pancreatic agenesis. This is the 1st congenital disease caused by loss of a primate-specific gene and highlights that conservation isn't always a useful marker of disease causality Veera Rajagopal 

Another exciting whole genome association analysis paper from team NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) using UK Biobank data. We identify some of the first rare non-coding genetic aggregates, associated with height, which we replicated using AllofUsResearch and #TOPMed

📢 Exciting News! Registration is now OPEN for the 9th Study Group of the Genetics of Diabetes (SGGD) meeting 🗓️ Join us from April 17-19, 2024, in the beautiful city of Exeter. Explore the program and secure your early bird rate here: tinyurl.com/7np6n5x7 #ExeterSGGD24

It was a pleasure to welcome stefan johansson to Exeter this week to give our dept seminar. Beautiful data from the MoBa study and fascinating insights into genetics of early growth. Thanks Stefan - looking forward to continued fruitful collaborations!

📢Want access to state-of-the art facilities and training + the opportunity to work with world-leading researchers? ⭐️Apply for one of our fully-funded #PhD studentships in our #diabetes and #Genetics & #Genomics themes. Deadline: 02 Jan 2024 Details: tinyurl.com/BRCphd24

Meeting the researchers helping to #ShapeTheFuture at #ExeterBRC. Catching up with one of our first Translational Fellows, Dr Jean-Claude Njabou Katte, to hear what the training opportunity means to him, his #diabetes research and career. #NHS75 📰tinyurl.com/2et7p6je

Very honoured to recieve this award from Dr.V.Mohan MDRF. Privileged to visit Dr Mohan’s outstanding comprehensive clinical service offered to people living with diabetes - the best I have seen anywhere in the world. Very humbling to see how much you have achieved diabetesgenes

Super pleased that two of our recent genetic discoveries have made it onto Dr. Veera Rajagopal's "Biggest Stories of 2023" list. Great work #TeamExeter 🤜🤛. Andrew Hattersley Elisa De Franco Nick Owens Exeter Med School

Abstract submission deadline approaching for the 9th SGGD Meeting in Exeter, April 17-19, 2024! A fantastic opportunity to learn about recent breakthroughs in diabetes and obesity genomics. Travel and carer awards available. Details here: shorturl.at/EKR45

All set up and ready to welcome over 190 delegates to Exeter. Looking forward to three days of talks and discussions on the genetics of diabetes (and hyperinsulinism!). The sun has even made an appearance for us. #SGGDExeter2024

In my presentation today at the 9th #SGGD2024 meeting in Exeter, I demonstrate how the inclusion of African genomic resources improve the power and equitability of Generic risk score (GRS) and their underpinning Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS). 1/4

It’s day 2 of the #SGGDExeter2024 meeting. Elisa De Franco kicks off today’s sessions with a fantastic talk describing recent genetic discoveries in Neonatal Diabetes.

Happy to share my work on the glycaemic and non-glycaemic determinants of HbA1c during and outside pregnancy at #SGGDExeter2024 Exeter Birth Weight Genetics Group

Great #SGGDExeter2024 , charming Exeter!

Had the honour of speaking at the Study Group on Genetics in Diabetes conference dinner this evening, for Andrew Hattersley Maggie Shepherd 💙 Richard Oram and other luminaries. They very kindly got me this snazzy cycling jersey

Caroline Wright starts day 3 of the #SGGDExeter2024 with a presentation detailing the results of the DDD study - lessons learnt from other diseases.

Our follow-up paper establishing non-coding cis-regulatory variants in HK1 cause #congenitalhyperinsulinism with variable disease severity is now available for download on Lancet preprints papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…. A few spoilers in the thread below (1/4) SSRN @HIgenes