Penn State University Anthropological Genomics Lab

Hello State College! Check out this study on depressive symptoms and inflammation coordinated by our former lab member!
https://pennstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2bKsaR25saGSshn

We were featured in Penn State Today!

Factors that shape facial variation: More than what meets the eye | Penn State University

We are Sampling during Arts Fest! 🥳

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Are you local to University Park? Participate in our ongoing study in collaboration with Disney Research! 🥳

Shriver Lab is recruiting volunteers for a new study on how DNA influences appearance, as well as collecting a Facial Database for Disney Research to study facial movement and improve animation technologies! If you are interested in volunteering, follow the link on the flyer to take an eligibility screening survey! Participants will receive $25 for their participation, and a subset will be given the option to receive an MRI scan of their head.

Eligibility Survey Link: https://tinyurl.com/PSU-ADAPT4

If DNA can predict facial construction, how can we ever have genetic privacy? DNA can now predict your facial structure. What does that mean for personal privacy?

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-018-0057-4

Genome-wide mapping of global-to-local genetic effects on human facial shape The authors report a data-driven approach to phenotyping 3D facial shape. They apply their methodology to 2,329 individuals of European ancestry and identify 38 loci that associate with specific facial morphologies, some of which overlap with neural-crest-specific regulatory regions.

French Canadian TV segment featuring some of our research!

Portrait robot ADN | Segment | Découverte | ICI Radio-Canada.ca Une nouvelle technologie permet de tracer le visage d'un malfaiteur sans avoir recours à un témoin

Q&A on Reddit Science about our PLOS Genetics paper! Ask Anything!

PLOS Science Wednesday: Hi reddit, we’re Arslan and Mark and our PLOS Genetics study shows differences in human nose shape may have evolved due to local adaptation to climate – Ask Us Anything! • r/science Hi Reddit, My name is Arslan Zaidi and I am a postdoctoral scholar at Penn State University. My broad research interests revolve around...