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Aug 1, 2024 | 
nature.com | Mark Adams |Mathias Neumann
Correction to: Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37166-9, published online 18 March 2023The original version of this Article contained an error in Table 2 and Figure 5, in which models of litter accumulation were included at continental scale that incorporated effects of quality and climate – but wrongly also included models of the same structure for individual forest communities. This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.
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May 15, 2024 | 
jamanetwork.com | Mark Adams |Amelia J. Edmonson-Stait |Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh |Poppy Z. Grimes
Key PointsQuestion
Could multitrait polygenic risk scores be used to strengthen genetic prediction of longitudinal depression across adolescence? Findings
In this longitudinal cohort replication study of 14 112 adolescents, stronger effect sizes of multitrait polygenic risk association with adverse depression trajectories were found compared with unitrait genetic risk.
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May 1, 2024 | 
medrxiv.org | Mark Adams |Cathryn M. Lewis |Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh
AbstractIn a genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis of 685,808 individuals with major depression (MD) and 4,364,225 controls from 29 countries and across diverse and admixed ancestries, we identify 697 independent associations at 636 loci, 293 of which are novel. Using fine-mapping and functional genomic tools, we find 308 high-confidence gene associations and enrichment of postsynaptic density and receptor clustering.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
scimex.org | Mark Adams
Media release
From: Swinburne University of Technology
A new paper led by leading forest scientist, Professor Mark Adams from Swinburne University of Technology, unveils critical flaws in the way fuel loads are estimated in eastern Australia, calling for a new approach.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
scimex.org | Mark Adams
A new paper led by leading forest scientist, Professor Mark Adams from Swinburne University of Technology, unveils critical flaws in the way fuel loads are estimated in eastern Australia, calling for a new approach. Published in Forest Ecology and Management, Perspective: Flawed assumptions behind analysis of litter decomposition, steady state, and fire risks in Australia, the research challenges longstanding assumptions used to predict forest fuel loads and their role in fire risk.
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Jan 4, 2024 | 
nature.com | Xiangrui Meng |Daniel F Levey |Dora Koller |Mark Adams |Miguel E. Rentería |Dan Stein | +42 more
AbstractMost genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of major depression (MD) have been conducted in samples of European ancestry. Here we report a multi-ancestry GWAS of MD, adding data from 21 cohorts with 88,316 MD cases and 902,757 controls to previously reported data. This analysis used a range of measures to define MD and included samples of African (36% of effective sample size), East Asian (26%) and South Asian (6%) ancestry and Hispanic/Latin American participants (32%).
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Nov 6, 2023 | 
nature.com | Duncan Smith |Mark Adams |Cécile Ané
AbstractTradeoffs between the energetic benefits and costs of traits can shape species and trait distributions along environmental gradients. Here we test predictions based on such tradeoffs using survival, growth, and 50 photosynthetic, hydraulic, and allocational traits of ten Eucalyptus species grown in four common gardens along an 8-fold gradient in precipitation/pan evaporation (P/Ep) in Victoria, Australia.
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Oct 12, 2023 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Netta Weinstein |Mark Adams
1 Introduction Personality psychology has largely focused on individual differences that are shaped by, and shape, the social context. However, solitude—the state of being alone and not in direct social contact—is a significant aspect of our daily lives, and individual differences can affect how much people need or avoid, and how they experience, solitude.
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Jul 13, 2023 | 
nature.com | Mark Adams
Identifying the ways that a study sample is not representative is essential for maximizing the generalizability of findings to the population. A new method proposes discerning non-representativeness in large-scale genetic studies by comparing the genotypes of closely related participants. Generalizability is a foundational part of epidemiology: making sure that findings in a sample of participants are applicable to the general population.
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Jun 1, 2023 | 
tucson.com | Mark Adams
Our society today is riddled with mass shootings, racism, antisemitism and lots of hatred being spewed towards others. It all fosters the feeling of little hope for us in our wonderful great Democracy, our United States. Well, something happened that has brought hope back to me and my wife. We were celebrating our 35 year anniversary at the P. F. Chang restaurant in Tucson the night of May 29 and, when we were finished, requested the check.
