I've been published in Nature Genetics!

On March 30th the paper "Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data and large-scale replication identifies additional susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes" went online on the Nature Genetics website.

If any of you had a chance to talk to me in early December you might recall that I was a bit stressed... well that stress and hard work paid off because I am one of the authors: Zeggini E, Scott LJ, Saxena R, Voight BF, Marchini JL, Hu T, de Bakker PI, Abecasis GR, Almgren P, Andersen G, Ardlie K, Boström KB, Bergman RN, Bonnycastle LL, Borch-Johnsen K, Burtt NP, Chen H, Chines PS, Daly MJ, Deodhar P, Ding CJ, Doney AS, Duren WL, Elliott KS, Erdos MR, Frayling TM, Freathy RM, Gianniny L, Grallert H, Grarup N, Groves CJ, Guiducci C, Hansen T, Herder C, Hitman GA, Hughes TE, Isomaa B, Jackson AU, Jørgensen T, Kong A, Kubalanza K, Kuruvilla FG, Kuusisto J, Langenberg C, Lango H, Lauritzen T, Li Y, Lindgren CM, Lyssenko V, Marvelle AF, Meisinger C, Midthjell K, Mohlke KL, Morken MA, Morris AD, Narisu N, Nilsson P, Owen KR, Palmer CN, Payne F, Perry JR, Pettersen E, Platou C, Prokopenko I, Qi L, Qin L, Rayner NW, Rees M, Roix JJ, Sandbæk A, Shields B, Sjögren M, Steinthorsdottir V, Stringham HM, Swift AJ, Thorleifsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Timpson NJ, Tuomi T, Tuomilehto J, Walker M, Watanabe RM, Weedon MN, Willer CJ; Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Illig T, Hveem K, Hu FB, Laakso M, Stefansson K, Pedersen O, Wareham NJ, Barroso I, Hattersley AT, Collins FS, Groop L, McCarthy MI, Boehnke M, Altshuler D. (Yes I promise my name is in there!)

Ok, so, I am one of 97 other people to contribute to this paper... But look who else is on here! Collins FS - also known as Francis Collins, the geneticist noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the Human Genome Project. He was also mentioned in a toast given by Mike Wipfler, our best man. As well as many other notable scientists.

This is certainly a high point in my scientific career, and hopefully it wont be the last. It is times like these that make all the work and frustration of being a scientist worth while.