Solving the puzzle of complex inherited diseases
Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize goes to young Brisbane researcher
Jian Yang, 2012 Centenary Lawrence Creative Prize winner (credit: Centenary Institute)
The winner of the Centenary Institute Lawrence Creative Prize is Dr Jian Yang, from the Diamantina Institute of the University of Queensland.
He has solved one of the great puzzles of human genetics—why the genes typically implicated in inherited diseases like schizophrenia, obesity and diabetes only account for a small amount of their heritability. Read More about Solving the puzzle of complex inherited diseases