Estudo com mais de 1 milhão de pessoas identificou influências genéticas nos cinco grandes traços que moldam nossa personalidade
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Translational Neurogenomics, QIMR Berghofer
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Associate Professor, infectious diseases, QIMR Berghofer
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Researcher, Population Health Program, QIMR Berghofer
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Research Fellow, Genetic Epidemiology Lab, QIMR Berghofer
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Team Head, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, QIMR Berghofer
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Adjunct Associate Professor, Mosquito Control Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Brain & Mental Health Program, QIMR Berghofer
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Associate Professor and Head of the Neurogenetics and Dementia Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer
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Associate Professor, QIMR Berghofer
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Head of the Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer
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Distinguished Scientist, Gynaecological Cancers Group, QIMR Berghofer
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Research Fellow, Systems Neuroscience Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer
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Professor and Senior Group Leader, QIMR Berghofer
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Cordinator Mental Health Research Program, QIMR Berghofer
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PhD Candidate, QIMR Berghofer