In a recent publication in Neuron, CPG Director Patrick Sullivan describes the Psychiatric Genome-Wide Association Consortium (PGC).
In the era of GWAS and high throughput genomics, a major trend has been the emergence of collaborative, consortia approaches. The PGC has been a major driver in psychiatric genetics and provides a model for how similar approaches may be applied to other disease communities. (~from Neuron, 2010, 68(2): 182-186)