Dr Maciej Trzaskowski
Dr

Maciej Trzaskowski

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Background

Dr Trzaskowski is Head of Research at Max Kelsen, providing supervision to 10 researchers and machine learning engineers, as well as 3 PhD students and 2 postdocs. He also holds a position of a visiting scientist at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and is an Associate Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Information Resilience (The University of Queensland) as well as the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. He previously held the title of The British Academy Fellow aiming to improve utilisation of polygenic risk prediction in large population samples. He also underwent extensive training in a variety of Artificial Intelligence techniques such as Machine Learning and Multi-Agent Systems, with a specific focus on Agent Based Modelling, at University of Washington, Seattle, as well, as at the Department of Mathematics and Engineering, King's College London.

Availability

Dr Maciej Trzaskowski is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • PhD in Statistical Genetics, University of London

Research impacts

My lab at Max Kelsen delivered ML-trained, RNA-based assay for detection of primary in cancer of unknown primary, which is currently trialed by QLD Health, SA and NT Pathology. We are also working on similar solutions for immunotherapy outcomes prediction and AI-aided pathways for discovery of novel cancer treatments. H-index: 40, citations: 9,127.

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91 works between 2011 and 2026
All (91) Journal Article (79) Conference Publication (11) Book Chapter (1)

21 - 40 of 91 works

2019

Journal Article

Assessment of bidirectional relationships between physical activity and depression among adults A 2-Sample mendelian randomization study

Choi, Karmel W., Chen, Chia-Yen, Stein, Murray B., Klimentidis, Yann C., Wang, Min-Jung, Koenen, Karestan C., Smoller, Jordan W., Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, TracyM., Andlauer, Till F. M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Baekvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T. F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas H. R., Bryois, Julien, Buttenschon, Henriette N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Cai, Na, Castelao, Enrique, Hvarregaard, Jane ... Sullivan, Patrick F. (2019). Assessment of bidirectional relationships between physical activity and depression among adults A 2-Sample mendelian randomization study. JAMA Psychiatry, 76 (4), 399-408. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.4175

Assessment of bidirectional relationships between physical activity and depression among adults A 2-Sample mendelian randomization study

2019

Journal Article

Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorder

Grove, Jakob, Ripke, Stephan, Als, Thomas D., Mattheisen, Manuel, Walters, Raymond K., Won, Hyejung, Pallesen, Jonatan, Agerbo, Esben, Andreassen, Ole A., Anney, Richard, Awashti, Swapnil, Belliveau, Rich, Bettella, Francesco, Buxbaum, Joseph D., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Cerrato, Felecia, Chambert, Kimberly, Christensen, Jane H., Churchhouse, Claire, Dellenvall, Karin, Demontis, Ditte, De Rubeis, Silvia, Devlin, Bernie, Djurovic, Srdjan, Dumont, Ashley L., Goldstein, Jacqueline I., Hansen, Christine S., Hauberg, Mads Engel ... Børglum, Anders D. (2019). Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorder. Nature Genetics, 51 (3), 431-444. doi: 10.1038/s41588-019-0344-8

Identification of common genetic risk variants for autism spectrum disorder

2019

Journal Article

Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions

Howard, David M., Adams, Mark J., Clarke, Toni-Kim, Hafferty, Jonathan D., Gibson, Jude, Shirali, Masoud, Coleman, Jonathan R. I., Hagenaars, Saskia P., Ward, Joey, Wigmore, Eleanor M., Alloza, Clara, Shen, Xueyi, Barbu, Miruna C., Xu, Eileen Y., Whalley, Heather C., Marioni, Riccardo E., Porteous, David J., Davies, Gail, Deary, Ian J., Hemani, Gibran, Berger, Klaus, Teismann, Henning, Rawal, Rajesh, Arolt, Volker, Baune, Bernhard T., Dannlowski, Udo, Domschke, Katharina, Tian, Chao, Hinds, David A. ... McIntosh, Andrew M. (2019). Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions. Nature Neuroscience, 22 (3), 343-352. doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0326-7

Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions

2019

Journal Article

Genome-wide by environment interaction studies of depressive symptoms and psychosocial stress in UK Biobank and Generation Scotland

Arnau-Soler, Aleix, Macdonald-Dunlop, Erin, Adams, Mark J., Clarke, Toni-Kim, MacIntyre, Donald J., Milburn, Keith, Navrady, Lauren, Hayward, Caroline, McIntosh, Andrew M., Thomson, Pippa A., Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till F. M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Baekvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T. F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas H. R., Bryois, Julien, Buttenscon, Henriette N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Cai, Na ... Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (2019). Genome-wide by environment interaction studies of depressive symptoms and psychosocial stress in UK Biobank and Generation Scotland. Translational Psychiatry, 9 (1) 14. doi: 10.1038/s41398-018-0360-y

Genome-wide by environment interaction studies of depressive symptoms and psychosocial stress in UK Biobank and Generation Scotland

2019

Journal Article

Quantifying between-cohort and between-sex genetic heterogeneity in major depressive disorder

Trzaskowski, Maciej, Mehta, Divya, Peyrot, Wouter J., Hawkes, David, Davies, Daniel, Howard, David M., Kemper, Kathryn E., Sidorenko, Julia, Maier, Robert, Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Baune, Bernhard T., Grabe, Hans J., Heath, Andrew C., Jones, Lisa, Jones, Ian, Madden, Pamela A.F., McIntosh, Andrew M., Breen, Gerome, Lewis, Cathryn M., Børglum, Anders D., Sullivan, Patrick F., Martin, Nicholas G., Kendler, Kenneth S., Levinson, Douglas F. and Wray, Naomi R. (2019). Quantifying between-cohort and between-sex genetic heterogeneity in major depressive disorder. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 180 (6), 439-447. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32713

Quantifying between-cohort and between-sex genetic heterogeneity in major depressive disorder

2019

Journal Article

Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

Karlsson Linnér, Richard, Biroli, Pietro, Kong, Edward, Meddens, S. Fleur W., Wedow, Robbee, Fontana, Mark Alan, Lebreton, Maël, Tino, Stephen P., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Hammerschlag, Anke R., Nivard, Michel G., Okbay, Aysu, Rietveld, Cornelius A., Timshel, Pascal N., Trzaskowski, Maciej, Vlaming, Ronald de, Zünd, Christian L., Bao, Yanchun, Buzdugan, Laura, Caplin, Ann H., Chen, Chia-Yen, Eibich, Peter, Fontanillas, Pierre, Gonzalez, Juan R., Joshi, Peter K., Karhunen, Ville, Kleinman, Aaron, Levin, Remy Z., Lill, Christina M. ... Beauchamp, Jonathan P. (2019). Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences. Nature Genetics, 51 (2), 245-257. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0309-3

Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

2019

Journal Article

Evidence for increased genetic risk load for major depression in patients assigned to electroconvulsive therapy

Foo, Jerome C., Streit, Fabian, Frank, Josef, Witt, Stephanie H., Treutlein, Jens, Baune, Bernhard T., Moebus, Susanne, Joeckel, Karl-Heinz, Forstner, Andreas J., Noethen, Markus M., Rietschel, Marcella, Sartorius, Alexander, Kranaster, Laura, Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till F. M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Baekvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T. F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas H. R. ... Sullivan, Patrick F. (2019). Evidence for increased genetic risk load for major depression in patients assigned to electroconvulsive therapy. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 180 (1), 35-45. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32700

Evidence for increased genetic risk load for major depression in patients assigned to electroconvulsive therapy

2019

Journal Article

Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Demontis, Ditte, Walters, Raymond K., Martin, Joanna, Mattheisen, Manuel, Als, Thomas D., Agerbo, Esben, Baldursson, Gísli, Belliveau, Rich, Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Cerrato, Felecia, Chambert, Kimberly, Churchhouse, Claire, Dumont, Ashley, Eriksson, Nicholas, Gandal, Michael, Goldstein, Jacqueline I., Grasby, Katrina L., Grove, Jakob, Gudmundsson, Olafur O., Hansen, Christine S., Hauberg, Mads Engel, Hollegaard, Mads V., Howrigan, Daniel P., Huang, Hailiang, Maller, Julian B., Martin, Alicia R., Martin, Nicholas G., Moran, Jennifer ... Kemp, John P. (2019). Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Nature Genetics, 51 (1), 63-75. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0269-7

Discovery of the first genome-wide significant risk loci for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

2019

Conference Publication

INVESTIGATING CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER AND GENETICALLY CORRELATED TRAITS USING MENDELIAN RANDOMISATION

Byrne, Enda, Trzaskowski, Maciej and Wray, Naomi (2019). INVESTIGATING CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER AND GENETICALLY CORRELATED TRAITS USING MENDELIAN RANDOMISATION. 25th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Orlando Fl, Oct 13-17, 2017. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.08.020

INVESTIGATING CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER AND GENETICALLY CORRELATED TRAITS USING MENDELIAN RANDOMISATION

2019

Conference Publication

Schizophrenia and urban living: a study on half a million people from three countries

Conde, Lucia Colodro, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Whitfield, John, Streit, Fabian, Yengo, Loic, Trzaskowski, Maciej, de Zeeuw, Eveline, Nivard, Michel, Whiteman, David, Boomsma, Dorret, Yang, Jian, Rietschel, Marcella, McGrath, John, Medland, Sarah E. and Martin, Nick (2019). Schizophrenia and urban living: a study on half a million people from three countries. 26th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Glasgow, Scotland, 11-15 October 2018. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.08.059

Schizophrenia and urban living: a study on half a million people from three countries

2019

Conference Publication

Validating GWA associations in psychiatric disorders with functional genomic data

Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda, Yang, Jian and Wray, Naomi (2019). Validating GWA associations in psychiatric disorders with functional genomic data. 25th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Orlando, FL, United States, 13-17 October 2017. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier . doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.08.019

Validating GWA associations in psychiatric disorders with functional genomic data

2019

Conference Publication

Polygenic dissection of T2DM and depressive symptoms

Kan, Carol, Mullins, Niamh, Mehta, Divya, Milaneschi, Yuri, Garrett, Christopher, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Grabe, Hans J., Van der Auwera, Sandra, Breen, Gerome, Ismail, Khalida and Lewis, Cathryn (2019). Polygenic dissection of T2DM and depressive symptoms. 25th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Orlando, FL, United States, 13-17 October 2017. Amsterdam: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2017.08.114

Polygenic dissection of T2DM and depressive symptoms

2019

Conference Publication

Common genetic variation explains a high proportion of the elevated risk of psychiatric disorders in children of younger mothers

Gratten, Jacob, Yang, Yuanhao, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Kemper, Kathryn, Yengo, Loic, Zheng, Zhili, Zhang, Futao, Zhu, Zhihong, Mcrae, Allan, Yang, Jian, Wray, Naomi and Visscher, Peter (2019). Common genetic variation explains a high proportion of the elevated risk of psychiatric disorders in children of younger mothers. 26th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (WCPG), Glasgow, Scotland, 11-15 October, 2018. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2018.08.167

Common genetic variation explains a high proportion of the elevated risk of psychiatric disorders in children of younger mothers

2018

Journal Article

The association between neonatal vitamin D status and risk of schizophrenia

Eyles, Darryl W., Trzaskowski, Maciej, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Mattheisen, Manuel, Meier, Sandra, Gooch, Helen, Anggono, Victor, Cui, Xiaoying, Tan, Men Chee, Burne, Thomas H. J., Jang, Se Eun, Kvaskoff, David, Hougaard, David M., Nørgaard-Pedersen, Bent, Cohen, Arieh, Agerbo, Esben, Pedersen, Carsten B., Børglum, Anders D., Mors, Ole, Sah, Pankaj, Wray, Naomi R., Mortensen, Preben B. and McGrath, John J. (2018). The association between neonatal vitamin D status and risk of schizophrenia. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 17692, 17692. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-35418-z

The association between neonatal vitamin D status and risk of schizophrenia

2018

Journal Article

Genome-wide interaction study of a proxy for stress-sensitivity and its prediction of major depressive disorder

Arnau-Soler, Aleix, Adams, Mark J., Hayward, Caroline, Thomson, Pippa A., Porteous, David, Campbell, Archie, Smith, Blair H., Black, Corri, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, McIntosh, Andrew, Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till F.M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Bækvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T.F., Bigdeli, Tim B., Binder, Elisabeth B., Blackwood, Douglas H.R., Bryois, Julien, Buttenschøn, Henriette N., Bybjerg-Grauholm, Jonas, Cai, Na ... Sullivan, Patrick F. (2018). Genome-wide interaction study of a proxy for stress-sensitivity and its prediction of major depressive disorder. PLoS ONE, 13 (12) e0209160, e0209160. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209160

Genome-wide interaction study of a proxy for stress-sensitivity and its prediction of major depressive disorder

2018

Journal Article

Imprint of assortative mating on the human genome

Yengo, Loic, Robinson, Matthew R., Keller, Matthew C., Kemper, Kathryn E., Yang, Yuanhao, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Gratten, Jacob, Turley, Patrick, Cesarini, David, Benjamin, Daniel J., Wray, Naomi R., Goddard, Michael E., Yang, Jian and Visscher, Peter M. (2018). Imprint of assortative mating on the human genome. Nature Human Behaviour, 2 (12), 948-954. doi: 10.1038/s41562-018-0476-3

Imprint of assortative mating on the human genome

2018

Journal Article

Applying polygenic risk scoring for psychiatric disorders to a large family with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder

de Jong, Simone, Abdalla Diniz, Mateus Jose, Saloma, Andiara, Gadelha, Ary, Santoro, Marcos L., Ota, Vanessa K., Noto, Cristiano, Curtis, Charlesg, Newhouse, Stephen J., Patel, Hamel, Hall, Lynsey S., O'Reilly, Paul F., Belangero, Sintia, Bressan, Rodrigo A., Breen, Gerome, Wray, Naomi R., Ripke, Stephan, Mattheisen, Manuel, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Byrne, Enda M., Abdellaoui, Abdel, Adams, Mark J., Agerbo, Esben, Air, Tracy M., Andlauer, Till F. M., Bacanu, Silviu-Alin, Baekvad-Hansen, Marie, Beekman, Aartjan T. F., Bigdeli, Tim B. ... Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder Working Groups of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (2018). Applying polygenic risk scoring for psychiatric disorders to a large family with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder. Communications Biology, 1 (163) 163. doi: 10.1038/s42003-018-0155-y

Applying polygenic risk scoring for psychiatric disorders to a large family with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder

2018

Conference Publication

Association between population density and genetic risk for schizophrenia

Colodro-Conde, Lucía, Couvy-Duchesne, Baptiste, Whitfield, John B., Streit, Fabian, Gordon, Scott, Kemper, Kathryn E., Yengo, Loic, Zheng, Zhili, Trzaskowski, Maciej, de Zeeuw, Eveline L., Nivard, Michel G., Das, Marjolijn, Neale, Rachel E., MacGregor, Stuart, Olsen, Catherine M., Whiteman, David C., Boomsma, Dorret I., Yang, Jian, Rietschel, Marcella, McGrath, John J., Medland, Sarah E. and Martin, Nicholas G. (2018). Association between population density and genetic risk for schizophrenia. Chicago, IL, United States: American Medical Association. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.1581

Association between population density and genetic risk for schizophrenia

2018

Journal Article

Global genetic differentiation of complex traits shaped by natural selection in humans

Guo, Jing, Wu, Yang, Zhu, Zhihong, Zheng, Zhili, Trzaskowski, Maciej, Zeng, Jian, Robinson, Matthew R., Visscher, Peter M. and Yang, Jian (2018). Global genetic differentiation of complex traits shaped by natural selection in humans. Nature Communications, 9 (1) 1865, 1865. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-04191-y

Global genetic differentiation of complex traits shaped by natural selection in humans

2018

Journal Article

Comparison of genotypic and phenotypic correlations: Cheverud's conjecture in humans

Sodini, Sebastian M., Kemper, Kathryn E., Wray, Naomi R. and Trzaskowski, Maciej (2018). Comparison of genotypic and phenotypic correlations: Cheverud's conjecture in humans. Genetics, 209 (3), 941-948. doi: 10.1534/genetics.117.300630

Comparison of genotypic and phenotypic correlations: Cheverud's conjecture in humans

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2026
    Revolutionising disease gene discovery and risk prediction for glaucoma: an AI-driven approach utilising eye imaging and omics data (NHMRC Ideas Grant led by QIMR)
    Queensland Institute of Medical Research
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Maciej Trzaskowski is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Harness artificial intelligence to predict glaucoma risk using eye imaging and genetic data

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Interpretable AI-Theory and Practice

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Quan Nguyen, Professor Fred Roosta

Completed supervision

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