Gyda Bjornsdottir

Employment

• Decode genetics / Amgen: Reykjavik, Iceland Scientist
  2000 - Present

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Publications (49)

• The genetic architecture of fibromyalgia across 2.5 million individuals
  Isabel Kerrebijn, Gyða Björnsdóttir, Keon Arbabi +53 more
  Nature Medicine 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41591-026-04492-6
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• The genetic architecture of fibromyalgia across 2.5 million individuals
  2025 DOI: 10.1101/2025.09.18.25335914
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• Genetics and epidemiology of mutational barcode-defined clonal hematopoiesis
  Simon Stacey, Florian Zink, Gisli Hreinn Halldorsson +28 more
  Nature Genetics 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01555-z
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• Rare variants with large effects provide functional insights into the pathology of migraine subtypes, with and without aura
  Gyða Björnsdóttir, Mona Ameri Chalmer, Lilja Stefánsdóttir +91 more
  Nature Genetics 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01538-0
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• Author Correction: Rare SLC13A1 variants associate with intervertebral disc disorder highlighting role of sulfate in disc pathology
  Gyða Björnsdóttir, Lilja Stefánsdóttir, Guðmar Þorleifsson +97 more
  Nature Communications 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30129-6
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• A genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 50 genetic loci associated with carpal tunnel syndrome
  Ástrós Skúladóttir, Gyða Björnsdóttir, Egil Ferkingstad +46 more
  Nature Communications 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29133-7
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• Rare SLC13A1 variants associate with intervertebral disc disorder highlighting role of sulfate in disc pathology
  Gyða Björnsdóttir, Lilja Stefánsdóttir, Guðmar Þorleifsson +97 more
  Nature Communications 2022 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28167-1
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• A genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 53 sequence variants associating with carpal tunnel syndrome
  2022 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1189337/v1
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• Brain age prediction using deep learning uncovers associated sequence variants
  Benedikt A. Jónsson, Gyða Björnsdóttir, Thorgeir Elís Thorgeirsson +6 more
  Nature Communications 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13163-9
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• A PRPH splice-donor variant associates with reduced sural nerve amplitude and risk of peripheral neuropathy.
  Gyða Björnsdóttir, Erna V. Ivarsdottir, Kristbjörg Bjarnadóttir +30 more
  Nature communications 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09719-4
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• Deep learning based brain age prediction uncovers associated sequence variants
  2019 DOI: 10.1101/595801
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• A loss-of-function variant in ALOX15 protects against nasal polyps and chronic rhinosinusitis.
  Ragnar P. Kristjansson, Stefania Benónísdóttir, Olafur B. Davidsson +37 more
  Nature genetics 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0314-6
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• Association studies of up to 1.2 million individuals yield new insights into the genetic etiology of tobacco and alcohol use.
  Nature genetics 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0307-5
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• Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences.
  Richard Karlsson Linnér, Pietro Biroli, Edward L. Kong +89 more
  Nature genetics 2019 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0309-3
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• Meta-analysis of Icelandic and UK data sets identifies missense variants in SMO, IL11, COL11A1 and 13 more new loci associated with osteoarthritis.
  Unnur Styrkársdóttir, Sigrún H. Lund, Guðmar Þorleifsson +26 more
  Nature genetics 2018 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0247-0
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• Relatedness disequilibrium regression estimates heritability without environmental bias.
  Alexander I. Young, Michael L. Frigge, Daniel Fannar Gudbjartsson +7 more
  Nature genetics 2018 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0178-9
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• Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals.
  Nature genetics 2018 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0147-3
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• Rare and Common Variants Conferring Risk of Tooth Agenesis.
  Journal of dental research 2018 DOI: 10.1177/0022034517750109
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• The nature of nurture: Effects of parental genotypes.
  Augustine Kong, Guðmar Þorleifsson, Michael L. Frigge +12 more
  Science (New York, N.Y.) 2018 DOI: 10.1126/science.aan6877
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• 15q11.2 CNV affects cognitive, structural and functional correlates of dyslexia and dyscalculia.
  Translational psychiatry 2017 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2017.77
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