Russian National Consortium for Psychiatric Genetics: results of the first two years of work, development opportunities and international collaborations

Abstract

The background, history of creation, goals and objectives, as well as the principles of organization and work of the Russian National Consortium for Psychiatric Genetics (RNCPG) are described. The first results of the work for two years have been summarized, a brief overview of completed, ongoing and planned projects under the RNCPG is given.

Keywords

• psychiatry, genetics, genomics, genomewide associative studies (gwas), scientific genetic consortia.