In February 2025, Dr. Na Cai will join the Basel Research Centre for Child Health (BRCCH) as an Assistant Professor of Computational Medical Genomics. She is currently leading a research group at Helmholtz Pioneer Campus at the Technical University of Munich, where she investigates the genetic bases of psychiatric disorders, particularly Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). This debilitating mental disorder manifests in a wide range of clinical symptoms, including depressed mood, anhedonia or sleep disturbance. In spite of its high prevalence worldwide, the strong polygenic nature of MDD and its heterogenous symptomatology hinder the identification of the biological factors causing this disease