Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
@aruizherrera.bsky.social
Professor @Universitat Autonoma Barcelona-Understanding how genomes organize, evolve & are transmitted to the offspring. #genomics #evolution #meiosis #3Dgenome #biodiversity
Co-EiC @heredityjournal.bsky.social
👉https://webs.uab.cat/evolgenom/
Co-EiC @heredityjournal.bsky.social
👉https://webs.uab.cat/evolgenom/
Pinned
🔖New paper from the lab!
'Evolution of 3D Chromatin Folding' | Annual Reviews - go.shr.lc/3B60kZF
'Evolution of 3D Chromatin Folding' | Annual Reviews - go.shr.lc/3B60kZF
💥2025 has been an extraordinary year for the team, full of challenges, but even more rewarding!
None of this would have been possible without the incredible team of women who make everything happen. Young, driven, but above all, genuinely kind people 💜
Here’s to an even more exciting 2026! 🚀
None of this would have been possible without the incredible team of women who make everything happen. Young, driven, but above all, genuinely kind people 💜
Here’s to an even more exciting 2026! 🚀
December 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
💥2025 has been an extraordinary year for the team, full of challenges, but even more rewarding!
None of this would have been possible without the incredible team of women who make everything happen. Young, driven, but above all, genuinely kind people 💜
Here’s to an even more exciting 2026! 🚀
None of this would have been possible without the incredible team of women who make everything happen. Young, driven, but above all, genuinely kind people 💜
Here’s to an even more exciting 2026! 🚀
🎯Excited to share our new collaborative paper in Mol Ecol - Beautifully lead by @marta-fb.bsky.social & @coreykirkland.bsky.social - Exploring the fascinating evolutionary story of the waterbuck, shaped by climate and unique chromosome changes
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Chromosome‐Level Genomics and Historical Museum Collections Reveal New Insights Into the Population Structure and Chromosome Evolution of Waterbuck
Advances in sequencing and chromosome-scale assembly have brought non-model animals into focus, deepening our understanding of genome and chromosome evolution. Here, we present the waterbuck (Kobus e...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
🎯Excited to share our new collaborative paper in Mol Ecol - Beautifully lead by @marta-fb.bsky.social & @coreykirkland.bsky.social - Exploring the fascinating evolutionary story of the waterbuck, shaped by climate and unique chromosome changes
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🔬 Uncovering the mechanisms of sex chromosome dosage compensation in skinks! 🦎 🧬
Our latest collaborative study on how a lizard species with an extraordinary ability to change sexual phenotype maintains genomic balance.
👇
rdcu.be/eVjqW
Our latest collaborative study on how a lizard species with an extraordinary ability to change sexual phenotype maintains genomic balance.
👇
rdcu.be/eVjqW
Sex chromosome dosage compensation in a sex reversing skink is not influenced by sexual phenotype
rdcu.be
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🔬 Uncovering the mechanisms of sex chromosome dosage compensation in skinks! 🦎 🧬
Our latest collaborative study on how a lizard species with an extraordinary ability to change sexual phenotype maintains genomic balance.
👇
rdcu.be/eVjqW
Our latest collaborative study on how a lizard species with an extraordinary ability to change sexual phenotype maintains genomic balance.
👇
rdcu.be/eVjqW
Excited to be part of the amazing team behind our upcoming symposium on Sex Evolution at #SMBE2026!
🔹 Daniel Jeffries
🔹 Paul Jay
🔹 @sphaeromeria.bsky.social
🔹 @astridboehne.bsky.social
🔹 @cbenvenuto.bsky.social
Join us in Copenhagen for cutting-edge discussions on #sex #evolution
🔹 Daniel Jeffries
🔹 Paul Jay
🔹 @sphaeromeria.bsky.social
🔹 @astridboehne.bsky.social
🔹 @cbenvenuto.bsky.social
Join us in Copenhagen for cutting-edge discussions on #sex #evolution
SMBE2026 Symposium 9 | New frontiers in sex evolution: evolutionary patterns and innovations
📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts
📋 Programme details
smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts
📋 Programme details
smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
December 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Excited to be part of the amazing team behind our upcoming symposium on Sex Evolution at #SMBE2026!
🔹 Daniel Jeffries
🔹 Paul Jay
🔹 @sphaeromeria.bsky.social
🔹 @astridboehne.bsky.social
🔹 @cbenvenuto.bsky.social
Join us in Copenhagen for cutting-edge discussions on #sex #evolution
🔹 Daniel Jeffries
🔹 Paul Jay
🔹 @sphaeromeria.bsky.social
🔹 @astridboehne.bsky.social
🔹 @cbenvenuto.bsky.social
Join us in Copenhagen for cutting-edge discussions on #sex #evolution
Honored to be part of this exciting symposium at #SMBE2026! Huge thanks to Marie Raynaud, @duret-lbbe.bsky.social, and @susanjohnston.bsky.social for the invitation. Looking forward to sharing insights on recombination and evolution with such an amazing community. See you in Copenhagen!!!
Are you a recombination researcher heading to #SMBE2026? Submit your abstract to our Symposium, organised by Marie Raynaud, Laurent Duret, and myself. We're excited to have Aurora Ruiz-Herrera from UAB Barcelona as our invited speaker.
🧬🦄🦠🌿🐝🐟🍄🪱
@aruizherrera.bsky.social @duret-lbbe.bsky.social
🧬🦄🦠🌿🐝🐟🍄🪱
@aruizherrera.bsky.social @duret-lbbe.bsky.social
SMBE2026 Symposium 11 | The evolution of recombination landscapes
📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts
📋 Programme details
smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
📨 Abstract submission
smbe2026.org/abstracts
📋 Programme details
smbe2026.org/programme
#SMBE2026
December 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Honored to be part of this exciting symposium at #SMBE2026! Huge thanks to Marie Raynaud, @duret-lbbe.bsky.social, and @susanjohnston.bsky.social for the invitation. Looking forward to sharing insights on recombination and evolution with such an amazing community. See you in Copenhagen!!!
Reposted by Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
Looking for a cool image to represent the complexity of within-species genomic diversity? Look no further! Beautiful artwork by Binia De Cahsan!
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Looking for a cool image to represent the complexity of within-species genomic diversity? Look no further! Beautiful artwork by Binia De Cahsan!
Reposted by Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
🦣🧬🦣🤯💥We are pleased to share our new paper about ancient RNA expression profiles from the Woolly Mammoth, now published in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
If you want to know more, read the 🧵 below:
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
If you want to know more, read the 🧵 below:
November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🦣🧬🦣🤯💥We are pleased to share our new paper about ancient RNA expression profiles from the Woolly Mammoth, now published in Cell @cellpress.bsky.social
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
If you want to know more, read the 🧵 below:
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
If you want to know more, read the 🧵 below:
Reposted by Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
The Genomic Kaleidoscope: On the Hidden Dimensions of Within-Species Genomic Diversity academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... 🧬🖥️🧪
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Genomic Kaleidoscope: On the Hidden Dimensions of Within-Species Genomic Diversity academic.oup.com/gbe/article/... 🧬🖥️🧪
👏 It really shows how powerful meetings can be for sparking ideas and collaborations —and when those turn into joint efforts like this, even greater! Thank you all for this fun adventure!
@mbrasovives.bsky.social @diegoharta.bsky.social @jrotwitguez.bsky.social @theafrogers.bsky.social et al
@mbrasovives.bsky.social @diegoharta.bsky.social @jrotwitguez.bsky.social @theafrogers.bsky.social et al
So, it all started after we organised a symposium at the @official-smbe.bsky.social meeting in 2024, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 🇲🇽.
Together with all the speakers (all in the picture), we joined forces to write this Perspective for GBE, summarising the key ideas and results presented there.
(3/n)
Together with all the speakers (all in the picture), we joined forces to write this Perspective for GBE, summarising the key ideas and results presented there.
(3/n)
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
👏 It really shows how powerful meetings can be for sparking ideas and collaborations —and when those turn into joint efforts like this, even greater! Thank you all for this fun adventure!
@mbrasovives.bsky.social @diegoharta.bsky.social @jrotwitguez.bsky.social @theafrogers.bsky.social et al
@mbrasovives.bsky.social @diegoharta.bsky.social @jrotwitguez.bsky.social @theafrogers.bsky.social et al
Reposted by Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
Brasó-Vives et al. publish a new Perspective in GBE, highlighting underexplored dimensions of genomic variation that contribute to phenotypic diversity beyond the DNA sequence, contributing to our understanding of genome evolution.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf204
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf204
#genome #evolution
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Brasó-Vives et al. publish a new Perspective in GBE, highlighting underexplored dimensions of genomic variation that contribute to phenotypic diversity beyond the DNA sequence, contributing to our understanding of genome evolution.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf204
#genome #evolution
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf204
#genome #evolution
🚨 New Paper Alert!
Our latest perspective piece is out, and it’s one you won’t want to miss- 'The Genomic Kaleidoscope'
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Co-lead by @mbrasovives.bsky.social @jrotwitguez.bsky.social & @diegoharta.bsky.social
📌 Check the full post here👇
Our latest perspective piece is out, and it’s one you won’t want to miss- 'The Genomic Kaleidoscope'
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Co-lead by @mbrasovives.bsky.social @jrotwitguez.bsky.social & @diegoharta.bsky.social
📌 Check the full post here👇
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🚨 New Paper Alert!
Our latest perspective piece is out, and it’s one you won’t want to miss- 'The Genomic Kaleidoscope'
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Co-lead by @mbrasovives.bsky.social @jrotwitguez.bsky.social & @diegoharta.bsky.social
📌 Check the full post here👇
Our latest perspective piece is out, and it’s one you won’t want to miss- 'The Genomic Kaleidoscope'
academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...
Co-lead by @mbrasovives.bsky.social @jrotwitguez.bsky.social & @diegoharta.bsky.social
📌 Check the full post here👇
🎓 We have a new doctor in the house!!!!!!!!
Last Friday, Cristina Marín García successfully defended her thesis with flying colours! Huge congratulations to her on this well-deserved achievement! 🏅
We’re lucky to have such a dedicated and inspiring team! 💫
Last Friday, Cristina Marín García successfully defended her thesis with flying colours! Huge congratulations to her on this well-deserved achievement! 🏅
We’re lucky to have such a dedicated and inspiring team! 💫
October 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🎓 We have a new doctor in the house!!!!!!!!
Last Friday, Cristina Marín García successfully defended her thesis with flying colours! Huge congratulations to her on this well-deserved achievement! 🏅
We’re lucky to have such a dedicated and inspiring team! 💫
Last Friday, Cristina Marín García successfully defended her thesis with flying colours! Huge congratulations to her on this well-deserved achievement! 🏅
We’re lucky to have such a dedicated and inspiring team! 💫
Descubren cómo una proteína clave del ADN puede afectar la fertilidad masculina www.lavanguardia.com/launi/202510...
Descubren cómo una proteína clave del ADN puede afectar la fertilidad masculina
Lea este artículo en catalán Un equipo de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ha identificado una nueva función de la proteína RAD21L, esencial para la fertilidad
www.lavanguardia.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Descubren cómo una proteína clave del ADN puede afectar la fertilidad masculina www.lavanguardia.com/launi/202510...
💥 Another fruitful collaboration!
Along with @obog.bsky.social & Juan Tena’s teams we provide a multiomics study of zebrafish spermatogenesis
🐟#meiosis
👇
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Along with @obog.bsky.social & Juan Tena’s teams we provide a multiomics study of zebrafish spermatogenesis
🐟#meiosis
👇
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
October 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
💥 Another fruitful collaboration!
Along with @obog.bsky.social & Juan Tena’s teams we provide a multiomics study of zebrafish spermatogenesis
🐟#meiosis
👇
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Along with @obog.bsky.social & Juan Tena’s teams we provide a multiomics study of zebrafish spermatogenesis
🐟#meiosis
👇
www.embopress.org/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Early career group leaders
We appoint researchers from across biology and biomedicine to set up their first groups at the Crick.
www.crick.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The @crick.ac.uk is recruiting Early Career Group Leaders
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
- Lab set-up, research costs, salaries for up to 5 researchers
- Support for up to 12 years
- Access to our core facilities
- Competitive salary
- Fantastic colleagues
- All areas of biology
Deadline 27 Nov
www.crick.ac.uk/careers-stud...
Reposted by Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
Será interesante hacer de nuevo este gráfico dentro de 20, 30, 40 años.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
October 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Será interesante hacer de nuevo este gráfico dentro de 20, 30, 40 años.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
🏙️ Last week, #ERGA joined the @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social #VGP Conference in NYC, a great chance to connect with @ebpgenome.bsky.social projects and share progress on #FAIR genome assemblies & reporting under @biogeneurope.bsky.social
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-me... #genomes #conference
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-me... #genomes #conference
ERGA meets VGP in New York City
Last week, ERGA was present at the Vertebrate Genomes Project 2025 Conference, held at The Rockefeller University in New York City from September 30 and October 1. ERGA and VGP share a long-standing c...
www.erga-biodiversity.eu
October 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
🏙️ Last week, #ERGA joined the @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social #VGP Conference in NYC, a great chance to connect with @ebpgenome.bsky.social projects and share progress on #FAIR genome assemblies & reporting under @biogeneurope.bsky.social
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-me... #genomes #conference
www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/erga-me... #genomes #conference
Reposted by Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
📢 A la #bctUAB muntem un #GrupFocal amb l'alumnat de #doctorat i #màster per millorar en el suport que donem.
📅 Dimecres 15/10, d'11h a 12h
Ens ajudeu a fer córrer la veu?
@aruizherrera.bsky.social @ibb-uab.bsky.social
@giq-bcn.bsky.social @crmatematica.bsky.social @aurahdezsabate.bsky.social
📅 Dimecres 15/10, d'11h a 12h
Ens ajudeu a fer córrer la veu?
@aruizherrera.bsky.social @ibb-uab.bsky.social
@giq-bcn.bsky.social @crmatematica.bsky.social @aurahdezsabate.bsky.social
📢#UABer, estàs fent el #doctorat?
O potser fas un #màster?
Volem saber la teva opinió sobre l'ús de la #IA en la teva recerca i sobre l'accés a la #bibliografia de suport.
Però ho volem fer d'una forma lliure i distesa.
Ens deixes convidar-te a un cafè?
☕👇
O potser fas un #màster?
Volem saber la teva opinió sobre l'ús de la #IA en la teva recerca i sobre l'accés a la #bibliografia de suport.
Però ho volem fer d'una forma lliure i distesa.
Ens deixes convidar-te a un cafè?
☕👇
October 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
📢 A la #bctUAB muntem un #GrupFocal amb l'alumnat de #doctorat i #màster per millorar en el suport que donem.
📅 Dimecres 15/10, d'11h a 12h
Ens ajudeu a fer córrer la veu?
@aruizherrera.bsky.social @ibb-uab.bsky.social
@giq-bcn.bsky.social @crmatematica.bsky.social @aurahdezsabate.bsky.social
📅 Dimecres 15/10, d'11h a 12h
Ens ajudeu a fer córrer la veu?
@aruizherrera.bsky.social @ibb-uab.bsky.social
@giq-bcn.bsky.social @crmatematica.bsky.social @aurahdezsabate.bsky.social
RIP John Gurdon
October 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
RIP John Gurdon
Reposted by Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
We are very pleased to announce our joint meeting with the German @gfeev.bsky.social and the Dutch Developmental Biology Societies, which will take place in Potsdam from the 10-13th of March 2026. Registration is now open! www.uni-potsdam.de/en/gfe-meeti...
October 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We are very pleased to announce our joint meeting with the German @gfeev.bsky.social and the Dutch Developmental Biology Societies, which will take place in Potsdam from the 10-13th of March 2026. Registration is now open! www.uni-potsdam.de/en/gfe-meeti...
Reposted by Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
Today in @nature.com, we present our work leveraging functional genomics and human blastoids to uncover a human-specific mechanism in preimplantation development driven by the endogenous retrovirus HERVK.
Special thanks to the reviewers whose comments improved our manuscript a lot! rdcu.be/eI3tD
Special thanks to the reviewers whose comments improved our manuscript a lot! rdcu.be/eI3tD
A human-specific regulatory mechanism revealed in a pre-implantation model
Nature - Genetic manipulation of blastoids reveals the role of recently emerged transposable elements and genes in human development.
rdcu.be
October 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Today in @nature.com, we present our work leveraging functional genomics and human blastoids to uncover a human-specific mechanism in preimplantation development driven by the endogenous retrovirus HERVK.
Special thanks to the reviewers whose comments improved our manuscript a lot! rdcu.be/eI3tD
Special thanks to the reviewers whose comments improved our manuscript a lot! rdcu.be/eI3tD
✨ It was great to attend the @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social Conference at @rockefeller.edu in New York City - Aiming to generate high-quality, near error-free reference genome assemblies for vertebrates to transform our understanding of biodiversity, evolution, and conservation 🐒🦒🐕🐗🦥🦉🐘
October 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
✨ It was great to attend the @vertebrategenomes.bsky.social Conference at @rockefeller.edu in New York City - Aiming to generate high-quality, near error-free reference genome assemblies for vertebrates to transform our understanding of biodiversity, evolution, and conservation 🐒🦒🐕🐗🦥🦉🐘
🚨 New from our lab in #ScienceAdvances!
RAD21L cohesin acts as both a 3D genome architect and a transcriptional gatekeeper in the male germline. Its loss disrupts both structure and function—highlighting the tight link between genome folding and gene regulation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
RAD21L cohesin acts as both a 3D genome architect and a transcriptional gatekeeper in the male germline. Its loss disrupts both structure and function—highlighting the tight link between genome folding and gene regulation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Meiotic cohesin RAD21L shapes 3D genome structure and transcription in the male germline
Deletion of the meiotic subunit RAD21L alters 3D chromatin structure and transcription in the mammalian male germ line.
www.science.org
October 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
🚨 New from our lab in #ScienceAdvances!
RAD21L cohesin acts as both a 3D genome architect and a transcriptional gatekeeper in the male germline. Its loss disrupts both structure and function—highlighting the tight link between genome folding and gene regulation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
RAD21L cohesin acts as both a 3D genome architect and a transcriptional gatekeeper in the male germline. Its loss disrupts both structure and function—highlighting the tight link between genome folding and gene regulation
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
🎙️ 📻 New Heredity Podcast!
We talk with @caitismuheil.bsky.social and Jessica McNeill about their work showing the sensitivity of meiosis to temperature and what this might mean for populations in a warming world.
@ncstate.bsky.social
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Episode:
shows.acast.com/heredity-pod...
We talk with @caitismuheil.bsky.social and Jessica McNeill about their work showing the sensitivity of meiosis to temperature and what this might mean for populations in a warming world.
@ncstate.bsky.social
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Episode:
shows.acast.com/heredity-pod...
September 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🎙️ 📻 New Heredity Podcast!
We talk with @caitismuheil.bsky.social and Jessica McNeill about their work showing the sensitivity of meiosis to temperature and what this might mean for populations in a warming world.
@ncstate.bsky.social
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Episode:
shows.acast.com/heredity-pod...
We talk with @caitismuheil.bsky.social and Jessica McNeill about their work showing the sensitivity of meiosis to temperature and what this might mean for populations in a warming world.
@ncstate.bsky.social
@gensocuk.bsky.social
Episode:
shows.acast.com/heredity-pod...