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
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...
Reposted by Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
This looks interesting: Reference genome choice compromises population genetic analyses
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Reference genome choice compromises population genetic analyses
Using a species-specific reference genome significantly improves the accuracy of population
genetic analyses, as exemplified by mapping gray fox sequence data to genomes of several
canid species. Mapp...
www.cell.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This looks interesting: Reference genome choice compromises population genetic analyses
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Congrats @needhibhalla.bsky.social !!! 👏👏👏
🎉 Congratulations to Needhi Bhalla, UC Santa Cruz (www.bhallalab.com
), named a 2025 #ASCB Fellow! This honor celebrates her outstanding contributions to cell biology, leadership, & service. Fellows will be recognized at #CellBio2025 in Philadelphia this December. #CellBiology
), named a 2025 #ASCB Fellow! This honor celebrates her outstanding contributions to cell biology, leadership, & service. Fellows will be recognized at #CellBio2025 in Philadelphia this December. #CellBiology
September 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Congrats @needhibhalla.bsky.social !!! 👏👏👏
Reposted by Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
Thanks @aruizherrera.bsky.social and @dariloops.bsky.social @segenetica.bsky.social for organizing. Thanks also to the students for the tons of questions and to professors for sharing their enthusiam for science! A great experience to be part of the course!! @csic.es
Organizing the National Course of Genetics 🧬 by @segenetica.bsky.social and Conexion Genoma @csic.es alongside @dariloops.bsky.social has been a blast!
A great opportunity for young researchers to learn and interact with leaders in the filed of #genomics during a whole week - the future is bright!
A great opportunity for young researchers to learn and interact with leaders in the filed of #genomics during a whole week - the future is bright!
September 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Thanks @aruizherrera.bsky.social and @dariloops.bsky.social @segenetica.bsky.social for organizing. Thanks also to the students for the tons of questions and to professors for sharing their enthusiam for science! A great experience to be part of the course!! @csic.es
Organizing the National Course of Genetics 🧬 by @segenetica.bsky.social and Conexion Genoma @csic.es alongside @dariloops.bsky.social has been a blast!
A great opportunity for young researchers to learn and interact with leaders in the filed of #genomics during a whole week - the future is bright!
A great opportunity for young researchers to learn and interact with leaders in the filed of #genomics during a whole week - the future is bright!
September 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Organizing the National Course of Genetics 🧬 by @segenetica.bsky.social and Conexion Genoma @csic.es alongside @dariloops.bsky.social has been a blast!
A great opportunity for young researchers to learn and interact with leaders in the filed of #genomics during a whole week - the future is bright!
A great opportunity for young researchers to learn and interact with leaders in the filed of #genomics during a whole week - the future is bright!
Reposted by Aurora Ruiz-Herrera
🎁Wrapping up 5 days of science at the National Course of Genetics 🧬 by @segenetica.bsky.social and Conexion Genoma @csic.es
As organizers, @aruizherrera.bsky.social and I have really enjoyed the organization. Thanks to all participants and professors for the lively discussion!!
See you in 2027 😉
As organizers, @aruizherrera.bsky.social and I have really enjoyed the organization. Thanks to all participants and professors for the lively discussion!!
See you in 2027 😉
September 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🎁Wrapping up 5 days of science at the National Course of Genetics 🧬 by @segenetica.bsky.social and Conexion Genoma @csic.es
As organizers, @aruizherrera.bsky.social and I have really enjoyed the organization. Thanks to all participants and professors for the lively discussion!!
See you in 2027 😉
As organizers, @aruizherrera.bsky.social and I have really enjoyed the organization. Thanks to all participants and professors for the lively discussion!!
See you in 2027 😉