Mireya Plass
@mireyaplass.bsky.social
Associate professor at Universitat de Barcelona.
Studying post transcriptional regulation in single cells and Alzheimer's Disease. iPSCs, gene regulatory networks, bioinformatics, systems biology
https://www.plasslab.com/
Studying post transcriptional regulation in single cells and Alzheimer's Disease. iPSCs, gene regulatory networks, bioinformatics, systems biology
https://www.plasslab.com/
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Our lab opens 2 PhD positions to investigate fungi's evolution: #Barcelona
Wet lab in Biochemistry/Structural Biology of cryo-tolerant fungi
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Computational in Physical Chemistry of cellular processes under extrem environments
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Our lab opens 2 PhD positions to investigate fungi's evolution: #Barcelona
Wet lab in Biochemistry/Structural Biology of cryo-tolerant fungi
www.upf.edu/documents/d/...
Computational in Physical Chemistry of cellular processes under extrem environments
www.upf.edu/documents/d/...
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January 26, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Please share🙏:
Our lab opens 2 PhD positions to investigate fungi's evolution: #Barcelona
Wet lab in Biochemistry/Structural Biology of cryo-tolerant fungi
www.upf.edu/documents/d/...
Computational in Physical Chemistry of cellular processes under extrem environments
www.upf.edu/documents/d/...
Our lab opens 2 PhD positions to investigate fungi's evolution: #Barcelona
Wet lab in Biochemistry/Structural Biology of cryo-tolerant fungi
www.upf.edu/documents/d/...
Computational in Physical Chemistry of cellular processes under extrem environments
www.upf.edu/documents/d/...
Reposted by Mireya Plass
Great work showing the power of scATAC-seq to decode ontogenetic relationships! Maybe I will check chromatin after all...
Lovely Xmas gift 🎄—our paper is out today in @natecoevo.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...! Huge thanks to everyone who made it possible, especially @aelek.bsky.social and @arnausebe.bsky.social
Decoding cnidarian cell type gene regulation - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evoluti...
www.nature.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Great work showing the power of scATAC-seq to decode ontogenetic relationships! Maybe I will check chromatin after all...
Reposted by Mireya Plass
From a personal POV, tagging along with @martaig.bsky.social and @aelek.bsky.social while they developed this project has been one big learning opportunity. In Nematostella biology, clever omics, evo-devo, and more.
And the paper certainly reflects all of that. Go check it out!
And the paper certainly reflects all of that. Go check it out!
Excited to share the final version of our study on Nematostella cell type regulatory programs. Part of our @erc.europa.eu StG project, this was a challenging 5-year effort extraodinarily led by @aelek.bsky.social and @martaig.bsky.social.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Decoding cnidarian cell type gene regulation - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evoluti...
www.nature.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
From a personal POV, tagging along with @martaig.bsky.social and @aelek.bsky.social while they developed this project has been one big learning opportunity. In Nematostella biology, clever omics, evo-devo, and more.
And the paper certainly reflects all of that. Go check it out!
And the paper certainly reflects all of that. Go check it out!
Reposted by Mireya Plass
Excited to share the final version of our study on Nematostella cell type regulatory programs. Part of our @erc.europa.eu StG project, this was a challenging 5-year effort extraodinarily led by @aelek.bsky.social and @martaig.bsky.social.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Decoding cnidarian cell type gene regulation - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evoluti...
www.nature.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Excited to share the final version of our study on Nematostella cell type regulatory programs. Part of our @erc.europa.eu StG project, this was a challenging 5-year effort extraodinarily led by @aelek.bsky.social and @martaig.bsky.social.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Mireya Plass
Lovely Xmas gift 🎄—our paper is out today in @natecoevo.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...! Huge thanks to everyone who made it possible, especially @aelek.bsky.social and @arnausebe.bsky.social
Decoding cnidarian cell type gene regulation - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evoluti...
www.nature.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Lovely Xmas gift 🎄—our paper is out today in @natecoevo.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...! Huge thanks to everyone who made it possible, especially @aelek.bsky.social and @arnausebe.bsky.social
Great work showing the power of scATAC-seq to decode ontogenetic relationships! Maybe I will check chromatin after all...
Lovely Xmas gift 🎄—our paper is out today in @natecoevo.nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...! Huge thanks to everyone who made it possible, especially @aelek.bsky.social and @arnausebe.bsky.social
Decoding cnidarian cell type gene regulation - Nature Ecology & Evolution
This study reconstructs the gene regulatory networks that define cell types in the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis, providing a valuable resource for comparative regulatory genomics and the evoluti...
www.nature.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Great work showing the power of scATAC-seq to decode ontogenetic relationships! Maybe I will check chromatin after all...
Awesome talk from @akshayjg.bsky.social at the Jornades de Bioinformàtica i Genòmica presenying our work on Alzheimer's disease using iPSCs and scRNAseq.
December 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Awesome talk from @akshayjg.bsky.social at the Jornades de Bioinformàtica i Genòmica presenying our work on Alzheimer's disease using iPSCs and scRNAseq.
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We are recruiting a tenure track professor in the broader area of molecular biology @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de at Heidelberg University! www.nature.com/naturecareer... Please share and apply!
Tenure Track Professorship (W1 with Tenure Track to W3) in “Molecular Biology" (f/m/d) - Heidelberg job with Universität Heidelberg | 12850668
The Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH) and the Faculty of Biosciences invite applications for a Tenure Track Professors...
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December 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We are recruiting a tenure track professor in the broader area of molecular biology @zmbh.uni-heidelberg.de at Heidelberg University! www.nature.com/naturecareer... Please share and apply!
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Want to image cells protecting the embryo during early development? We're hiring! 1 Postdoc, 1 PhD student, and 1 Research Technician. Come to Barcelona! www.embryobioimaging.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Want to image cells protecting the embryo during early development? We're hiring! 1 Postdoc, 1 PhD student, and 1 Research Technician. Come to Barcelona! www.embryobioimaging.com
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"Bulk RNA-seq to the rescue of differential expression analysis in single-cell transcriptomics" 🧫 📑 A new PCI Genomics recommendation by @mireyaplass.bsky.social: doi.org/10.24072/pci...
Bulk RNA-seq to the rescue of differential expression analysis i...
Due to the costs of single-cell sequencing, sample sizes are often relatively limited, sometimes leading to poorly reproducible results. In many contexts, however, larger bulk RNAseq data is…
doi.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"Bulk RNA-seq to the rescue of differential expression analysis in single-cell transcriptomics" 🧫 📑 A new PCI Genomics recommendation by @mireyaplass.bsky.social: doi.org/10.24072/pci...
Reposted by Mireya Plass
🚨Interested in studing RNA regulation & neurodegeneration in single-cells?
Join my lab @ub.edu in Barcelona!
We are looking for a junior postdoc to apply for a Juan de la Cierva fellowship. Both computational and hybrid candidates are welcomed! Get in touch to discuss the project & details
Join my lab @ub.edu in Barcelona!
We are looking for a junior postdoc to apply for a Juan de la Cierva fellowship. Both computational and hybrid candidates are welcomed! Get in touch to discuss the project & details
www.aei.gob.es
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🚨Interested in studing RNA regulation & neurodegeneration in single-cells?
Join my lab @ub.edu in Barcelona!
We are looking for a junior postdoc to apply for a Juan de la Cierva fellowship. Both computational and hybrid candidates are welcomed! Get in touch to discuss the project & details
Join my lab @ub.edu in Barcelona!
We are looking for a junior postdoc to apply for a Juan de la Cierva fellowship. Both computational and hybrid candidates are welcomed! Get in touch to discuss the project & details
Reposted by Mireya Plass
Hey everyone! I’m excited to share that one of my thesis projects was just published in @currentbiology.bsky.social and featured on phys.org! In this paper, we use an old statistical approach developed by the US Navy in WW2 to predict the aquatic habits of various dinosaurs and marine reptiles 🦖🐊
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hey everyone! I’m excited to share that one of my thesis projects was just published in @currentbiology.bsky.social and featured on phys.org! In this paper, we use an old statistical approach developed by the US Navy in WW2 to predict the aquatic habits of various dinosaurs and marine reptiles 🦖🐊
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¡Ya llevamos 212.352€ recaudados! Estamos más cerca que nunca de lograr crear el algoritmo capaz de anticiparse al Alzheimer. Ayúdanos a seguir investigando 🧠🔬.
Dona ahora en anticiparsealalzheimer.org
Dona ahora en anticiparsealalzheimer.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
¡Ya llevamos 212.352€ recaudados! Estamos más cerca que nunca de lograr crear el algoritmo capaz de anticiparse al Alzheimer. Ayúdanos a seguir investigando 🧠🔬.
Dona ahora en anticiparsealalzheimer.org
Dona ahora en anticiparsealalzheimer.org
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Integrated analysis of multimodal long-read epigenetic assays https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.09.687458v1
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Integrated analysis of multimodal long-read epigenetic assays https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.09.687458v1
🚨Interested in studing RNA regulation & neurodegeneration in single-cells?
Join my lab @ub.edu in Barcelona!
We are looking for a junior postdoc to apply for a Juan de la Cierva fellowship. Both computational and hybrid candidates are welcomed! Get in touch to discuss the project & details
Join my lab @ub.edu in Barcelona!
We are looking for a junior postdoc to apply for a Juan de la Cierva fellowship. Both computational and hybrid candidates are welcomed! Get in touch to discuss the project & details
www.aei.gob.es
November 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🚨Interested in studing RNA regulation & neurodegeneration in single-cells?
Join my lab @ub.edu in Barcelona!
We are looking for a junior postdoc to apply for a Juan de la Cierva fellowship. Both computational and hybrid candidates are welcomed! Get in touch to discuss the project & details
Join my lab @ub.edu in Barcelona!
We are looking for a junior postdoc to apply for a Juan de la Cierva fellowship. Both computational and hybrid candidates are welcomed! Get in touch to discuss the project & details
Reposted by Mireya Plass
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab at the University of Málaga, Spain🇪🇸 is looking for a bioinformatician researcher for a postdoc position (1+1 years). Check the ad, and if you're interested, get in touch!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Our lab at the University of Málaga, Spain🇪🇸 is looking for a bioinformatician researcher for a postdoc position (1+1 years). Check the ad, and if you're interested, get in touch!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
📅 Starting date early 2026, with some flexibility.
🙏Please, RT!
Finally after 5 years the first PhD from the lab!
Congratulations Dr. Ake @franzake.bsky.social !!! 👏👏👏 🎉🎉🎉
It has been a pleasure to have you in the lab. #PhD_defense #new_PhD
Congratulations Dr. Ake @franzake.bsky.social !!! 👏👏👏 🎉🎉🎉
It has been a pleasure to have you in the lab. #PhD_defense #new_PhD
October 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Finally after 5 years the first PhD from the lab!
Congratulations Dr. Ake @franzake.bsky.social !!! 👏👏👏 🎉🎉🎉
It has been a pleasure to have you in the lab. #PhD_defense #new_PhD
Congratulations Dr. Ake @franzake.bsky.social !!! 👏👏👏 🎉🎉🎉
It has been a pleasure to have you in the lab. #PhD_defense #new_PhD
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Excited and grateful to be part of this work with @smfernandezmoya.bsky.social and @mireyaplass.bsky.social at the Gene Regulation of Cell Identity lab!
🚨New preprint from the lab! This work led by @akshayjg.bsky.social & @smfernandezmoya.bsky.social shows how the RNA binding protein STAU2 regulates the timing of neurogenesis in iPSC-derived human cells
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Staufen2 modulates the temporal dynamics of human neurogenesis in vitro
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play a central role in post-transcriptional regulation during brain development, yet their specific functions in coordinating human neural lineage decisions remain poorly u...
www.biorxiv.org
October 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Excited and grateful to be part of this work with @smfernandezmoya.bsky.social and @mireyaplass.bsky.social at the Gene Regulation of Cell Identity lab!
Reposted by Mireya Plass
🚨New preprint from the lab! This work led by @akshayjg.bsky.social & @smfernandezmoya.bsky.social shows how the RNA binding protein STAU2 regulates the timing of neurogenesis in iPSC-derived human cells
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Staufen2 modulates the temporal dynamics of human neurogenesis in vitro
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play a central role in post-transcriptional regulation during brain development, yet their specific functions in coordinating human neural lineage decisions remain poorly u...
www.biorxiv.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🚨New preprint from the lab! This work led by @akshayjg.bsky.social & @smfernandezmoya.bsky.social shows how the RNA binding protein STAU2 regulates the timing of neurogenesis in iPSC-derived human cells
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
This project would have been impossible without the work of our collaborators Agnieskza Rybak-Wolf, @monikapiwecka.bsky.social & Alessandra Gioregtti.
🚨New preprint from the lab! This work led by @akshayjg.bsky.social & @smfernandezmoya.bsky.social shows how the RNA binding protein STAU2 regulates the timing of neurogenesis in iPSC-derived human cells
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Staufen2 modulates the temporal dynamics of human neurogenesis in vitro
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play a central role in post-transcriptional regulation during brain development, yet their specific functions in coordinating human neural lineage decisions remain poorly u...
www.biorxiv.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This project would have been impossible without the work of our collaborators Agnieskza Rybak-Wolf, @monikapiwecka.bsky.social & Alessandra Gioregtti.
🚨New preprint from the lab! This work led by @akshayjg.bsky.social & @smfernandezmoya.bsky.social shows how the RNA binding protein STAU2 regulates the timing of neurogenesis in iPSC-derived human cells
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Staufen2 modulates the temporal dynamics of human neurogenesis in vitro
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) play a central role in post-transcriptional regulation during brain development, yet their specific functions in coordinating human neural lineage decisions remain poorly u...
www.biorxiv.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🚨New preprint from the lab! This work led by @akshayjg.bsky.social & @smfernandezmoya.bsky.social shows how the RNA binding protein STAU2 regulates the timing of neurogenesis in iPSC-derived human cells
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Very happy to share the peer-reviewed version of our work on the cis-regulatory determinants of #microexon #splicing regulation by SRRM3/4, published in @natsmb.nature.com!
rdcu.be/ezGqT
Work led by @sobonnal.bsky.social, with Simon Bajew & @rmartinezcorral.bsky.social. @crg.eu @upf.edu
rdcu.be/ezGqT
Work led by @sobonnal.bsky.social, with Simon Bajew & @rmartinezcorral.bsky.social. @crg.eu @upf.edu
Core splicing architecture and early spliceosomal recognition determine microexon sensitivity to SRRM3/4
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology - Using massively parallel splicing assays and mathematical modeling, Bonnal et al. uncover that conserved splice site strength and exon length encode...
rdcu.be
August 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Very happy to share the peer-reviewed version of our work on the cis-regulatory determinants of #microexon #splicing regulation by SRRM3/4, published in @natsmb.nature.com!
rdcu.be/ezGqT
Work led by @sobonnal.bsky.social, with Simon Bajew & @rmartinezcorral.bsky.social. @crg.eu @upf.edu
rdcu.be/ezGqT
Work led by @sobonnal.bsky.social, with Simon Bajew & @rmartinezcorral.bsky.social. @crg.eu @upf.edu
Reposted by Mireya Plass
🧬🧬🧬 New review from the lab:
Evolution of comparative transcriptomics: biological scales, phylogenetic spans, and modeling frameworks
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
By @mattezambon.bsky.social & @fedemantica.bsky.social, together with @jonnyfrazer.bsky.social & Mafalda Dias.
Evolution of comparative transcriptomics: biological scales, phylogenetic spans, and modeling frameworks
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
By @mattezambon.bsky.social & @fedemantica.bsky.social, together with @jonnyfrazer.bsky.social & Mafalda Dias.
August 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🧬🧬🧬 New review from the lab:
Evolution of comparative transcriptomics: biological scales, phylogenetic spans, and modeling frameworks
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
By @mattezambon.bsky.social & @fedemantica.bsky.social, together with @jonnyfrazer.bsky.social & Mafalda Dias.
Evolution of comparative transcriptomics: biological scales, phylogenetic spans, and modeling frameworks
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
By @mattezambon.bsky.social & @fedemantica.bsky.social, together with @jonnyfrazer.bsky.social & Mafalda Dias.
Reposted by Mireya Plass
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Call for Applications: Fully Funded PhD Scholarships in Systems Medicine - Human Technopole
Are you passionate about science and ready to take the next step in your research journey? Human Technopole is offering up to 9 fully funded PhD scholarships through the highly regarded SEMM PhD Progr...
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July 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
🎓 Just graduated and passionate about Computational #Biology, Structural Biology, #Genomics or #Neurogenomics? Apply by 8 Sept for 1 of 9 fully funded PhD scholarships via the SEMM Program at HT in Milan!
👉 humantechnopole.it/en/news/call... #PhDlife
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