Sofia J. Araújo
@sofiajaraujo.bsky.social
Research scientist interest in how cells behave, Professor and head of the @geneticsub.bsky.social section at Universitat de Barcelona, eLife SE, Fly EDS and SEBD board member #Scicomm and #SciArt enthusiast and X escapee
This is just such a great initiative! And I just got my first tree 🌳 at #ForestofBiologists @biologists.bsky.social
In our Forest of Biologists we fund the restoration and preservation of ancient woodland and dedicate these trees to our peer reviewers.
There are now over 10,000 trees for peer reviews!
Thank you to all our peer reviewers. Find out more:
forest.biologists.com
#PRW2025 @peerreviewweek.bsky.social
There are now over 10,000 trees for peer reviews!
Thank you to all our peer reviewers. Find out more:
forest.biologists.com
#PRW2025 @peerreviewweek.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is just such a great initiative! And I just got my first tree 🌳 at #ForestofBiologists @biologists.bsky.social
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#SEBD board secretary @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social received a #SciArt #SciCom prize for her #Musifyingproteins a science and music project she shares with pianist Laia de la Torre. Congratulations!!! www.instagram.com/musifying_pr...
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
#SEBD board secretary @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social received a #SciArt #SciCom prize for her #Musifyingproteins a science and music project she shares with pianist Laia de la Torre. Congratulations!!! www.instagram.com/musifying_pr...
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Congratulations to @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social and Laia de la Torre @araujolabub.bsky.social for being selected as finalists and winning a prize at the first Simfonies de Ciencia @comunicacioaccc.bsky.social for their #Musifyingproteins #SciArt #SciComm project!
What an adventure the last 2 weeks have been! We were selected for the semi-finals and made it to the final of #simfonies_ciencia! We didn't win the final, but we won much more than that. This competition gave us the opportunity to present our project twice in front of very varied audiences (1/2)
We went to the Simfonies de Ciencia @comunicacioaccc.bsky.social final, @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social and Laia de la Torre, and we got a prize!! It was a great experience and we are very pleased and happy to have participated! Always searching for new ways to take #scienceinsociety #SciArt
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Congratulations to @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social and Laia de la Torre @araujolabub.bsky.social for being selected as finalists and winning a prize at the first Simfonies de Ciencia @comunicacioaccc.bsky.social for their #Musifyingproteins #SciArt #SciComm project!
What an adventure the last 2 weeks have been! We were selected for the semi-finals and made it to the final of #simfonies_ciencia! We didn't win the final, but we won much more than that. This competition gave us the opportunity to present our project twice in front of very varied audiences (1/2)
We went to the Simfonies de Ciencia @comunicacioaccc.bsky.social final, @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social and Laia de la Torre, and we got a prize!! It was a great experience and we are very pleased and happy to have participated! Always searching for new ways to take #scienceinsociety #SciArt
November 16, 2025 at 11:12 AM
What an adventure the last 2 weeks have been! We were selected for the semi-finals and made it to the final of #simfonies_ciencia! We didn't win the final, but we won much more than that. This competition gave us the opportunity to present our project twice in front of very varied audiences (1/2)
It is a pleasure and an honour to host @marianros.bsky.social @ibbtec.bsky.social seminar @geneticsub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social @ub.edu Marian has been collaborating with us and the master in Genetics and Genomics many years! Come over to the seminar!
🗣️ Seminar:“Dorsal Determination in the Development,Evolution,and Regeneration of Vertebrate Paired Appendages” by Dr.Marian Ros (IBBTEC),organized by @geneticsub.bsky.social and the Master in Genetics and Genomics
Host:Sofia J. Araújo
🗓️ Nov 11th
🕙 11:00 AM
🏫 Aula de Graus @biologiaub.bsky.social
Host:Sofia J. Araújo
🗓️ Nov 11th
🕙 11:00 AM
🏫 Aula de Graus @biologiaub.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It is a pleasure and an honour to host @marianros.bsky.social @ibbtec.bsky.social seminar @geneticsub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social @ub.edu Marian has been collaborating with us and the master in Genetics and Genomics many years! Come over to the seminar!
Very happy to share these news from my lab!!!
We are thrilled to announce that we have been selected in #Marató2024, for research in respiratory diseases with our project “Translating candidate causal genes in human respiratory disease using #Drosophila melanogaster” together with the Georgiou and Sayers labs at the University of Nottingham!
November 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Very happy to share these news from my lab!!!
Reposted by Sofia J. Araújo
📣 Interested in cell behaviour and cell-cell communication? Curious about cell architecture? Join us at @geneticsub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social in Barcelona! We’re looking for postdocs to apply for a Juan de la Cierva fellowship. Want to join us? Get in touch! www.aei.gob.es/convocatoria...
www.aei.gob.es
November 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
📣 Interested in cell behaviour and cell-cell communication? Curious about cell architecture? Join us at @geneticsub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social in Barcelona! We’re looking for postdocs to apply for a Juan de la Cierva fellowship. Want to join us? Get in touch! www.aei.gob.es/convocatoria...
Have to try this @qedscience.bsky.social AI 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Unlike the heart attack of getting a “Decision” email, it’s such a good feeling to get a “Your review is ready” email from qed :)
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Have to try this @qedscience.bsky.social AI 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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We had a great time this morning at the @ibub-ub.bsky.social Research day! The @geneticsub.bsky.social was represented by a talk by Aleix Bayona and a round table discussion and presentations by Florenci Serras, @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social @vtoulis.bsky.social Carmen de Sena and Cristina Gonzalez!
October 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We had a great time this morning at the @ibub-ub.bsky.social Research day! The @geneticsub.bsky.social was represented by a talk by Aleix Bayona and a round table discussion and presentations by Florenci Serras, @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social @vtoulis.bsky.social Carmen de Sena and Cristina Gonzalez!
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Next March 2026 the joint meeting of the @sebioldev.bsky.social @gfeev.bsky.social and Dutch societies for #DevBio will take for place in Potsdam. From the @geneticsub.bsky.social it counts with the participation of @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social as organizer & @isabelalmudi.bsky.social as a speaker
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 4:42 PM
Next March 2026 the joint meeting of the @sebioldev.bsky.social @gfeev.bsky.social and Dutch societies for #DevBio will take for place in Potsdam. From the @geneticsub.bsky.social it counts with the participation of @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social as organizer & @isabelalmudi.bsky.social as a speaker
It was great to participate in this year’s #EDRC2025 and meet so many friends, discuss our projects and listen to so much great science! Looking forward to #EDRC2027 in Bonn!
The @geneticsub.bsky.social section, was well represented at #EDRC2025 @edrc2025.bsky.social by Nadia and Marco @mariottilab.bsky.social Sofia @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social and Núria @nuriacorbella.bsky.social @araujolabub.bsky.social and Ivan from the Serras’ lab who presented their results
October 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
#EstaSemana La supuesta ventaja evolutiva de consumir alcohol
Un artículo de A. Victoria de Andrés Fernández
Un artículo de A. Victoria de Andrés Fernández
La supuesta ventaja evolutiva de consumir alcohol - Mujeres con ciencia
Consumir alcohol. Ventaje evolutiva. Pasado evolutivo. Dieta paleolítica. Alcohol etílico. Isoenzima alcohol deshidrogenasa de clase IV.
mujeresconciencia.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Great news from the @crg.eu on @monicabettencourt.bsky.social appointment as the new director. This is excellent for the CRG and for catalan #science, for Monica is an excellent choice and a leader to a bright scientific future! #womeninscience
Happy to be the next (and 1st female) @crg.eu director. The CRG always stood out to me, for its excellence in understanding life's principles, with implications for health and biodiversity, & its collaborative, open and innovative way of doing science. Thrilled to join its amazing community in 2026!
July 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Great news from the @crg.eu on @monicabettencourt.bsky.social appointment as the new director. This is excellent for the CRG and for catalan #science, for Monica is an excellent choice and a leader to a bright scientific future! #womeninscience
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Biomedical research budget cuts at Harvard threaten @flybase.bsky.social —known as the "Wikipedia of fruit fly research", fueling key discoveries in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, addiction, birth defects, and more.
Details: tinyurl.com/4chpts9f #FlyBase
Details: tinyurl.com/4chpts9f #FlyBase
Why a database of bug genes could be one of Trump’s most devastating cuts at Harvard
FlyBase, the world's only fruit fly database, is in the crosshairs of Trump's attack on Harvard. Here's why it could matter for your health.
tinyurl.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Biomedical research budget cuts at Harvard threaten @flybase.bsky.social —known as the "Wikipedia of fruit fly research", fueling key discoveries in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, addiction, birth defects, and more.
Details: tinyurl.com/4chpts9f #FlyBase
Details: tinyurl.com/4chpts9f #FlyBase
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#Avuiés #StJoan, una celebració originada en les festes paganes del solstici d’estiu, encara que enguany no coincideixin, per commemorar aquesta època propícia per l’agricultura i el món rural com a símbol de fertilitat i vida: www.3cat.cat/324/quin-es-...
June 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
#Avuiés #StJoan, una celebració originada en les festes paganes del solstici d’estiu, encara que enguany no coincideixin, per commemorar aquesta època propícia per l’agricultura i el món rural com a símbol de fertilitat i vida: www.3cat.cat/324/quin-es-...
We are where we are thanks to the many women who fought for our rights way before we arrived. We owe them who we can be today. We stand in the shoulders of giants. RIP Roser Gonzalez www.elpuntavui.cat/article/29-n...
Mor Roser Gonzàlez i Duarte, genetista de prestigi mundial
Va lluitar de forma incansable per la presència de les dones en el món de la ciència
www.elpuntavui.cat
June 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We are where we are thanks to the many women who fought for our rights way before we arrived. We owe them who we can be today. We stand in the shoulders of giants. RIP Roser Gonzalez www.elpuntavui.cat/article/29-n...
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The #SEBD fully supports the request for emergency funding by the European #Drosophila genetics database and encourages its members to help this important database #FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social
#Drosophila @flybase.bsky.social requires emergency funding:
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to #FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost". Please help if you can!
"As it stands, by the end of July, 2025, there will be no future updates to #FlyBase, and in the worst case scenario access to the website will also be lost". Please help if you can!
We currently have a call for support that has gone out to European labs, to support FlyBase-UK. We are asking our colleagues from labs in the US and other countries to wait for a similar call to them that will go out in the near future, to support the US sites. We thank you for your patience.
June 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The #SEBD fully supports the request for emergency funding by the European #Drosophila genetics database and encourages its members to help this important database #FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social
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If you use, like, need and care for @flybase.bsky.social please support it. We all need it (and I also mean you, the ones who don’t use #Drosophila as a model) 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
We currently have a call for support that has gone out to European labs, to support FlyBase-UK. We are asking our colleagues from labs in the US and other countries to wait for a similar call to them that will go out in the near future, to support the US sites. We thank you for your patience.
URGENT: FlyBase has lost practically all its funding overnight; even user fees are tied up in denied grant funding. 🤬🤯
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
Any lab using @flybase.bsky.social please donate using the link in post below.
This incredible community, on whose backs our #Drosophila labs depend, can't be left out to dry.
June 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
If you use, like, need and care for @flybase.bsky.social please support it. We all need it (and I also mean you, the ones who don’t use #Drosophila as a model) 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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FlyBase, a crucial resource for drosophila research, has lost its funding because its grant is awarded to Harvard. The team is scrambling to find other sources of funds, including donations from labs. Read more: www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl... @flybase.bsky.social
FlyBase funding squashed amid Harvard grant terminations
The team behind the Drosophila genetics database is now requesting donations from labs to keep the resource afloat.
www.thetransmitter.org
June 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
FlyBase, a crucial resource for drosophila research, has lost its funding because its grant is awarded to Harvard. The team is scrambling to find other sources of funds, including donations from labs. Read more: www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl... @flybase.bsky.social
Perguntas importantes por Claudio Sunkel @i3suporto.bsky.social www.publico.pt/2025/05/29/c...
Carta à presidente da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
A disponibilização de informação sobre o principal concurso da FCT para projetos de investigação é fundamental para garantir a transparência do processo e reforçar a integridade e equidade na ciência.
www.publico.pt
June 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Perguntas importantes por Claudio Sunkel @i3suporto.bsky.social www.publico.pt/2025/05/29/c...
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Peer review is often criticised for being slow, biased and quashing revolutionary ideas.
With our consultative review process, reviewers discuss their reviews with each other before reaching a decision and limit suggestions for extra work. buff.ly/4T1gEYi
With our consultative review process, reviewers discuss their reviews with each other before reaching a decision and limit suggestions for extra work. buff.ly/4T1gEYi
May 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Peer review is often criticised for being slow, biased and quashing revolutionary ideas.
With our consultative review process, reviewers discuss their reviews with each other before reaching a decision and limit suggestions for extra work. buff.ly/4T1gEYi
With our consultative review process, reviewers discuss their reviews with each other before reaching a decision and limit suggestions for extra work. buff.ly/4T1gEYi
Reposted by Sofia J. Araújo
O Nobel da Medicina 2021 alerta para o risco de os EUA perderem a liderança no campo da ciência e conta que já recebeu um convite da China com garantia de financiamento por 20 anos.
Ardem Patapoutian: nos EUA “há um movimento inexplicável contra a ciência”
O Nobel da Medicina 2021 alerta para o risco de os EUA perderem a liderança no campo da ciência e conta que já recebeu um convite da China com garantia de financiamento por 20 anos.
www.publico.pt
May 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
O Nobel da Medicina 2021 alerta para o risco de os EUA perderem a liderança no campo da ciência e conta que já recebeu um convite da China com garantia de financiamento por 20 anos.
“Terá de haver uma terceira via, de resistência activa, que nos ajude a não fazer nada, quando é suposto estarmos sempre a fazer alguma coisa.” @joanagsa.bsky.social @emcausa.bsky.social
A @causapublica.bsky.social lançou uma revista, neste dia inteiro e limpo
Há opinião, análise, cartoons, etc por gente menos alinhada à direita do q a do costume
Escrevi sobre uma liberdade q nos é cada vez mais roubada: a de não fazer nada. Contra a economia de atenção: emcausa.org/elogio-do-ab...
Há opinião, análise, cartoons, etc por gente menos alinhada à direita do q a do costume
Escrevi sobre uma liberdade q nos é cada vez mais roubada: a de não fazer nada. Contra a economia de atenção: emcausa.org/elogio-do-ab...
Elogio do Aborrecimento - em Causa
O ócio é algo que devemos cultivar ou, como defende a sabedoria popular, a causa de todos os vícios? Não fazer nada é tão horrível que preferimos passar horas a ver conteúdos estupidificantes num tele...
emcausa.org
May 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
“Terá de haver uma terceira via, de resistência activa, que nos ajude a não fazer nada, quando é suposto estarmos sempre a fazer alguma coisa.” @joanagsa.bsky.social @emcausa.bsky.social
Vote now for France, UK and Ireland and Eastern Europe representatives @fly-eds.bsky.social ! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
📣 European Drosophila Board #flyEDS election for three new representatives from different regions is now open! Please vote at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
European Drosophila Board membership 2025 voting form
Please select a candidate in at least 1 geographical area to have a valid vote.
docs.google.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Vote now for France, UK and Ireland and Eastern Europe representatives @fly-eds.bsky.social ! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻