Alejandro Barrallo
@abarrallo.bsky.social
25 years of zebrafish. Hair cell toxicology research. Associate professor at the Universitat de Barcelona. Father of one. Photographer of birds
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Well, this is a brilliant #IDSky article that cuts close to the bone! 😬
Reframes #academia as an infection for which the causative organism may be less easy to define, but that can be just as insidious on affected individuals (clinical academics)!
#AcademicSky #MedSky 🧪 @cidjournal.bsky.social
Reframes #academia as an infection for which the causative organism may be less easy to define, but that can be just as insidious on affected individuals (clinical academics)!
#AcademicSky #MedSky 🧪 @cidjournal.bsky.social
Infected With the Academic Bug
It starts innocently. A paper you’re proud of, the thrill of seeing your name on PubMed. Everyone is genuinely happy for you; you’re a threat to no one. Bu
academic.oup.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Well, this is a brilliant #IDSky article that cuts close to the bone! 😬
Reframes #academia as an infection for which the causative organism may be less easy to define, but that can be just as insidious on affected individuals (clinical academics)!
#AcademicSky #MedSky 🧪 @cidjournal.bsky.social
Reframes #academia as an infection for which the causative organism may be less easy to define, but that can be just as insidious on affected individuals (clinical academics)!
#AcademicSky #MedSky 🧪 @cidjournal.bsky.social
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Zebrafish aren’t just fascinating to watch — they can regenerate parts of their heart, fins, spinal cord, and even retina! 🐟✨
This makes them one of the most powerful model organisms for studying regeneration and human diseases 🧬🔬.
This makes them one of the most powerful model organisms for studying regeneration and human diseases 🧬🔬.
September 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Zebrafish aren’t just fascinating to watch — they can regenerate parts of their heart, fins, spinal cord, and even retina! 🐟✨
This makes them one of the most powerful model organisms for studying regeneration and human diseases 🧬🔬.
This makes them one of the most powerful model organisms for studying regeneration and human diseases 🧬🔬.
Accepted for publication!
New preprint out from our lab!
Great effort from the four first authors, all of them talented PhD students.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Great effort from the four first authors, all of them talented PhD students.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Early downregulation of HC-specific genes in the vestibular sensory epithelium during chronic ototoxicity
Exposure of mammals to ototoxic compounds causes hair cell (HC) loss in the vestibular sensory epithelia of the inner ear. In chronic exposure models, this loss often occurs by extrusion of the HC fro...
www.biorxiv.org
August 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Accepted for publication!
Reposted by Alejandro Barrallo
New preprint out from our lab!
Great effort from the four first authors, all of them talented PhD students.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Great effort from the four first authors, all of them talented PhD students.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Early downregulation of HC-specific genes in the vestibular sensory epithelium during chronic ototoxicity
Exposure of mammals to ototoxic compounds causes hair cell (HC) loss in the vestibular sensory epithelia of the inner ear. In chronic exposure models, this loss often occurs by extrusion of the HC fro...
www.biorxiv.org
May 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
New preprint out from our lab!
Great effort from the four first authors, all of them talented PhD students.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Great effort from the four first authors, all of them talented PhD students.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
First day of summer holidays. I could sleep a bit more. 8:00 am sharp gardeners start blowing leaves and mowing the park
August 7, 2025 at 6:24 AM
First day of summer holidays. I could sleep a bit more. 8:00 am sharp gardeners start blowing leaves and mowing the park
Reposted by Alejandro Barrallo
Reposted by Alejandro Barrallo
Reposted by Alejandro Barrallo
Grant funded! Insufficiently, though, as usual...
July 29, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Grant funded! Insufficiently, though, as usual...
Reposted by Alejandro Barrallo
If you like our recent work and are interested in developing a postdoc project related to isoform diversity in individual cell types and their regulation, get in contact!
We are looking for applicants for Marie Curie and EMBO postdoctoral fellowships #postdocposition #singlecell #RNA_processing
We are looking for applicants for Marie Curie and EMBO postdoctoral fellowships #postdocposition #singlecell #RNA_processing
I’m really happy to present #SCALPEL, a new #Nextflow tool to quantify transcript isoforms at the single-cell level using conventional 3’ scRNA-seq data #scRNA-seq #single-cell #tools #isoforms
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Quantification of transcript isoforms at the single-cell level using SCALPEL - Nature Communications
Single-cell RNA-seq facilitates the study of transcriptome diversity in individual cells. Here, authors introduce a tool for isoform quantification at the single-cell level using 3’ scRNA-seq data, co...
www.nature.com
July 28, 2025 at 7:24 AM
If you like our recent work and are interested in developing a postdoc project related to isoform diversity in individual cell types and their regulation, get in contact!
We are looking for applicants for Marie Curie and EMBO postdoctoral fellowships #postdocposition #singlecell #RNA_processing
We are looking for applicants for Marie Curie and EMBO postdoctoral fellowships #postdocposition #singlecell #RNA_processing
My friend's daughter has been recently diagnosed with B-ALL in the US. Every help will be welcomed.
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Donate to Support Emma's Fight Against Leukemia , organized by Yejin Mun
Our sweet Emma, who always brings warmth, laughter, and a special kind of "Emma magic… Yejin Mun needs your support for Support Emma's Fight Against Leukemia
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June 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
My friend's daughter has been recently diagnosed with B-ALL in the US. Every help will be welcomed.
www.gofundme.com/f/g7vvec-sup...
www.gofundme.com/f/g7vvec-sup...
@mireyaplass.bsky.social te suena?
1/"I have a presentation tomorrow."
If you've ever collaborated with wet lab scientists as a bioinformatician…
you’ve heard this. And died inside a little.
If you've ever collaborated with wet lab scientists as a bioinformatician…
you’ve heard this. And died inside a little.
May 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
@mireyaplass.bsky.social te suena?
Feinstaub = partículas en suspensión
Stickstoffdioxid = NO2
Stickstoffdioxid = NO2
May 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Feinstaub = partículas en suspensión
Stickstoffdioxid = NO2
Stickstoffdioxid = NO2
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En el #DiaMundialdelMelanoma, gracias por visibilizar el trabajo que hacemos en los laboratorios para entender mejor este cáncer y ayudar a diseñar mejores estrategias terapéuticas para los pacientes @neuroalc.bsky.social @csic.es
🦠 #DíaMundialdelMelanoma: avances del #CSIC para frenar el cáncer de piel más agresivo
Equipos de la institución unen sus esfuerzos para combatir la enfermedad, desde bloquear la metástasis hasta lograr diagnósticos precoces o superar la resistencia a tratamientos
Dentro🧵 👇
Equipos de la institución unen sus esfuerzos para combatir la enfermedad, desde bloquear la metástasis hasta lograr diagnósticos precoces o superar la resistencia a tratamientos
Dentro🧵 👇
May 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
En el #DiaMundialdelMelanoma, gracias por visibilizar el trabajo que hacemos en los laboratorios para entender mejor este cáncer y ayudar a diseñar mejores estrategias terapéuticas para los pacientes @neuroalc.bsky.social @csic.es
Reposted by Alejandro Barrallo
May 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Reposted by Alejandro Barrallo
El primer bebé tratado de una enfermedad metabólica rara con CRISPR da esperanza a miles de pacientes
elpais.com/salud-y-bien...
elpais.com/salud-y-bien...
El primer bebé tratado de una enfermedad metabólica rara con CRISPR da esperanza a miles de pacientes
El éxito del caso de K.J. abre la puerta al tratamiento de personas con enfermedades ultrarraras, a falta de un seguimiento más prolongado del niño
elpais.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
El primer bebé tratado de una enfermedad metabólica rara con CRISPR da esperanza a miles de pacientes
elpais.com/salud-y-bien...
elpais.com/salud-y-bien...
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Today "a milestone in the evolution of personalized therapies for rare & ultra-rare inborn errors of metabolism"
—the 1st human to undergo custom genome editing
—from decades of NIH funded research
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@nejm.org
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
—the 1st human to undergo custom genome editing
—from decades of NIH funded research
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@nejm.org
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
May 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Today "a milestone in the evolution of personalized therapies for rare & ultra-rare inborn errors of metabolism"
—the 1st human to undergo custom genome editing
—from decades of NIH funded research
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@nejm.org
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
—the 1st human to undergo custom genome editing
—from decades of NIH funded research
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
@nejm.org
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/h...
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Posting this after some recent conversations with potential international applicants - still time to apply to our Masters courses and International PhD Academy for 2025 entry - join the diverse and vibrant Neuroscience community on our beautiful campus next to Brighton
Want to join our vibrant postgrad community?
Discover all our Neuroscience courses here: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/subjects/neuroscience
Including:
🏫 International PhD Academy
🏫 Masters courses
🏫 Opportunities across several schools: Life Science; Psychology; Computer Science & AI; and BSMS
Discover all our Neuroscience courses here: www.sussex.ac.uk/study/subjects/neuroscience
Including:
🏫 International PhD Academy
🏫 Masters courses
🏫 Opportunities across several schools: Life Science; Psychology; Computer Science & AI; and BSMS
Neuroscience : University of Sussex
Discover our undergraduate courses, Masters and PhD degrees in neuroscience.
www.sussex.ac.uk
May 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Posting this after some recent conversations with potential international applicants - still time to apply to our Masters courses and International PhD Academy for 2025 entry - join the diverse and vibrant Neuroscience community on our beautiful campus next to Brighton
New preprint out from our lab!
Great effort from the four first authors, all of them talented PhD students.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Great effort from the four first authors, all of them talented PhD students.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Early downregulation of HC-specific genes in the vestibular sensory epithelium during chronic ototoxicity
Exposure of mammals to ototoxic compounds causes hair cell (HC) loss in the vestibular sensory epithelia of the inner ear. In chronic exposure models, this loss often occurs by extrusion of the HC fro...
www.biorxiv.org
May 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
New preprint out from our lab!
Great effort from the four first authors, all of them talented PhD students.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Great effort from the four first authors, all of them talented PhD students.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
I could not have imagined that a single-cell analysis tool could be be used to cluster football players...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I could not have imagined that a single-cell analysis tool could be be used to cluster football players...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Who needs action potentials in skeletal muscle? Not zebrafish!
Are action potentials in vertebrate muscle essential for contraction? This study of #zebrafish lacking #SodiumChannel NaV1.4 reveals that NaVs are dispensable for #muscle contraction, so the need for muscle #ActionPotentials can vary between vertebrates @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/42EXQwx
April 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Who needs action potentials in skeletal muscle? Not zebrafish!
Reposted by Alejandro Barrallo
#SantJordi #DracsiRoses
Verd, blaus, grocs o vermells per Sant Jordi abracem la biodiversitat de DRACS!
Verd, blaus, grocs o vermells per Sant Jordi abracem la biodiversitat de DRACS!
April 23, 2025 at 6:24 AM
#SantJordi #DracsiRoses
Verd, blaus, grocs o vermells per Sant Jordi abracem la biodiversitat de DRACS!
Verd, blaus, grocs o vermells per Sant Jordi abracem la biodiversitat de DRACS!
Totally agree
My training about AI in class yesterday?
If you have questions & Google search something from class, please scroll past the AI summary. Those are unreliable. Wikipedia is more reliable. You can also look in your textbook, send me an email, stop by during office hours, or ask during the next class.
If you have questions & Google search something from class, please scroll past the AI summary. Those are unreliable. Wikipedia is more reliable. You can also look in your textbook, send me an email, stop by during office hours, or ask during the next class.
"Federal agencies would be instructed to take steps to train students in using AI...The agencies would also be asked to partner with the private sector...All educators should undergo professional development to integrate AI into all subject areas, the draft order says."
April 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Totally agree