Virginia Arechavala
@varechavala.bsky.social
Scientist and mum. Ikerbasque Professor @ Biobizkaia HRI
Interested in #RNAtherapy for #neuromuscular disorders. De Bilbao de toda la vida and adopted Londoner.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginia-arechavala-gomeza-a482509/
Interested in #RNAtherapy for #neuromuscular disorders. De Bilbao de toda la vida and adopted Londoner.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginia-arechavala-gomeza-a482509/
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ALT: a woman standing in front of a car that says allow me to introduce myself on it
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¡Hola!
Como veo mucho seguidor nuevo y creo que es porque estoy en una lista de divulgadores, me presento: trabajo investigando enfermedades raras y desarrollando medicamentos "genéticos". No soy divulgadora, pero a veces hago cositas de divulgación.
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Como veo mucho seguidor nuevo y creo que es porque estoy en una lista de divulgadores, me presento: trabajo investigando enfermedades raras y desarrollando medicamentos "genéticos". No soy divulgadora, pero a veces hago cositas de divulgación.
En este hilo enlazo algunas que están grabadas:
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Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences?
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences?
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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We’re recruiting an institute director, take a look!
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November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We’re recruiting an institute director, take a look!
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Thanx for posting, @dm1myotonic.bsky.social
Yes, we chose a weighing scale⚖️ for cells🧫as the graphical abstract we have chosen to use for our paper in NAR Mol Med...
Yes, we chose a weighing scale⚖️ for cells🧫as the graphical abstract we have chosen to use for our paper in NAR Mol Med...
Spanish study: Characterization of DMPK and MBNL1 expression in cell models of myotonic dystrophy: a platform for drug screening academic.oup.com/narmolmed/ar...
Characterization of DMPK and MBNL1 expression in cell models of myotonic dystrophy: a platform for drug screening
Abstract. Myotonic dystrophy type I (DM1) is caused by CTG repeat expansions in the DMPK gene leading to mRNA toxicity and sequestration of the splicing re
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November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Thanx for posting, @dm1myotonic.bsky.social
Yes, we chose a weighing scale⚖️ for cells🧫as the graphical abstract we have chosen to use for our paper in NAR Mol Med...
Yes, we chose a weighing scale⚖️ for cells🧫as the graphical abstract we have chosen to use for our paper in NAR Mol Med...
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Something that it’s important to note about disability; Even if you are not currently disabled, if you live for long enough, you will become so. It is inevitable. Fighting for the rights of disabled people is not only the right thing to do, it also benefits your future self
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Something that it’s important to note about disability; Even if you are not currently disabled, if you live for long enough, you will become so. It is inevitable. Fighting for the rights of disabled people is not only the right thing to do, it also benefits your future self
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La semana que viene vuelve #BarlabHika
Cada tercer miércoles de mes podréis conocer la investigación que se hace en nuestro entorno.
Cada tercer miércoles de mes podréis conocer la investigación que se hace en nuestro entorno.
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
La semana que viene vuelve #BarlabHika
Cada tercer miércoles de mes podréis conocer la investigación que se hace en nuestro entorno.
Cada tercer miércoles de mes podréis conocer la investigación que se hace en nuestro entorno.
🚀 ¿Buscas tu siguiente paso postdoctoral?
buscamos una persona para solicitar una Ayuda Juan de la Cierva 2025 junto a nuestro grupo de Terapias con Ácidos Nucleicos para Enfermedades Raras en Biobizkaia.
Desarrollamos terapias de ácidos nucleicos para enfermedades raras. www.arechavala-lab.com
buscamos una persona para solicitar una Ayuda Juan de la Cierva 2025 junto a nuestro grupo de Terapias con Ácidos Nucleicos para Enfermedades Raras en Biobizkaia.
Desarrollamos terapias de ácidos nucleicos para enfermedades raras. www.arechavala-lab.com
Nucleic Acid Therapeutics for Rare Diseases (NAT-RD) - Arechavala-Gomeza Lab
The NAT-RD group, led by Dr Virginia Arechavala-Gomeza at Biobizkaia Health Research Institute, develops nucleic acid-based therapeutics for rare diseases. Our research is particularly focused on neur...
www.arechavala-lab.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🚀 ¿Buscas tu siguiente paso postdoctoral?
buscamos una persona para solicitar una Ayuda Juan de la Cierva 2025 junto a nuestro grupo de Terapias con Ácidos Nucleicos para Enfermedades Raras en Biobizkaia.
Desarrollamos terapias de ácidos nucleicos para enfermedades raras. www.arechavala-lab.com
buscamos una persona para solicitar una Ayuda Juan de la Cierva 2025 junto a nuestro grupo de Terapias con Ácidos Nucleicos para Enfermedades Raras en Biobizkaia.
Desarrollamos terapias de ácidos nucleicos para enfermedades raras. www.arechavala-lab.com
🚀 Looking for your next #postdoc step?
Join us at Biobizkaia (Basque Country, Spain) to apply together for a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (2025)!
We develop #nucleicacidtherapeutics for #rarediseases.
You may check what we do here: www.arechavala-lab.com
Join us at Biobizkaia (Basque Country, Spain) to apply together for a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (2025)!
We develop #nucleicacidtherapeutics for #rarediseases.
You may check what we do here: www.arechavala-lab.com
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November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🚀 Looking for your next #postdoc step?
Join us at Biobizkaia (Basque Country, Spain) to apply together for a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (2025)!
We develop #nucleicacidtherapeutics for #rarediseases.
You may check what we do here: www.arechavala-lab.com
Join us at Biobizkaia (Basque Country, Spain) to apply together for a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (2025)!
We develop #nucleicacidtherapeutics for #rarediseases.
You may check what we do here: www.arechavala-lab.com
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El éxito tiene muchos nombres. Este vídeo del Comité de Igualdad e Inclusión del #IRNASA-CSIC explica que detrás de un logro científico, como presentar una investigación en un congreso internacional, está todo el personal de un centro como el nuestro.
El éxito tiene muchos nombres. Comité de Igualdad e Inclusión del IRNASA-CSIC.
YouTube video by IRNASA-CSIC
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November 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
El éxito tiene muchos nombres. Este vídeo del Comité de Igualdad e Inclusión del #IRNASA-CSIC explica que detrás de un logro científico, como presentar una investigación en un congreso internacional, está todo el personal de un centro como el nuestro.
So many friends!
WMS Congress delegates and members have already seen our 30th anniversary film. Now we're sharing it with the wider world. This six-minute film captures so much of what makes the WMS so successful and features a special appearance from founder, Victor Dubowitz. Enjoy the film: youtu.be/vWXGqFvfVeI.
30 years of the World Muscle Society
A video celebrating 30 years of the World Muscle Society, featuring various members, including founding President, Victor Dubowitz.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
So many friends!
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WMS Congress delegates and members have already seen our 30th anniversary film. Now we're sharing it with the wider world. This six-minute film captures so much of what makes the WMS so successful and features a special appearance from founder, Victor Dubowitz. Enjoy the film: youtu.be/vWXGqFvfVeI.
30 years of the World Muscle Society
A video celebrating 30 years of the World Muscle Society, featuring various members, including founding President, Victor Dubowitz.
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
WMS Congress delegates and members have already seen our 30th anniversary film. Now we're sharing it with the wider world. This six-minute film captures so much of what makes the WMS so successful and features a special appearance from founder, Victor Dubowitz. Enjoy the film: youtu.be/vWXGqFvfVeI.
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We’re excited to announce the Galway RNA Research Cluster Day🧬!
📅 11th December | Human Biology Building -Hybrid event
Guest speakers: Prof. @varechavala.bsky.social (Biobizkaia HRI) and Dr. @evacaamano.bsky.social (Liverpool)
Registration & abstract submissions now open!
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
📅 11th December | Human Biology Building -Hybrid event
Guest speakers: Prof. @varechavala.bsky.social (Biobizkaia HRI) and Dr. @evacaamano.bsky.social (Liverpool)
Registration & abstract submissions now open!
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
November 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We’re excited to announce the Galway RNA Research Cluster Day🧬!
📅 11th December | Human Biology Building -Hybrid event
Guest speakers: Prof. @varechavala.bsky.social (Biobizkaia HRI) and Dr. @evacaamano.bsky.social (Liverpool)
Registration & abstract submissions now open!
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
📅 11th December | Human Biology Building -Hybrid event
Guest speakers: Prof. @varechavala.bsky.social (Biobizkaia HRI) and Dr. @evacaamano.bsky.social (Liverpool)
Registration & abstract submissions now open!
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
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Reminder of the importance of negative results for research quality and integrity, published in @plosbiology.org
@lsajournal.org will gladly consider your manuscript with negative or confirmatory results!
Read the full piece here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@lsajournal.org will gladly consider your manuscript with negative or confirmatory results!
Read the full piece here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
October 20, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Reminder of the importance of negative results for research quality and integrity, published in @plosbiology.org
@lsajournal.org will gladly consider your manuscript with negative or confirmatory results!
Read the full piece here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
@lsajournal.org will gladly consider your manuscript with negative or confirmatory results!
Read the full piece here: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Science projects are designed & funded on the scale of years, so what happens if you need to finish prematurely? @mhagenauer.bsky.social &co discuss solutions for quickly documenting partially finished projects & publishing ‘as you go’ in an uncertain environment @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4ovd1jH
October 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Science projects are designed & funded on the scale of years, so what happens if you need to finish prematurely? @mhagenauer.bsky.social &co discuss solutions for quickly documenting partially finished projects & publishing ‘as you go’ in an uncertain environment @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4ovd1jH
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Last year at @sfn.org I ran a workshop on "Opening the File Drawer" with Ben Kolber, Stacey Winham, Paul Sternberg, & Alex Freeman (@alexandrafreeman.bsky.social).
We've shared the resources that we compiled for that workshop in this new paper. ❤️
@comm4rigor.bsky.social @ummni.bsky.social
Last year at @sfn.org I ran a workshop on "Opening the File Drawer" with Ben Kolber, Stacey Winham, Paul Sternberg, & Alex Freeman (@alexandrafreeman.bsky.social).
We've shared the resources that we compiled for that workshop in this new paper. ❤️
@comm4rigor.bsky.social @ummni.bsky.social
Science projects are designed & funded on the scale of years, so what happens if you need to finish prematurely? @mhagenauer.bsky.social &co discuss solutions for quickly documenting partially finished projects & publishing ‘as you go’ in an uncertain environment @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4ovd1jH
October 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
🧠🥼🧬🧪🔬
Last year at @sfn.org I ran a workshop on "Opening the File Drawer" with Ben Kolber, Stacey Winham, Paul Sternberg, & Alex Freeman (@alexandrafreeman.bsky.social).
We've shared the resources that we compiled for that workshop in this new paper. ❤️
@comm4rigor.bsky.social @ummni.bsky.social
Last year at @sfn.org I ran a workshop on "Opening the File Drawer" with Ben Kolber, Stacey Winham, Paul Sternberg, & Alex Freeman (@alexandrafreeman.bsky.social).
We've shared the resources that we compiled for that workshop in this new paper. ❤️
@comm4rigor.bsky.social @ummni.bsky.social
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I love the fact that our paper is in the same issue of @plosbiology.org as the consensus statement from the "Novel Approaches to Preventing Publication Bias Workshop" organized by NINDS Office of Research Quality. ❤️
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
Ending publication bias: A values-based approach to surface null and negative results
Sharing knowledge is a fundamental principle within the scientific community, yet null and negative results are still being underreported. This Consensus View discusses the problem of such publication...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I love the fact that our paper is in the same issue of @plosbiology.org as the consensus statement from the "Novel Approaches to Preventing Publication Bias Workshop" organized by NINDS Office of Research Quality. ❤️
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
At #OTS2025 you may find Alvaro and I presenting the Spanish #MyotonicDystrophy registry. You can read about it at www.dm1spain.com/ or come to posters 008 and 135
October 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
At #OTS2025 you may find Alvaro and I presenting the Spanish #MyotonicDystrophy registry. You can read about it at www.dm1spain.com/ or come to posters 008 and 135
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Enjoying #OTS2025 meeting in Budapest. Meeting old friends @varechavala.bsky.social @jandritu.bsky.social and other www.effect-dn.eu members
Our group shows results of using SSOs versus CRISPR to correct pseudoexon inclusion in neurometabolic diseases👇
Our group shows results of using SSOs versus CRISPR to correct pseudoexon inclusion in neurometabolic diseases👇
October 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Enjoying #OTS2025 meeting in Budapest. Meeting old friends @varechavala.bsky.social @jandritu.bsky.social and other www.effect-dn.eu members
Our group shows results of using SSOs versus CRISPR to correct pseudoexon inclusion in neurometabolic diseases👇
Our group shows results of using SSOs versus CRISPR to correct pseudoexon inclusion in neurometabolic diseases👇
Today at the N=1 collaborative and tomorrow at the #OTS2025 meeting we will be presenting the Spanish Network for Personalised RNA therapies. Find us!
#NucleicAcidTherapeutics #RNA #ASO
Our page (under construction) is:
www.rnatherapy.es
#NucleicAcidTherapeutics #RNA #ASO
Our page (under construction) is:
www.rnatherapy.es
October 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Today at the N=1 collaborative and tomorrow at the #OTS2025 meeting we will be presenting the Spanish Network for Personalised RNA therapies. Find us!
#NucleicAcidTherapeutics #RNA #ASO
Our page (under construction) is:
www.rnatherapy.es
#NucleicAcidTherapeutics #RNA #ASO
Our page (under construction) is:
www.rnatherapy.es
You can tell @oligogirl.bsky.social is attending the N=1 Collaborative conference...
October 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
You can tell @oligogirl.bsky.social is attending the N=1 Collaborative conference...
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Any movement on tracking LinkedIn?
October 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Any movement on tracking LinkedIn?
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Qué es un vasco. www.zendalibros.com/que-es-un-va...
Qué es un vasco - Ander Izagirre - Zenda
En julio de 2018 dio muchas vueltas el tuit de un navegante vasco desde Groenlandia: “Todavía no nos lo podemos creer. Hemos visto arder el hielo”,
www.zendalibros.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Qué es un vasco. www.zendalibros.com/que-es-un-va...
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“When there’s so much misinformation around and distrust about science, it’s more important than ever that we are transparent about how exactly science goes on” - RoRI's @scurry.bsky.social calls on the research sector to end the “publication bias” against negative results: tinyurl.com/ux5xtm4d
October 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“When there’s so much misinformation around and distrust about science, it’s more important than ever that we are transparent about how exactly science goes on” - RoRI's @scurry.bsky.social calls on the research sector to end the “publication bias” against negative results: tinyurl.com/ux5xtm4d
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Very honest and very good World View from Severine Toussaert
www.nature.com/articles/d41..., one that is very much in tune with our recent proposals for a framework to incentivise publication of negative or null results: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
www.nature.com/articles/d41..., one that is very much in tune with our recent proposals for a framework to incentivise publication of negative or null results: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Six journal rejections and a major rethink: why I’m happy to admit to my research failures, and you should too
Outlining the trial-and-error processes that are involved in every research project could help others to become more efficient and paint a more honest picture of life as a researcher.
www.nature.com
October 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Very honest and very good World View from Severine Toussaert
www.nature.com/articles/d41..., one that is very much in tune with our recent proposals for a framework to incentivise publication of negative or null results: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
www.nature.com/articles/d41..., one that is very much in tune with our recent proposals for a framework to incentivise publication of negative or null results: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
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Grateful to @resprofnews.bsky.social for doing a write-up of our call for action to incentivise the publication of negative results. Now looking for world-leading funders and institutions to show some leadership on this issue…
Research funders urged to drive culture shift on negative results.
Reform needed to improve trust in science, patient care and training of AI, advocates say.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
Reform needed to improve trust in science, patient care and training of AI, advocates say.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-worl...
October 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Grateful to @resprofnews.bsky.social for doing a write-up of our call for action to incentivise the publication of negative results. Now looking for world-leading funders and institutions to show some leadership on this issue…