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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 1d

RIP John Gurdon

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SEBD @sebioldev.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 1d

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Raquel Fueyo @fueyoraquel.bsky.social · 7d

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

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

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 3d

✨ 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 🐒🦒🐕🐗🦥🦉🐘

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 6d

Proud of the amazing work by Laia Marín-Gual, @covavara.bsky.social and our team at @uab.cat @ibb-uab.bsky.social

Another great collaboration with Alberto Pendás & @mamartirenom.bsky.social

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 6d

🚨 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/...

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

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@HeredityJournal @heredityjournal.bsky.social · 12d

🎙️ 📻 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...

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 13d

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The evolution of hominin bipedalism in two steps - Nature

The human pelvis exhibits distinct spatiotemporal ossification patterns and an ilium cartilage growth plate that is shifted perpendicularly compared with those of other mammals and non-human primates—two key adaptations that underlie bipedalism.

www.nature.com

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Karl Schmid @kjschmid.bsky.social · 13d

This looks interesting: Reference genome choice compromises population genetic analyses

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

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 18d

Congrats @needhibhalla.bsky.social !!! 👏👏👏

American Society for Cell Biology @ascbiology.bsky.social · 18d

🎉 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

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Josefa González @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social · 18d

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

Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 18d

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!

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 18d

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!

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Darío Lupiáñez @dariloops.bsky.social · 19d

🎁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 😉

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Sociedad Española de Genética @segenetica.bsky.social · 20d

🎉 ¡Ya tenemos ganadores!
Adrian de Reus @cbm-csic-uam.bsky.social y Andrea Sampere @cbgpmadrid.bsky.social se llevan un ejemplar de #SerCientífico, el último libro de @lluismontoliu.bsky.social, compañero de la #SEG.
🙌 ¡Gracias por la generosa donación, Lluis!

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Sociedad Española de Genética @segenetica.bsky.social · 20d

🔬✨ En la sesión de tarde del #CNG2025 exploramos el genoma en movimiento con @gonzalezlabbcn.bsky.social y su clase sobre elementos móviles, y nos sumergimos en la evolución de su arquitectura 3D con @aruizherrera.bsky.social @ibb-uab.bsky.social

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Darío Lupiáñez @dariloops.bsky.social · 21d

🥉Third day of #CNG2025 by @segenetica.bsky.social and Conexion Genoma @csic.es

A pleasure to organize this with the great @aruizherrera.bsky.social

Besides great science🔬, we are enjoying sunny weather ☀️ at the mountains of Madrid 🏔️ (some participants even tried the swimming pool at the lodge)

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Sociedad Española de Genética @segenetica.bsky.social · 21d

Amanece en #LaCristalera
Listos para el tercer dia del #CNG2025 !!!!

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 22d

It has been a pleasure to coordinate alongside @dariloops.bsky.social the X National Course of Genetics organized by the @segenetica.bsky.social & Conexion Genoma @csic.es - great science in a great venue #LaCristalera

Sociedad Española de Genética @segenetica.bsky.social · 22d

Aquí los coordinadores del #CNG2025 @dariloops.bsky.social (@cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social) y @aruizherrera.bsky.social (@uab.cat) bien acompañados por parte del profesorado!
@maitehuartelab.bsky.social
@marcguellc.bsky.social
@miguel-torres-1963.bsky.social
@tmarquesbonet.bsky.social

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 22d

Gracias a ti, Maite! Un placer tenerte con nosotros y disfrutar de tu trabajo!

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Tree of Sex @treeofsex.bsky.social · 24d

Great work by @aruizherrera.bsky.social's lab! Amazing paper and have you see the graphical abstract? Happy reading!

Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · Sep 7

🔖Last review from the lab👇

'Male meiosis at the helm: shaping genomes and sex chromosomes in emerging vertebrate models'

academic.oup.com/biolreprod/a...

Male meiosis at the helm: shaping genomes and sex chromosomes in emerging vertebrate models†

Abstract. The generation of haploid gametes is a hallmark of sexual reproduction achieved through a complex, albeit tightly regulated, reductional cell div

academic.oup.com

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 24d

Record of 2025 MSCA prosposals with Spain representing 11,5% of share when considering country of coordinator!
@ec.europa.eu

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 24d

💥 Nautilus sex determination is unique among cephalopods
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Sarah Lemer @sarah-thesea.bsky.social · Aug 25

Check our latest paper in @currentbiology.bsky.social about the unique sex determination system in Nautilus ➡️ XX/XY chromosomes unlike other cephalopods (ZZ/Z0).
with @reef-combo.bsky.social and @anariesgo.bsky.social et al., and led by Hector Torrado.
Get it: authors.elsevier.com/c/1lbs~_LsQS...

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Aurora Ruiz-Herrera @aruizherrera.bsky.social · 25d

Molt agraïts per l’oportunitat de compartir la nostra feina amb la societat! 🙌🔬 #RecercaUAB #Genòmica #CanviClimàtic #Biodiversitat
@ibb-uab.bsky.social
@uab.cat

IBB-UAB @ibb-uab.bsky.social · 26d

🎥 Avui TV3 s’ha fet ressò de la recerca publicada pel grup de recerca liderat per @aruizherrera.bsky.social.

🦎 L’equip científic ha demostrat que les temperatures extremes alteren la reproducció de les espècies.

🔗 Notícia: tuit.cat/k3LF1

#Recerca #Ciència #TV3 #CanviClimàtic #Biodiversitat

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 27d

One in six species on Earth experienced extraordinarily high temperatures across more than 25% of their range in 2024--the hottest year on record. For most, this was the second year of extreme heat, likely compounding risks. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The number of terrestrial vertebrate species highly thermally exposed (>25% range) over time versus the mean global terrestrial temperature anomaly (denoted by color scale of points).

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