Jorge Ferrer
@jorge-ferrer.bsky.social
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Interested in how genome regulation and genetics shape β cells and diabetes pathways (and just as excited about each of these on their own) Centre for Genomic Regulation – CRG, Barcelona. Imperial College London; CIBERDEM
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tomfletcherun.bsky.social
The Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. A preventable, predictable famine.

Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.
jorge-ferrer.bsky.social
An HNF1A-A1CF transcription splicing axis regulates insulin secretion, and breaks down in T2D.

Amazing work led by Edgar Bernardo + Matias de Vas + major contributions from Diego Balboa, Silvia Bonas, Mirabai Cuenca, Fanny Mollandin, Merce Planas, Miquel Torrent, MA Maestro and many others
HNF1A and A1CF coordinate a beta cell transcription-splicing axis that is disrupted in type 2 diabetes
Bernardo et al. uncover a transcription-splicing regulatory axis driven by HNF1A and A1CF in pancreatic β cells. Targeted perturbations, single-cell studies, and human genetic evidence demonstrate tha...
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These are VERY rough estimates, but here's life expectancy after diagnosis of type-I diabetes over the past 150 years.

It was Banting and Best's discovery of how to isolate insulin in 1921 — not some fucking cooking class — that gave people including my daughter a new lease on life.
Plot of life expectancy after Type 1 diabetes diagnosis, 1850-2025. 

After the discovery of insulin in 1921, life expectancies go gradually from zero to seventy years.
jorge-ferrer.bsky.social
Congratulations for this study in @Dev_journal, no small feat in Argentina's anti-Science climate
rseguilab.bsky.social
Thrilled to announce a major milestone for our lab @ifibyne @Exactas_UBA — our paper on the glucocorticoid receptor's role in early pancreas development is now published in @Dev_journal!
Huge thanks to @vallierlab.bsky.social for this long-term collaboration!👇🧵
🔗 doi.org/10.1242/dev....
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jonnyfrazer.bsky.social
Want to improve your protein or genomic language model’s performance at zero-shot variant effect prediction? We propose a simple adjustment to likelihood-based predicton
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nadiahalidi.bsky.social
📣 Join us @ ALMU!
If you have expertise in SMLM, experience in building bespoke microscope systems -or you're excited to start building- are familiar with Python, and have a passion for optical microscopy, we’d love to hear from you!
👇
recruitment.crg.eu/content/jobs...
Reposts appreciated-Thanks!
jorge-ferrer.bsky.social
Tracing human clones and lineages with DNA methylation. Congratulations for this fascinating breakthrough!
larsplus.bsky.social
Out @nature.com: Clonal tracing with somatic epimutations

🧬 Single cell methylome encodes cell state & clonal identity

🔨 EPI-Clone reads out both (+mutations, +RNA) at scale

🩸 Clonal expansions of HSCs are universal from age 50, not driven by CH mutations

doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Clonal tracing with somatic epimutations reveals dynamics of blood ageing - Nature
The discovery that DNA methylation of different CpG sites can serve as digital barcodes of clonal identity led to the development of EPI-Clone, an algorithm that enables single-cell lineage tracing th...
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adamberinsky.bsky.social
Just heard from the VP research that my grant with @dgrand.bsky.social, "Promoting Accurate Information on Social Media" was terminated as well
lkfazio.bsky.social
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
rebekahtromble.bsky.social
NSF has posted an “update on priorities.”

They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.

And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.

www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
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itaiyanai.bsky.social
Is the genome just a bag of genes? A new paper in Science now reports that for two thirds of an organisms' genes the position along the chromosome is actually very tightly constrained! Amazing work from my favorite night scientist
Martin Lercher and his team!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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labspagnoli.bsky.social
🚨🚨 New pre-print from the lab. led by the amazing @alejotorrescano.bsky.social !

Alejo & Co. elegantly decode the spatial logic of progenitor cell organization in the developing pancreas — from individual cells to structured cellular communities 🔬🔬🧫🧪
Check-it out ⤵️
biorxiv-devbio.bsky.social
Spatially organized cellular communities shape functional tissue architecture in the pancreas https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.16.649169v1
jorge-ferrer.bsky.social
*last day* to register and submit your work in topics relevant to liver and islets in metabolic disease, including…
- organoid models, regeneration, and synthetic biology
- disease mechanisms and therapies
- genome regulation
- ….others
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EMBO @embo.org · Mar 3
Sign up now: registration and abstract submission deadline approaching.
EMBO Workshop Liver and pancreas in metabolic disease: from pathways to therapies
Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Girona), Spain, 2 – 4 April 2025
Deadline: 6 March
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Liver and pancreas in metabolic disease: from pathways to therapies
The liver and pancreas arise from a common developmental origin and are controlled by shared gene regulatory programs.These organs are central to two of the most common and devastating metabolic dise…
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anderssonlab.bsky.social
Join the exciting EMBO Workshop on Liver and Pancreas in Metabolic Disease, which brings together top-tier speakers in an outstanding seaside venue in April 🌊🌅. We’ve designed an interactive and engaging program—register now before it’s too late! ⏳👉 meetings.embo.org/event/25-liv...
jorge-ferrer.bsky.social
If the past two meetings are any indication, this promises to be another great genome regulation workshop
radaiglesiaslab.bsky.social
Together with @smandrup.bsky.social and Minna Kaikkonen we are happy to announce the 3rd Edition of the EMBO Workshop on #Enhancers and #Enhanceropathies. This time we will meet during the beautiful Danish summer (June 16-21).

Book the dates and register soon!!!

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Enhancer Mechanics and Enhanceropathies
Join us for the highly anticipated third EMBO workshop on Enhancer Mechanics and Enhanceropathies! Building on the success of our previous meetings in Santander (2021) and Marseilles (2023), this eve…
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