1/ Everything that could go wrong in paper publishing… did.
A story of patience, absurdity, and persistence 🌀 <1min

From Alfonso Valencia’s lab and a very stubborn PhD student (me).

🧬 I’m thrilled to share our latest publication in Genome Medicine, led by the brilliant @ramirezjmiguel.bsky.social :

“The molecular impact of cigarette smoking resembles aging across tissues”

👉 genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

🔴Nuevo estudio del BSC y @Universidade do Porto revela que fumar 🚬 imita y acelera el envejecimiento en muchos tejidos del cuerpo humano

⭕Se trata del 1r análisis exhaustivo y multitejido que demuestra que el tabaquismo no sólo perjudica a órganos específicos

📄En Genome Medicine: bsc.es/Zt2

Just got back from Milan after attending #ESHG2025. I had a great time presenting our poster and seeing so much interest in our preprint on calling rDNA variants: shorturl.at/p1D0C. Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by, asked questions, and shared insights. Let’s keep the conversation going! 🧬

Check this new preprint on inter-individual DNA methylation variation, lead by the incredibly talented @oliveroswinona.bsky.social!!

It's a beautiful spring day in Barcelona. Sunshine welcoming all our guests for the first day of the CRG's annual symposium! This year's theme is all about the mechanisms of gene expression.

Congratulations @oliveroswinona.bsky.social!!! A humongous amount of great work!! So proud and happy for you, even though you set the bar very high for the rest of us in the @melelab.bsky.social

Do you work in 💫human genetics💫?
Have you ever worried about what’s inside your gene annotation GTF⁉️

WELL, YOU SHOULD! 😱
Especially when studying a genetically diverse 🌍 cohort!

🔴We discover that gene annotations are European-biased 👉 impacting downstream analyses!

Don't miss this thread🧵⬇️
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🚨New review paper alert!🚨
At the @rakyanlab.bsky.social, we have summarised what is currently known about genetic variation within the human ribosomal DNA and its potential consequences. Check it out if you are curious!!! Plenty of intriguing possibilities 😊
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Thrilled to have hosted the inaugural PhD Afterwork event for the Life Sciences Department @bsc-cns.bsky.social yesterday! 🎉 Huge thanks to @aduesoba.bsky.social for being our inspiring first guest speaker. The event was a great success, and I can’t wait for the next one!