Reposted by Alejandro BarralloMireya Plass @mireyaplass.bsky.social · 27/08/2026🚨 Job Alert We are looking for a Research Technician to join my lab a IDIBELL/UB The successful candidate will support experimental work in the lab. Tasks include the culture and differentiation of iPSC cell lines, characterization 2D human nervous system models 145
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026That was the most of the solar eclipse we got from home. Pretty impressive moment, though. 130
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloEvodevogenomeUB- Cañestro’s lab @evodevogenomeub.bsky.social · 23/07/2026We are hiring!! We offer a 4-year PhD contract to join our newly granted project on EvoDevo and Genomics in the University of Barcelona 2026-2030. Postdocs are also welcome ➡️ evodevogenomics-unibarcelona.weebly.com/join-us.html @geneticsub.bsky.social @irbio-ub.bsky.social @the-node.bsky.social 01314
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloStephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 03/05/2026Free and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrations doi.org/10.59350/5zt... 🧪doi.orgFree and open-source images, icons, and tools for creating scientific illustrationsPhylopic, NIH Bioart, Bioicons, Scidraw, Open Science Art, Health Icons, Servier Medical Art, Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Noun Project, Segment Anything, Excalidraw, draw.io, Biographics 6406227
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloMarisol Soengas @msmelanoma.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Tribuna con @xrbustelo.bsky.social, @jaestebancbm.bsky.social, JM Torralba y J Gil sobre la resolución provisional de los proyectos PID (“Plan Nacional”), con media de 50.000 euros/proyecto/año (costes directos). Hay otras convocatorias, pero esta es básica e insuficiente elpais.com/ciencia/2026...elpais.com¿Qué ciencia puede realizarse con 50.000 euros al año?“Esta limitación presupuestaria dificulta afrontar los experimentos complejos que hoy exige buena parte de la investigación en múltiples campos”, denuncian los autores 11511
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Oldest, longest kept, most beloved meeting T-shirt 010
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Against all odds, me & @mireyaplass.bsky.social got funded by @idibell.bsky.social to perform some scRNAseq on zebrafish hair cells! 141
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Like one of the commenters said: before modern medicine half the children died. Just walk in a 100 year old cemetery 000
Reposted by Alejandro Barrallojamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/05/2026horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...propublica.orgBabies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at BirthA lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement. 470160106041
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Demoledor: elpais.com/ciencia/2026...elpais.comLa Academia de Ciencias de EE UU tumba el estudio de Barbacid sobre la ‘curación’ del cáncer de páncreas por ocultar sus intereses empresarialesLa organización retira el trabajo en la revista PNAS y reprocha que el científico y dos colegas no declararan que poseen parte de la compañía Vega Ocotargets para la explotación comercial de los resultados 000
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloZebrafish Rock! @zebrafishrock.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Job Alert!🚨 Opening for a Postdoctoral Research Officer in Sensory Neuroscience at Swansea Uni. to work on an exciting project investigating the structure & function of the cupulae of the lateral line neuromasts in #zebrafish. More details to apply: www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swan... 🧪 #PostdocJobs 0189
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 02/03/2026onlinelibrary-wiley-com.sire.ub.edu/doi/10.1002/... "We would like to express our gratitude to the editors of BioEssays... Sven journals rejected the manuscript... without peer review. One editor explained “We don’t want to get a reputation for publishing hit pieces on papers in other journals.”" 010
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 21/02/2026A potential late sequelae of measles after normal recovery. Occurs in ~ 2/10,000. Fatal. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @nejm.org today 619275
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloJeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 17/02/2026My quote of the day Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change. Jesse Jackson 321767
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloSfN Journals @sfnjournals.bsky.social · 09/02/2026New in #eNeuro: A Mouse study from Schenberg and colleagues reveals that 50% of Type I inner hair cells in the ear are required for minimal balancing. doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0303-25.2026 074
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 10/01/2026I don't think my kid would miss a few of his bricks... 020
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloGabriele Pollara @gpollara.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Well, 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.socialacademic.oup.comInfected With the Academic BugIt 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 4318
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloCristina Pujades @cristinapujades.bsky.social · 06/10/2025We are hiring ! Interested in understanding how neuronal cell diversity arises? Come and join us @upf.edu for a #PhD #FPI fellowship 11110
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloEuropean Zebrafish Resource Center @ezrc.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Zebrafish 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 🧬🔬. 031
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 05/09/2025And the link: rdcu.be/eEdHJrdcu.beEarly downregulation of hair cell (HC)-specific genes in the vestibular sensory epithelium during chronic ototoxicity 010
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloAlejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 10/05/2025New preprint out from our lab! Great effort from the four first authors, all of them talented PhD students. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgEarly downregulation of HC-specific genes in the vestibular sensory epithelium during chronic ototoxicityExposure 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... 131
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 07/08/2025First day of summer holidays. I could sleep a bit more. 8:00 am sharp gardeners start blowing leaves and mowing the park 020
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 30/07/2025the enshittification of education is underway restofworld.org/2025/colombi...restofworld.orgMeta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing examsWhen Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way. 10651299
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloDavid Gaboriau @dgaboriau.bsky.social · 30/07/2025The Confocal Room 15511
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Grant funded! Insufficiently, though, as usual... 020
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloMireya Plass @mireyaplass.bsky.social · 28/07/2025If 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 053
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 23/06/2025My friend's daughter has been recently diagnosed with B-ALL in the US. Every help will be welcomed. www.gofundme.com/f/g7vvec-sup...gofundme.comDonate to Support Emma's Fight Against Leukemia , organized by Yejin MunOur 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 010
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Feinstaub = partículas en suspensión Stickstoffdioxid = NO2 010
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloBertaLSL @bertalsl.bsky.social · 23/05/2025En 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 032
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 22/05/2025www.economist.com/leaders/2025... 07425
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloEL PAÍS Ciencia y Tecnología @elpaiscyt.bsky.social · 15/05/2025El primer bebé tratado de una enfermedad metabólica rara con CRISPR da esperanza a miles de pacientes elpais.com/salud-y-bien...elpais.comEl primer bebé tratado de una enfermedad metabólica rara con CRISPR da esperanza a miles de pacientesEl 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 1239
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloEric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Today "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... 10591167
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloMiguel Maravall @mmaravall.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Posting 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 076
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 10/05/2025New preprint out from our lab! Great effort from the four first authors, all of them talented PhD students. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...biorxiv.orgEarly downregulation of HC-specific genes in the vestibular sensory epithelium during chronic ototoxicityExposure 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... 131
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 09/05/2025I could not have imagined that a single-cell analysis tool could be be used to cluster football players... www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 030
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Who needs action potentials in skeletal muscle? Not zebrafish! 122
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloInstitut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat @irbio-ub.bsky.social · 23/04/2025#SantJordi #DracsiRoses Verd, blaus, grocs o vermells per Sant Jordi abracem la biodiversitat de DRACS! 1103
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloSEBD @sebioldev.bsky.social · 15/04/2025The #SEBD is offering 4 scholarships to cover the registration of this international course on clinical embryology taking place in Santander at the end of July and sponsored by @sebioldev.bsky.social @csic.es and @devdynamics.bsky.social sebd.es/otros-congre... 174
Alejandro Barrallo @abarrallo.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Really interesting readjournals.plos.orgThe end of the genetic paradigm of cancerGenome sequencing results and single-cell transcriptomics continue to produce findings that challenge the idea that cancer is purely a ‘genetic disease’. This Essay delves into cancer omics data that ... 000
Reposted by Alejandro BarralloelDiario.es @eldiario.es · 17/03/2025Una investigación revela el abuso de poder generalizado en los institutos de investigación Max Planck en Alemaniaeldiario.esUna investigación revela el abuso de poder generalizado en los institutos de investigación Max Planck en AlemaniaLa cadena alemana Deutsche Welle (DW) y la revista Der Spiegel revelan comportamientos abusivos en muchos de estos prestigiosos centros científicos, debido a la falta de supervisión y un modelo de com... 14219