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Ana Viñuela

@anavinuela.bsky.social
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Computational Biologist interested in genomics of age related diseases, T2D and more. Digo (más) tonterías en español. Lecturer at University of Dundee, UK. 🇪🇸->🇳🇱->🇬🇧->🇨🇭->🇬🇧->🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 orcid.org/0000-0003-3771-8537

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bioRxiv Bioinfo @biorxiv-bioinfo.bsky.social · 9h
drugMR: A multi-omics pipeline for genetically anchored drug-target discovery www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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The University of Dundee is in the process of making redundant nearly 200 staff members because it doesn't have money... But it has too much money to receive funding from the Scottish government. Someone please make sense of this for me because I can't.
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Caroline Wright @carolinefwright.bsky.social · 22h
Do you have thoughts on how whole-genome sequencing should be used in newborn screening? We're doing a survey on Genomic Newborn Screening in Public Health @nihrexeterbrc.bsky.social, and would love to hear a diversity of opinions - no prior knowledge needed! Participate here: tinyurl.com/genomicnbs
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 18h
The best part of getting older is getting bolder. ‘Say what you mean and mean what you say’ without obsessing too much about what others think is the most precious gift of ageing as a woman!
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 19h
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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20h
Fab story from Margaret Hamilton, RIP, showing why Science-Mums are brilliant scientists! When innovating at the cutting edge of technology, it's so important to bring together a wide range of lived experiences. Sad that only ~20% comp-scientists are female 👩‍🔬🧪 ℹ️: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Right:  A woman looking very cool in a 70's dress standing next to a massive pile of very thick books
Left text: Did your life as a software engineer and a mother ever collide?
Often in the evening or at weekends I would bring my young daughter, Lauren, into work with me. One day, she was with me when I was doing a simulation of a mission to the moon. She liked to imitate me – playing astronaut. She started hitting keys and all of a sudden, the simulation started. Then she pressed other keys and the simulation crashed. She had selected a program which was supposed to be run prior to launch – when she was already “on the way” to the moon. The computer had so little space, it had wiped the navigation data taking her to the moon. I thought: my God – this could inadvertently happen in a real mission. I suggested a program change to prevent a prelaunch program being selected during flight. But the higher-ups at MIT and Nasa said the astronauts were too well trained to make such a mistake. Midcourse on the very next mission – Apollo 8 – one of the astronauts on board accidentally did exactly what Lauren had done. The Lauren bug! It created much havoc and required the mission to be reconfigured. After that, they let me put the program change in, all right.
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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 08/10/2026
El artista urbano TVBoy ha rendido homenaje a Maricarmen un día después de su muerte en Barcelona. “Ayer estaba escuchando las noticias y pensé en Maricarmen como un ángel en el paraíso, por fin, con las llaves de su casa” social.elpais.com/f7l…
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Maëlle Bellec @bellecmaelle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
DNA → RNA → protein. From single mRNAs to an entire developing vertebrate embryo, we can now watch this last step unfold in real time. Our paper is out today! 🐟🔬 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Real-time single-molecule imaging in zebrafish embryos uncovers noncanonical translation
Precise spatiotemporal control of protein synthesis is essential during embryogenesis, yet directly measuring translation kinetics in vivo remains challenging in vertebrates. In particular, it remains...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
'HESA data published in early 2026 found that of the 26,110 academic staff employed at professor level across UK higher education in 2024/25, only 270 are Black. That’s 1.03 per cent of the professoriate....the difference...shows no clear sign of closing.'
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Why universities keep forgetting their anti-racism commitments
Dami Folayan argues that anti-racism pledges fade because universities don’t build them into governance, systems, and budgets
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Carmen @carmenagustin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ni confirmo ni desmiento que esa Carmen Agustín y yo misma somos la misma persona
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Antonio Martínez Ron @aberron.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Nuevo “pleno de señores” en los Nobel de ciencia: tienes más opciones de ganarlo llamándote 'John' que siendo mujer www.eldiario.es/1_cf0d72?utm...
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Nuevo “pleno de señores” en los Nobel de ciencia: tienes más opciones de ganarlo llamándote 'John' que siendo mujer
Un año más, todos los galardonados en categorías de ciencia son hombres, continuando un registro histórico demoledor: 101 de las 125 ediciones han excluido a las investigadoras y es más frecuente que ...
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Ana Viñuela @anavinuela.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
They killed her. She couldn't go peacefully in her house because money is more important that humanity and dignity.
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María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87
Maricarmen’s eviction from Madrid apartment after over seven decades set off wave of protests against housing crisis
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Robin Bisson @robinbisson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New quote on this story:
Lopa Leach, UCU branch president and professor of vascular biology told Research Professional News that curiosity-driven research to generate fundamental knowledge had been “acknowledged as important” by administrators, but that research time on university-funded research was still being reduced to 25 per cent under the plans.

“I fear our colleagues will have very little time to generate fundamental discovery-lead research that leads to the major breakthroughs in science and knowledge advance,” Leach said. “Sadly, many top researchers are also planning to leave as they fear this is not a place their research can thrive and grow. I hope I am proven wrong.”
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 06/10/2026
Norway plans to introduce a law to parliament that would temporarily ban the tech at places such as parks, beaches, schools, and kindergartens, while also setting up an expert group to propose permanent national rules: arstechnica.visitlink.me/5Agx05
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AI glasses face their first major government crackdown
Norway wants time to write permanent rules for glasses that can record bystanders.
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Ana Viñuela @anavinuela.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
That's one way to put it 😏
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Lorena Fernández Álvarez @loretahur.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Vaya, otro año a tope con las mujeres en los Nobel de ciencia... Me pinchas y no sangro. Como decíamos en 2024 en @es.theconversation.com: "Dicen que los Premios Nobel son para quienes ven lo que otras personas no ven… Difícil ganar cuando quienes miran no te ven" theconversation.com/siempre-los-...
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Siempre los mismos: ¿por qué los Nobel siguen invisibilizando a tantas científicas?
Las disparidades de género en los 141 premios internacionales de investigación más prestigiosos del mundo, incluyendo los Nobel, son tremendas. ¿Por qué a las mujeres no se nos ve?
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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
never the wrong time for this classic
Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?" 
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”
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Barbara Mellone 🇺🇦 @centromellone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
An other example of the value and beauty of fundamental biology research: we don’t always know what kind of future applications will be made possible by a basic discovery. This work in a single-celled alga open the doors to optigenetics 💡🧬
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Ana Viñuela @anavinuela.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That's a lots words for: biology may kill you or save your life, you better get to know it 😅😍
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Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
They hounded Aaron Swartz to death for downloading papers from jstor but society is now supposed to just accept mass theft because this thing can write that TPS report *for* you. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_S...
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Aaron Swartz - Wikipedia
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'Pamela Tulizo’s latest series of photographs started with a question. “I asked myself, why are woman in my community in particular, and African woman in general, so strong?” says Tulizo, an artist and photographer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “Where does this strength come from?”'
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‘There’s always been a belittling of African women’: honouring history’s invisible heroines
Congolese photographer Pamela Tulizo uses costume and vivid scenery to celebrate women’s strength and give a new perspective on slavery
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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 05/10/2026
If Sanchez is voted out next month, the EU will lose the only leader in the 🇪🇺Council who has consistently stood up to Trump.
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Sanchez, as Europe's conscience, reminds us we do have leverage
Merz, as Europe's capitulator, sat in silent acquiescence while Trump threatened Spain with embargo. Spain's expulsion of the US military shows the power Germany has but refuses to wield.
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
One of my relatives commented on FB they were very surprised that I would hunt a bird given that I'm an ornithologist, and sometimes I forget that "have you eaten your study organism?" is one of those common conversations biologists have that the general public is completely unaware of lmao
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Ana Viñuela @anavinuela.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If REF was really about research, how researchers are treated would be part of the assessment. Good research can't happen when people don't feel supported or secure in their jobs.
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Ruth! @ruthholliday.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
…Or have made us redundant. Unis render us dispensable whilst our work is “proof” of the quality of their research. REF 2029 has made us “content creators” Journals (bizarrely) are colluding. REF should reward institutions that recognize good research is created by good researchers.
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Ran Blekhman @blekhman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My inbox is being flooded with fully AI-generated emails from prospective students. I tried to work out why I can't bring myself to read them, and ended up with some thoughts and advice for writing cold emails in the age of AI. My new post: blekhman.substack.com/p/why-i-am-n...
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Why I am not reading your AI-generated email
I hope this email finds you well-aligned
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Ana Viñuela @anavinuela.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence" goes well with "Did I fuck it up somewhere? I think I may. Let's me check it"
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Jan Broder Engler @jbengler.de · 01/10/2026
These are some examples of #tidyplots built-in color schemes 🌈 Feel free to create your own! #rstats #dataviz #phd
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Melike Dönertaş @mdonertas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'll get back to first round of applications soon, if you are interested make sure to submit your interest before Oct 5!
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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
arXiv limits people to 2 submissions a month, to hold back the tide of AI papers. Feels entirely sensible - today I happened to notice one person had submitted 3 papers, all AI-assisted, in September. Totally out of step with academic norms and simply not sustainable blog.arxiv.org/2026/10/01/u...
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Fair Moderation, Equitable Access, and AI: arXiv’s Updated Rate Limit Policy
arXiv, and the scientific community at large, are facing a watershed moment. Scholarly publishing is currently changing at a rapid pace, and we are seeing a…
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Ana Viñuela @anavinuela.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I've been told this way too many times....
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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“requires proofreading by a native English speaker" should be one of the things a reviewer *never* writes in a review. Never.
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Ana Viñuela @anavinuela.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They are pulling the leader behind them, WTH! I would like to see so many stablished academics and scientist going out on the junior market now. They'd learn a think of two...
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Ana Viñuela @anavinuela.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Oh, they already do that for some grants. Funny enough for those only junior researchers can apply, called fellowships. So it's not bias against junior people, just against whoever management doesn't like 🤷🏻‍♀️
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María de la Ohlala @menchubasquero.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
No sabía q en 2003 Disneyland Paris pidió a la familia de Luis Buñuel poner una calle a su nombre y el hijo les contestó q ok pero q quería 10 millones de € y q la calle se llamara «Boulevard Luis Buñuel-Me cago en Dios y el fascista de Walt Disney». Pero qué puta maravilla es esta. Os dejo la carta
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Ana Viñuela @anavinuela.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Holy s*, less than 4%success rate for Populations and Systems medicine 😩
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Needhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The broader lesson may be that interrogating stress responses by unleashing chemical or genetic catastrophe on the cells tells you what the pathways can do but not necessarily what the cell uses them for.”
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When your proposal gets killed by an algorithm that has no capacity to understand science, what will you do? When your colleague's proposal gets killed by an algorithm that has no capacity to understand science and amplifies biases by default, what will you do? That's where we're at 🧪
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well, there it is. The EU is also going to use slop algorithms to put an artificial number on proposals. This is how we lose. This is a disaster 🧪
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Trends in Genetics @cp-trendsgenetics.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Preparing Primary Care Professionals for Genomics-Informed Healthcare" by Anne E. Greb & colleagues FREE till Nov. 17th at authors.elsevier.com/a/1ns4ucQbJI...
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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 28/09/2026
Claude making a scientific discovery
Black-and-white three-part comic. In the first scene, one simple cartoon figure holds out a small round handmade-looking object and says, “I MADE THIS.” Another figure replies, “YOU MADE THIS?” In the second scene, the second figure is shown alone holding the object. In the final scene, that figure holds it proudly and says, “I MADE THIS”
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Ana Viñuela @anavinuela.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Because, of course, cutting staff, increasing number of students per class, punish staff for no reason and make them unhappy and less caring is going to do wonders for the students.
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bioRxiv Genomics @biorxiv-genomic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A single-nucleus multi-omic atlas of gene regulation across 21 adult human tissues www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…
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fdg 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈 #7291 @esmipueblojoder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
La nueva temporada de "Futurama" arranca ni más ni menos que con un epitafio: "In loving memory of science. Born 624 BC. Died 2026 AD".
Imagen de inicio de "Futurama" con el siguiente texto:

"In loving memory of science.
Born 624 BC. Died 2026 AD".
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MwahahahahahadScientist @mads100tist.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is it. This is what everyone is enabling by humoring genAI: you spend months writing something that took you years to get at, for an opaque algorithm that a few control to spit a number and cut you off right there and then. This is what we're up against 🧪
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Ana Viñuela @anavinuela.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
At the BRIDGING EUROPEAN SCIENCE event. Spanish scientist in the world gather this year in Oslo (Norway) to discuss the state of science and innovation.
Photo of a woman doing a public speech. On a big TV screen. Text on screen: Institutional welcome
Ilma. Sra. Doña Eva Ortega Paíno
General Secretary for Research
Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities
BRIDGING EUROPEAN SCIENCE
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Le Dog @ledog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
After another busy @ducuuo.bsky.social picket I’d like to highlight another way we’re fighting back. This is to cover the legal costs for a judicial review of the governance decisions that led to the threat of compulsory redundancies. Please help if you can. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/judicial-r...
Dundee UCU members on the picket line.
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Chocobone💀Skare🎺Paradie🪦 @chocoboskaparadise.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Perfect
A meme of Bobs Burgers kids
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