Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her) @krispy-ed.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Great job George! So proud of you and your work in the lab! Thanks @apsphysiology.bsky.social and #LURAP for the support!! 050
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her) @krispy-ed.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Flying back home after a fantastic time at #APS2025 @apsphysiology.bsky.social Thanks to the @mcsociety.bsky.social for the opportunity to present our lab’s work on #LncRNA 🧬🧬 in vascular cells 🧫🧫! I had a blast and I got a lot of crazy ideas to take to the lab 😬 050
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her) @krispy-ed.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Congrats @junichisaito.bsky.social on the #APS2025 Outstanding Postdoctoral Trainee Award! Well done!! 040
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her) @krispy-ed.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Congrats on the 2025 #APS2025 CVS New Investigator Award @bruder-thiago.bsky.social So well deserved!! 150
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 08/04/2025#SmoothMuscleCell Transcriptomic Atlas🤠 betsholtzlab.org/Publications... Organotypicity 🫀🫁Colon Aorta Zonation: A-V, Promixal-Distal Aorta, elastic vs muscular Artery 16 adult🐭 2780 SMC Notch3➡️vascular SMC Hhip➡️visceral SMC #DevCell 2022 www.cell.com/developmenta... 082
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Hao Yin @haoyin.bsky.social · 23/03/2025RAEFISH Reverse-padlock Amplicon Encoding FISH Genome-wide Imaging-based #SpatialTranscriptomics >16k coding RNA + >5k LncRNA >500 genes/cell detected on frozen sections of🐭liver/placenta Spatial gRNA seq➡️imaging-based CRISPR screening in vitro😎 bioRxiv 2025 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... 0246
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her) @krispy-ed.bsky.social · 11/03/2025I avoid news and social media today for a good amount of time to be ok-ish. We got cool results… bright pink gloves, I was productive.. Now, whatever, I quit. I cannot keep up with this sh*t … 😓😭media.tenor.coma cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire with the words " i 'm fine "ALT: a cartoon dog is sitting in front of a fire with the words " i 'm fine " 020
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her) @krispy-ed.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Starting “Spring” right! Finally a labcoat I will be happy to wear 🤣🤣🤣 070
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her) @krispy-ed.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Well done Sarah!!! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 000
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her) @krispy-ed.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Happy #InternationalWomenDay2025 To all the women in my life thank you for sharing this path, for being amazing role models ❤️ In times like these, we should keep in mind we are stronger together. Let’s keep working for our rights, equality and empowerment ❤️media.tenor.coma poster that says whenever women gather together failure is impossible by susan anthonyALT: a poster that says whenever women gather together failure is impossible by susan anthony 030
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Helen Collins @drhelenecollin1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women in the US. Yet, cardiovascular disease burden is different between men and women. Understanding the underlying mechanisms and processes contributing to sex dependent differences is key reducing disease burden in both sexes. 2159
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/03/2025A reminder for these times. 6458208017561
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Alejandro Adam @aleadam.bsky.social · 01/03/2025We’re Standing Up for Science – because science is for everyone. Thank you Rep Paul Tonko @reppaultonko.bsky.social for joining us at the NY State Capitol at Albany! #standupforscience2025 ・ #sciencenotsilence ・ #scienceforall #AcademicSky #science #ScienceSky 🧪 0167
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Helen Collins @drhelenecollin1.bsky.social · 22/02/2025We need to make pregnancy and the postpartum period safe for all women. Currently, maternal mortality rates are at an all time high in the US. In order to make things safer, we need more funding, research, and representation. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39832282/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govMaternal cardiovascular research and education should be prioritized in the United States - PubMedMaternal cardiovascular research and education should be prioritized in the United States 1157
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Katherine Aird @airdlab.bsky.social · 12/02/2025If you are worried about the constitutional crisis, NIH/NSF funding, diversity issues, or anything else: CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES. For those in PA: Dave McCormick: 202 224 6324 (www.mccormick.senate.gov/share-your-o...) John Fetterman: 202 224 4254 (www.fetterman.senate.gov/contact/)summerlee.house.govContact - Summer Lee 272
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Lola Eniola-Adefeso @lolauic.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Indirect costs are not wasteful overhead; they fund essential infrastructure that makes research possible—labs. Cutting these funds jeopardizes infrastructure that has made the US a global leader in scientific innovation. This is not just an academic concern—it is a matter of national security. 13418
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Mike Feigin 🥯 @mikefeigin.bsky.social · 11/02/2025March 7. Stand Up For Science. Rallies in DC and nationwide. 🧪 Please visit the website and spread the word. www.standupforscience2025.org 5167103
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Carmen De Miguel, PhD, MS, FAHA @carmendemigue12.bsky.social · 10/02/2025This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/al...sign.moveon.orgAlabama needs NIH funding! Please sign this letter to protect the vital NIH funding that supports groundbreaking medical research, creates thousands of jobs, and fuels our state's economy. By signing, you're advocating fo... 031
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Tina Termini @cterminiphd.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Everything feels weird and uncertain, and I can only imagine how trainees feel right now… so are some things mentors can do to support mentees during these challenging times: 🧵 24113
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Angelo Iulianella @aineurolab.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Now more than ever it’s important to celebrate women in science. I am grateful for the amazing women that study the intricacies of the developing brain 🧠 in the lab every day: Dr. Emily Witt, Dr. Danielle Stanton-Turcotte, Basmah Hendy, Laura Harrison, and Sanne Meijer-vanLoendersloot. 🧪 1153
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Virginia Arechavala @varechavala.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Muy bonita la imagen que ha hecho Miriam Rivera para el #11F día de mujer y niña en la ciencia @11defebreroes.bsky.social 073
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)WHO @who.int · 11/02/2025"I have a message for the next generation. They have to do something that they enjoy. If they like to solve puzzles, science is for them." Katalin Karikó’s journey in #mRNA research shows that persistence and belief in one’s work can change the world. 🔬 #WomenInScience 225867
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her) @krispy-ed.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Happy #InternationalWomenInScienceDay2025 Today more than ever on its 10th anniversary, all the women that pave our path and the ones to come! #WomenInScience #WomenInStem 062
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)WHO @who.int · 11/02/2025Professor Rose Leke, a renowned immunologist & parasitologist, won the Virchow Prize for her work on infectious diseases. A champion for a #malaria -free world & gender equality in science, she empowers future female scientists to drive progress in global health. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM 4405114
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)WHO @who.int · 11/02/2025It is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Gagandeep Kang’s research on enteric infections has contributed to the rotavirus vaccine rollout in #India, protecting millions of children and shaping a healthier future. for all. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM 2430117
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)WHO @who.int · 11/02/2025Dr Menattallah Elserafy is known for her research on using yeast to study DNA damage-related diseases. She advises women to dream big, emphasizing that their unique qualities can make them leaders in scientific research. 🔬 #WomenInScience 026657
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)WHO @who.int · 11/02/2025Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM 5647231866
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her) @krispy-ed.bsky.social · 11/02/2025And how are you all doing? Me, just fine. I am working on the “emergency”chocolate stash. 010
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Science Magazine @science.org · 10/02/2025Breaking news: 22 states are suing to block NIH’s cutting of indirect costs. See our updated story on the Friday night news and its aftermath. scim.ag/4hTJQ6vscim.agNIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage and lawsuitMove to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars 5410162
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Alejandro Adam @aleadam.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Welcome @histochemicalsoc.bsky.social to Bluesky! Follow us for all things imaging (Travel awards! Trainee grants!) and for out Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry. #AcademicSky #science #ScienceSky 🧪 041
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 09/02/2025“But despair is not an option,” writes Gretchen Goldman in Nature. “It is important to remember that notable gains have been made in federal scientific-integrity protections in the past two decades.” 🧪 go.nature.com‘Despair is not an option’ — how scientists can help protect federal researchGovernment scientists in the US must be clear-eyed and continue to serve the public. 112846
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Monica Carson @brainimmunity.bsky.social · 09/02/2025For those who like #comics, graphic novels and #YouTube, please see this primer Just like HOA fees cover costs for shared resources in condo associations, #NIH #IDC covers the shared infrastructure costs of #research less IDC=less infrastructure (fewer$$ for electric etc)=less research #academicsky 0132
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Spread this far and wide. Post link with a summary of how NIH benefits your state! www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...unitedformedicalresearch.orgNIH In Your State - United For Medical ResearchSelect a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America. 0106
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Get in Dorks, we are going protesting. STAND UP FOR SCIENCE. MARCH 7th 12-4pm. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITALS. More information to come. 40847427
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)JoAnn Trejo @joann-trejo.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Trump's assault on the NIH w/a $9B cut will damage academic research institutions and medical research centers - the effects will be devastating to the University of California, UC employs 265,000 faculty and staff, enrolls 295,000 students has >2M alumni.. call your representatives and senators 12510
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her) @krispy-ed.bsky.social · 09/02/2025New guidelines have been made to reduce NIH funding (indirect costs to 15%). Those funds are key for the proper function of our institutions, support 1000x jobs and patient care. This will not only have an impact of research but in all economy in each State and it will take many years to recover. 011
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Raquel Buj @raquelbuj.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Creo que hoy es el dia de hacer uso de la reserva anti-morriña 141
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Carolyn Bertozzi @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social · 08/02/2025Another assault on US competitiveness at a time when biomedicine is roaring with innovation, an own-goal in a high-stakes international tournament. Of course the real losers are American people needing medicines and cures. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...washingtonpost.comNIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediatelyThe move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. 571670525
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 08/02/2025NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...washingtonpost.comNIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediatelyThe move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. 978160986155
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Helen Collins @drhelenecollin1.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Without a doubt, I am going to stand on business when it comes to women’s cardiovascular health. Black women and women of advanced maternal age are unnecessarily dying during and following pregnancy, we need to take a multidisciplinary approach to address this pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39832282/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govMaternal Cardiovascular Research and Education Should be Prioritized in the US - PubMedMaternal mortality rates in the US have been increasing steadily over the past decade, with rates significantly increased versus the rest of the developed world, despite the vast healthcare infrastruc... 183
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her) @krispy-ed.bsky.social · 28/01/2025He did soooooooo well!!! ❤️❤️❤️ 010
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her) @krispy-ed.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Very proud of @syd26.bsky.social Rudolph #EspinosaDiezLab Master student and #Angiogenesis queen 👑rocking her second poster presentation and answering questions, very demure… very mindful 😍 Way to go Syd! Keep rocking #LncRNA 072
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her) @krispy-ed.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Very proud of #EspinosaDiezLab 2nd year Phd student, Warlley Rosa Cunha for being awarded with the 2nd place for Oral Presentation at the Graduate Student Research Presentation Day (GSRPD) 2025 at Wayne today!! Well done Warlley!! 161
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her) @krispy-ed.bsky.social · 22/01/2025This week we welcome to the lab to Aroa Martínez de Musitu from Bilbao Spain and fresh graduated from The Universidad de Navarra, thanks to the #IMFAHE FOUNDATION #GlobalTraining fellowship! We are so excited to have her here during the next six months working with us in one of our new #LncRNAs 031
Reposted by Cristina Espinosa-Diez, PhD (she/her)Manolis Maragkakis @manolis-maragkakis.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Our paper out in eLife. Full-length direct RNA #nanopore sequencing uncovers 5' #RNA shortening upon cellular #stress that depends on ✅ stress-granules and #XRN1 but ❌ not poly(A) or cap removal elifesciences.org/articles/96284 🤔 useful to further reduce translational load during #ISR? #RNAbiology 48523