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Sofia J. Araújo

@sofiajaraujo.bsky.social
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Research scientist interest in how cells behave, Professor and head of the @geneticsub.bsky.social section at Universitat de Barcelona, eLife SE, Fly EDS and SEBD board member #Scicomm and #SciArt enthusiast and X escapee

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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
'When it was dissolved by Franco 3 decades later, the Board for the Advancement of Studies & Scientific Research infrastructure and public funding were handed over to CSIC, which the regime had created to reunite science and faith and to promote Spanish nationalism.' www.science.org/content/arti...
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Spain’s largest research organization confronts its dark past
Spanish National Research Council, established under Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, has published the stories of some 500 researchers and support staff purged after civil war
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Mujeres con ciencia @mujeresconciencia.com · 10/07/2026
El desempeño de chicas y chicos en entornos competitivos
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El desempeño de chicas y chicos en entornos competitivos - Mujeres con ciencia
Entornos competitivos. Nagore Iriberri. Pedro Rey-Biel. Brecha de género. Concurso de Primavera de Matemáticas. Techo de cristal. Ganar. Participar.
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Ideally, we should stop talking about IFs. The IFs are highly skewed, short-sighted metrics that judge popularity rather than individual paper quality and encourage predatory journal behaviour, citation inflation and bad research practice sfdora.org/read/
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Read the Declaration | DORA
The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) recognizes the need to improve the ways in which the outputs of scholarly research are evaluated.
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
It was great to host @aliciahidalgolab.bsky.social today @geneticsub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social Inspiring research and great scientific discussions! Thank you Alicia!
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
On the 52th anniversary of the portuguese revolution! #25abril #Portugal
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Veniu avui a les 13h a sentir-nos llegir en moltes llengues! Hi seré acompanyant un poema de José Saramago @fjsaramago.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social @craiubbiologia.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Join us at El Rompido for #SEBD2026 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
It was great to go work with Guy Tear again and publish our results together with theirs! Sequoia and its many functions during development. @biologiaub.bsky.social @geneticsub.bsky.social @craiubbiologia.bsky.social @ibub-ub.bsky.social
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Genetics UB @geneticsub.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
The @geneticsub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social was very well represented at this week’s joint meeting of the @sebioldev.bsky.social @gfeev.bsky.social and DSDB meeting in Potsdam with talks by @isabelalmudi.bsky.social @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social @araujolabub.bsky.social
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Gesellschaft für Entwicklungsbiologie e.V. @gfeev.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Sofia J. Araújo (@sofiajaraujo.bsky.social) concludes the session with her talk on „Centrosome loss in embryonic development disrupts axonal pathfinding and muscle integrity." in Drosophila #GfE2026
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Alex Eve @amjeve.uk · 12/03/2026
How do cells like neurons create complex branched morphologies? @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social uses fly nervous and tracheal systems to understand how cells take shape, highlighting the importance of cellular organelles called centrosomes. #gfe2026 Read the #preprint⤵️
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I am so proud of this new tree! @biologists.bsky.social #theforestofbiologists forest.biologists.com/landscape/?i...
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Landscape - The Forest of Biologists
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Research in #rarediseases using model organisms is of utmost importance to unravel the underlying molecular mechanisms of disease @rarediseaseday.bsky.social
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Very happy to have received these books by @wiringthebrain.bsky.social from @princetonupress.bsky.social just in time for my Neurogenetics of Behaviour course starting next week! Now I just need to meet Kevin at some point, so he can sign them!
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Looking forward to participating in this mini-simposium next monday! Under the umbrella of the #Womenandgirlsinscience day and the Genome Year, we will be talking about the genome, the jurassic, human disease, evolution and #SciArt Join us @biologiaub.bsky.social @ub.edu
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Learn more about peer review @elife.bsky.social 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Araújo Lab @araujolabub.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Join us at #DrosoSpain2026 for some great #Drosophila science! @flybase.bsky.social @fly-jedi.bsky.social @bdsc.bsky.social @dgrc.bsky.social
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This is a great article, but I would like to see stats by area/editor. Based on my experience and on that of many other colleagues working in #morphogenesis and #organogenesis, I do see many excellent papers that do not even get reviewed in @dev-journal.bsky.social and end up published elsewhere
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Bom Natal! Merry Christmas! Feliz Navidad! Bon Nadal!
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the Node @the-node.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Musifying Proteins 🎶 Introducing the basic biochemistry of life, focusing especially on proteins and their amino acids, through music. Learn more about this wonderful SciArt project led by Laia de la Torre & Sofia J. Araújo (@sofiajaraujo.bsky.social) ⬇️ thenode.biologists.com/musifying-pr...
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Musifying Proteins - the Node
A SciArt Musical Project by Sofia J. Araújo and Laia de la Torre Musifying Proteins is a SciArt project for scientific and artistic outreach created by
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Congrats @araujolabub.bsky.social, looks (and probably sounds) like a very interesting project "The goal of Musifying Proteins is to introduce the basic biochemistry of life, focusing especially on proteins and their amino acids, through music." thenode.biologists.com/musifying-pr...
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Musifying Proteins - the Node
A SciArt Musical Project by Sofia J. Araújo and Laia de la Torre Musifying Proteins is a SciArt project for scientific and artistic outreach created by
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
This is an excellent comment by @giorgio.gilest.ro on the emerging possibility of AI peer review
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
No us oblideu de fer el vostre donatiu a la #Marato3cat per la recerca del #cancer www.3cat.cat/tv3/marato/d...
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Fes el teu donatiu per a La Marató de TV3
Pots fer el teu donatiu per a La Marató de TV3 a través d'internet, per transferència bancària o des de qualsevol oficina de La Caixa.
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
We have a new post on @thenode.bsky.social about our Musifying Proteins #Scicomm #SciArt project thenode.biologists.com/musifying-pr...
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
This is just such a great initiative! And I just got my first tree 🌳 at #ForestofBiologists @biologists.bsky.social
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SEBD @sebioldev.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
#SEBD board secretary @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social received a #SciArt #SciCom prize for her #Musifyingproteins a science and music project she shares with pianist Laia de la Torre. Congratulations!!! www.instagram.com/musifying_pr...
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Genetics UB @geneticsub.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Congratulations to @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social and Laia de la Torre @araujolabub.bsky.social for being selected as finalists and winning a prize at the first Simfonies de Ciencia @comunicacioaccc.bsky.social for their #Musifyingproteins #SciArt #SciComm project!
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
What an adventure the last 2 weeks have been! We were selected for the semi-finals and made it to the final of #simfonies_ciencia! We didn't win the final, but we won much more than that. This competition gave us the opportunity to present our project twice in front of very varied audiences (1/2)
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
It is a pleasure and an honour to host @marianros.bsky.social @ibbtec.bsky.social seminar @geneticsub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social @ub.edu Marian has been collaborating with us and the master in Genetics and Genomics many years! Come over to the seminar!
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Very happy to share these news from my lab!!!
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Araújo Lab @araujolabub.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
📣 Interested in cell behaviour and cell-cell communication? Curious about cell architecture? Join us at @geneticsub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social in Barcelona! We’re looking for postdocs to apply for a Juan de la Cierva fellowship. Want to join us? Get in touch! www.aei.gob.es/convocatoria...
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Have to try this @qedscience.bsky.social AI 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Genetics UB @geneticsub.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
We had a great time this morning at the @ibub-ub.bsky.social Research day! The @geneticsub.bsky.social was represented by a talk by Aleix Bayona and a round table discussion and presentations by Florenci Serras, @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social @vtoulis.bsky.social Carmen de Sena and Cristina Gonzalez!
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Genetics UB @geneticsub.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Next March 2026 the joint meeting of the @sebioldev.bsky.social @gfeev.bsky.social and Dutch societies for #DevBio will take for place in Potsdam. From the @geneticsub.bsky.social it counts with the participation of @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social as organizer & @isabelalmudi.bsky.social as a speaker
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
It was great to participate in this year’s #EDRC2025 and meet so many friends, discuss our projects and listen to so much great science! Looking forward to #EDRC2027 in Bonn!
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Great news from the @crg.eu on @monicabettencourt.bsky.social appointment as the new director. This is excellent for the CRG and for catalan #science, for Monica is an excellent choice and a leader to a bright scientific future! #womeninscience
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Rat Genome Database @ratgenome.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Biomedical research budget cuts at Harvard threaten @flybase.bsky.social —known as the "Wikipedia of fruit fly research", fueling key discoveries in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, addiction, birth defects, and more. Details: tinyurl.com/4chpts9f #FlyBase
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Why a database of bug genes could be one of Trump’s most devastating cuts at Harvard
FlyBase, the world's only fruit fly database, is in the crosshairs of Trump's attack on Harvard. Here's why it could matter for your health.
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Unitat de Cultura Científica i Innovació de la UB @ubdivulga.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
#Avuiés #StJoan, una celebració originada en les festes paganes del solstici d’estiu, encara que enguany no coincideixin, per commemorar aquesta època propícia per l’agricultura i el món rural com a símbol de fertilitat i vida: www.3cat.cat/324/quin-es-...
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
We are where we are thanks to the many women who fought for our rights way before we arrived. We owe them who we can be today. We stand in the shoulders of giants. RIP Roser Gonzalez www.elpuntavui.cat/article/29-n...
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Mor Roser Gonzàlez i Duarte, genetista de prestigi mundial
Va lluitar de forma incansable per la presència de les dones en el món de la ciència
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SEBD @sebioldev.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
The #SEBD fully supports the request for emergency funding by the European #Drosophila genetics database and encourages its members to help this important database #FlyBase @flybase.bsky.social
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Araújo Lab @araujolabub.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
If you use, like, need and care for @flybase.bsky.social please support it. We all need it (and I also mean you, the ones who don’t use #Drosophila as a model) 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Calli McMurray @callimcflurry.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
FlyBase, a crucial resource for drosophila research, has lost its funding because its grant is awarded to Harvard. The team is scrambling to find other sources of funds, including donations from labs. Read more: www.thetransmitter.org/community/fl... @flybase.bsky.social
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FlyBase funding squashed amid Harvard grant terminations
The team behind the Drosophila genetics database is now requesting donations from labs to keep the resource afloat.
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Perguntas importantes por Claudio Sunkel @i3suporto.bsky.social www.publico.pt/2025/05/29/c...
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Carta à presidente da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
A disponibilização de informação sobre o principal concurso da FCT para projetos de investigação é fundamental para garantir a transparência do processo e reforçar a integridade e equidade na ciência.
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eLife @elife.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Peer review is often criticised for being slow, biased and quashing revolutionary ideas. With our consultative review process, reviewers discuss their reviews with each other before reaching a decision and limit suggestions for extra work. buff.ly/4T1gEYi
green illustration of a group of peer reviewers
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Público @publico.pt · 24/05/2025
O Nobel da Medicina 2021 alerta para o risco de os EUA perderem a liderança no campo da ciência e conta que já recebeu um convite da China com garantia de financiamento por 20 anos.
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Ardem Patapoutian: nos EUA “há um movimento inexplicável contra a ciência”
O Nobel da Medicina 2021 alerta para o risco de os EUA perderem a liderança no campo da ciência e conta que já recebeu um convite da China com garantia de financiamento por 20 anos.
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
“Terá de haver uma terceira via, de resistência activa, que nos ajude a não fazer nada, quando é suposto estarmos sempre a fazer alguma coisa.” @joanagsa.bsky.social @emcausa.bsky.social
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Sofia J. Araújo @sofiajaraujo.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Vote now for France, UK and Ireland and Eastern Europe representatives @fly-eds.bsky.social ! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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