Virginia Arechavala
@varechavala.bsky.social
Scientist and mum. Ikerbasque Professor @ Biobizkaia HRI
Interested in #RNAtherapy for #neuromuscular disorders. De Bilbao de toda la vida and adopted Londoner.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginia-arechavala-gomeza-a482509/
Interested in #RNAtherapy for #neuromuscular disorders. De Bilbao de toda la vida and adopted Londoner.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginia-arechavala-gomeza-a482509/
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¡Hola!
Como veo mucho seguidor nuevo y creo que es porque estoy en una lista de divulgadores, me presento: trabajo investigando enfermedades raras y desarrollando medicamentos "genéticos". No soy divulgadora, pero a veces hago cositas de divulgación.
En este hilo enlazo algunas que están grabadas:
Como veo mucho seguidor nuevo y creo que es porque estoy en una lista de divulgadores, me presento: trabajo investigando enfermedades raras y desarrollando medicamentos "genéticos". No soy divulgadora, pero a veces hago cositas de divulgación.
En este hilo enlazo algunas que están grabadas:
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Now RNA in Diseases session!
Great talks from Sara Melija on ER–mitochondrial contact sites in Rett syndrome, Elan McCarthy on the bioinformatic research of the DLK-DIO3 genomic region in breast cancer, and Kasia Whysall on oximiRs in muscle wasting.
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
Great talks from Sara Melija on ER–mitochondrial contact sites in Rett syndrome, Elan McCarthy on the bioinformatic research of the DLK-DIO3 genomic region in breast cancer, and Kasia Whysall on oximiRs in muscle wasting.
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
December 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Now RNA in Diseases session!
Great talks from Sara Melija on ER–mitochondrial contact sites in Rett syndrome, Elan McCarthy on the bioinformatic research of the DLK-DIO3 genomic region in breast cancer, and Kasia Whysall on oximiRs in muscle wasting.
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
Great talks from Sara Melija on ER–mitochondrial contact sites in Rett syndrome, Elan McCarthy on the bioinformatic research of the DLK-DIO3 genomic region in breast cancer, and Kasia Whysall on oximiRs in muscle wasting.
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
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After a caffeine boost ☕ we kicked off our Data Science in RNA session!
Guest speaker @evacaamano.bsky.social showed how spatial transcriptomics with NanoString GeoMx uncovers key features of adenomyosis — fascinating work!
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
Guest speaker @evacaamano.bsky.social showed how spatial transcriptomics with NanoString GeoMx uncovers key features of adenomyosis — fascinating work!
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
After a caffeine boost ☕ we kicked off our Data Science in RNA session!
Guest speaker @evacaamano.bsky.social showed how spatial transcriptomics with NanoString GeoMx uncovers key features of adenomyosis — fascinating work!
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
Guest speaker @evacaamano.bsky.social showed how spatial transcriptomics with NanoString GeoMx uncovers key features of adenomyosis — fascinating work!
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
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We’re wrapping up the day with fantastic flash talks from early-career researchers in the Cluster — Caomhan Lyons, Giulia Bonifazio, Clara Sanz, and Daniel McGonigle.
Thank you everyone for coming and making the day so inspiring 🧬👏
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
Thank you everyone for coming and making the day so inspiring 🧬👏
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
December 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We’re wrapping up the day with fantastic flash talks from early-career researchers in the Cluster — Caomhan Lyons, Giulia Bonifazio, Clara Sanz, and Daniel McGonigle.
Thank you everyone for coming and making the day so inspiring 🧬👏
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
Thank you everyone for coming and making the day so inspiring 🧬👏
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
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Great talks in our first “RNA in Regeneration” session!
Wonderful insights from guest speaker @varechavala.bsky.social on therapeutic oligos from bench to bedside, and excellent presentations from Manon Jammes,
Bahareh Estiri, and Lara Rguez
Loving the science today! 🧬
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
Wonderful insights from guest speaker @varechavala.bsky.social on therapeutic oligos from bench to bedside, and excellent presentations from Manon Jammes,
Bahareh Estiri, and Lara Rguez
Loving the science today! 🧬
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
December 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Great talks in our first “RNA in Regeneration” session!
Wonderful insights from guest speaker @varechavala.bsky.social on therapeutic oligos from bench to bedside, and excellent presentations from Manon Jammes,
Bahareh Estiri, and Lara Rguez
Loving the science today! 🧬
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
Wonderful insights from guest speaker @varechavala.bsky.social on therapeutic oligos from bench to bedside, and excellent presentations from Manon Jammes,
Bahareh Estiri, and Lara Rguez
Loving the science today! 🧬
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
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Reminder: the Galway RNA Research Cluster Day is this week — 11 Dec! 🧬
Exciting talks, flash sessions & networking ahead.
Looking forward to seeing you in person or online!
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
Exciting talks, flash sessions & networking ahead.
Looking forward to seeing you in person or online!
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Reminder: the Galway RNA Research Cluster Day is this week — 11 Dec! 🧬
Exciting talks, flash sessions & networking ahead.
Looking forward to seeing you in person or online!
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
Exciting talks, flash sessions & networking ahead.
Looking forward to seeing you in person or online!
#GalwayRNAResearchCluster
@uniofgalway.bsky.social
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📣📣📣 Si eres un estudiante de Grado o Máster y quieres iniciarte en el mundo de la investigación con un contrato de técnico en un proyecto sobre la conceptualización metafórica del #plagio, la #IA y las estrategias #antiplagio, te esperamos en PUPP. Convocatoria ➡️ 📣 ➡️ www.unirioja.es/administraci...
December 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
📣📣📣 Si eres un estudiante de Grado o Máster y quieres iniciarte en el mundo de la investigación con un contrato de técnico en un proyecto sobre la conceptualización metafórica del #plagio, la #IA y las estrategias #antiplagio, te esperamos en PUPP. Convocatoria ➡️ 📣 ➡️ www.unirioja.es/administraci...
It took a little while, so I had almost forgotten about this little thing @catherinefreije.bsky.social and I wrote to highlight the "RNA biology and RNA-based applications to medicine collection" we edited the year before (@commsmed.nature.com)
doi.org/10.1038/s438...
doi.org/10.1038/s438...
The current and future landscape of RNA-based therapies and diagnostics - Communications Medicine
Amid continuous innovation in sequencing and gene-editing technologies combined with enhanced understanding of RNA biology, there has been an increase in RNA-based technologies for the treatment of a ...
doi.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It took a little while, so I had almost forgotten about this little thing @catherinefreije.bsky.social and I wrote to highlight the "RNA biology and RNA-based applications to medicine collection" we edited the year before (@commsmed.nature.com)
doi.org/10.1038/s438...
doi.org/10.1038/s438...
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La caída de una megarrevista científica expone el pelotazo de las editoriales en la ciencia. Una de las cabeceras que más estudios publican en el mundo ha sido expulsada del sistema por irregularidades. Su editorial, Elsevier, gana 1.300 millones al año:
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
La caída de una megarrevista científica expone el pelotazo de las editoriales en la ciencia
Una de las cabeceras que más estudios publican en el mundo, expulsada del sistema por irregularidades. Su editorial, Elsevier, supera los 1.300 millones de euros de beneficios al año
elpais.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
La caída de una megarrevista científica expone el pelotazo de las editoriales en la ciencia. Una de las cabeceras que más estudios publican en el mundo ha sido expulsada del sistema por irregularidades. Su editorial, Elsevier, gana 1.300 millones al año:
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
elpais.com/ciencia/2025...
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Si no tienes una patología visual que así lo requiera, NO NECESITAS usar filtros para bloquear la luz azul de las pantallas, porque hacerlo no garantiza ni que vayas a descansar mejor, ni te protege de la fatiga visual que sí produce un uso excesivo de las pantallas.
November 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Si no tienes una patología visual que así lo requiera, NO NECESITAS usar filtros para bloquear la luz azul de las pantallas, porque hacerlo no garantiza ni que vayas a descansar mejor, ni te protege de la fatiga visual que sí produce un uso excesivo de las pantallas.
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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Hola gentes de BS, hoy vuelvo después de un tiempo. Gracias a quienes os habéis interesado por mí, si no he contestado a todos los mensajes es xq he estado algo abrumada. Voy a contaros qué me ha ocurrido, xq creo que es algo que hay que tratar con naturalidad, y mi historia tal vez ayude a alguien.
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Hola gentes de BS, hoy vuelvo después de un tiempo. Gracias a quienes os habéis interesado por mí, si no he contestado a todos los mensajes es xq he estado algo abrumada. Voy a contaros qué me ha ocurrido, xq creo que es algo que hay que tratar con naturalidad, y mi historia tal vez ayude a alguien.
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Los que me seguís desde hace tiempo ya sabéis mucho sobre #SíndromeDeRett, pero como estamos en #OctubRETT vamos a recordarlo, ¿vale?
October 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Los que me seguís desde hace tiempo ya sabéis mucho sobre #SíndromeDeRett, pero como estamos en #OctubRETT vamos a recordarlo, ¿vale?
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Good morning. XKCD just made me cry again
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xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
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November 25, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Good morning. XKCD just made me cry again
xkcd.com/3172/
xkcd.com/3172/
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Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences?
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences?
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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We’re recruiting an institute director, take a look!
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November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We’re recruiting an institute director, take a look!
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Thanx for posting, @dm1myotonic.bsky.social
Yes, we chose a weighing scale⚖️ for cells🧫as the graphical abstract we have chosen to use for our paper in NAR Mol Med...
Yes, we chose a weighing scale⚖️ for cells🧫as the graphical abstract we have chosen to use for our paper in NAR Mol Med...
Spanish study: Characterization of DMPK and MBNL1 expression in cell models of myotonic dystrophy: a platform for drug screening academic.oup.com/narmolmed/ar...
Characterization of DMPK and MBNL1 expression in cell models of myotonic dystrophy: a platform for drug screening
Abstract. Myotonic dystrophy type I (DM1) is caused by CTG repeat expansions in the DMPK gene leading to mRNA toxicity and sequestration of the splicing re
academic.oup.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Thanx for posting, @dm1myotonic.bsky.social
Yes, we chose a weighing scale⚖️ for cells🧫as the graphical abstract we have chosen to use for our paper in NAR Mol Med...
Yes, we chose a weighing scale⚖️ for cells🧫as the graphical abstract we have chosen to use for our paper in NAR Mol Med...
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Something that it’s important to note about disability; Even if you are not currently disabled, if you live for long enough, you will become so. It is inevitable. Fighting for the rights of disabled people is not only the right thing to do, it also benefits your future self
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Something that it’s important to note about disability; Even if you are not currently disabled, if you live for long enough, you will become so. It is inevitable. Fighting for the rights of disabled people is not only the right thing to do, it also benefits your future self
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La semana que viene vuelve #BarlabHika
Cada tercer miércoles de mes podréis conocer la investigación que se hace en nuestro entorno.
Cada tercer miércoles de mes podréis conocer la investigación que se hace en nuestro entorno.
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
La semana que viene vuelve #BarlabHika
Cada tercer miércoles de mes podréis conocer la investigación que se hace en nuestro entorno.
Cada tercer miércoles de mes podréis conocer la investigación que se hace en nuestro entorno.
🚀 ¿Buscas tu siguiente paso postdoctoral?
buscamos una persona para solicitar una Ayuda Juan de la Cierva 2025 junto a nuestro grupo de Terapias con Ácidos Nucleicos para Enfermedades Raras en Biobizkaia.
Desarrollamos terapias de ácidos nucleicos para enfermedades raras. www.arechavala-lab.com
buscamos una persona para solicitar una Ayuda Juan de la Cierva 2025 junto a nuestro grupo de Terapias con Ácidos Nucleicos para Enfermedades Raras en Biobizkaia.
Desarrollamos terapias de ácidos nucleicos para enfermedades raras. www.arechavala-lab.com
Nucleic Acid Therapeutics for Rare Diseases (NAT-RD) - Arechavala-Gomeza Lab
The NAT-RD group, led by Dr Virginia Arechavala-Gomeza at Biobizkaia Health Research Institute, develops nucleic acid-based therapeutics for rare diseases. Our research is particularly focused on neur...
www.arechavala-lab.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🚀 ¿Buscas tu siguiente paso postdoctoral?
buscamos una persona para solicitar una Ayuda Juan de la Cierva 2025 junto a nuestro grupo de Terapias con Ácidos Nucleicos para Enfermedades Raras en Biobizkaia.
Desarrollamos terapias de ácidos nucleicos para enfermedades raras. www.arechavala-lab.com
buscamos una persona para solicitar una Ayuda Juan de la Cierva 2025 junto a nuestro grupo de Terapias con Ácidos Nucleicos para Enfermedades Raras en Biobizkaia.
Desarrollamos terapias de ácidos nucleicos para enfermedades raras. www.arechavala-lab.com
🚀 Looking for your next #postdoc step?
Join us at Biobizkaia (Basque Country, Spain) to apply together for a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (2025)!
We develop #nucleicacidtherapeutics for #rarediseases.
You may check what we do here: www.arechavala-lab.com
Join us at Biobizkaia (Basque Country, Spain) to apply together for a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (2025)!
We develop #nucleicacidtherapeutics for #rarediseases.
You may check what we do here: www.arechavala-lab.com
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November 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🚀 Looking for your next #postdoc step?
Join us at Biobizkaia (Basque Country, Spain) to apply together for a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (2025)!
We develop #nucleicacidtherapeutics for #rarediseases.
You may check what we do here: www.arechavala-lab.com
Join us at Biobizkaia (Basque Country, Spain) to apply together for a Juan de la Cierva Fellowship (2025)!
We develop #nucleicacidtherapeutics for #rarediseases.
You may check what we do here: www.arechavala-lab.com