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Maria Dzunkova
@dzunkovam.bsky.social
Microbial Single-Cell Genomics group leader at the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology #I2SysBio @i2sysbio.es, University of Valencia @uv.es, interested in unknown microbes 🇸🇰🇨🇿🇪🇦🇦🇺🇺🇲🇪🇦 https://i2sysbio.es/groups/19 #single-cell #metagenomics
@isme-microbes.bsky.social ISME Communications paper about mixotropy in the Black Sea picocyanobacteria assessed by very cool methods #microsky #bioinformatics 🦑🪸🧪🧬🖥🧫🦠
Check out our new paper on mixotrophy in a Black Sea picocyanobacterium! academic.oup.com/ismecommun/a...
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Multiscale feedback drives viral evolution and epidemic dynamics
We introduce a minimal multiscale framework that links within-host virus dynamics to population-level susceptible-infectious-recovered-susceptible (SIRS) epidemiology through explicit, bidirectional c...
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It is out! How to efficiently perform Voronoi tessellations of lines in 3D and avoid the Lloyd algorithm to simulate realistic simulations of epithelial monolayers: link.springer.com/article/10.1... #scutoids @i2sysbio.es @lmescu.bsky.social
The Tight Backbone Spread Model for Simulating 3D Epithelial Cell Layer Dynamics - SN Computer Science
Modeling the morphogenesis of epithelial tissues requires faithful simulation of cell-level dynamics, including changes in shape and neighborhood relations. Traditional two-dimensional models, such as...
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La noticia sobre nuestro paper sobre nuevos simbiontes de nudibranquios publicado en Microbiome #nudibranchs #microsky 🦑🪸🧪🖥🧬👩🔬🦠🧫
Un estudio del @i2sysbio.es, centro mixto @csic.es y @uv.es, ha permitido descubrir 🦠bacterias asociadas a 🦑moluscos marinos, con potencial para producir compuestos de interés 🧪farmacéutico. delegacion.comunitatvalenciana.csic.es/el-mayor-est...
Have a look at all the cute #nudibranchs pictures in our article just published in Microbiome! 🤩 We applied #museomics to a large collection of nudibranchs and discovered novel symbionts @i2sysbio.es @uv.es @csic.es #microsky #bioinformatics 👩🔬🦠🧪🧬🖥️🦑 🧵⬇️ link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Museomics reveals uncultured symbionts with biosynthetic potential in nudibranchs - Microbiome
Background Museum specimens are widely used for PCR-based pathogen detection, yet their potential for metagenomic discovery of beneficial microbes remains underexplored, largely due to difficulties in...
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My colleague from @i2sysbio.es Ana Conesa @anaconesa.bsky.social published a new benchmarking framework for #long-read transcriptome reconstruction in Nature Communications @natcomms.nature.com ! Congratulations!!!🥳 #bioinformatics #rna-seq 👩🔬🧬🖥🧪
🎉 Our TUSCO paper is out in Nature Communications! A new benchmarking framework for long-read transcriptome reconstruction using curated single-isoform genes as internal ground truth — no spike-ins needed, by talented @tianyuanliu.bsky.social 🧬🔗 nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72089-1
🔬Researchers from I2SysBio, @javierbuceta.bsky.social and Iago Grobas, are involved in the design of an implantable device (Electro-Pulsed Biohybrid) that combines electrical stimulation and stem cells to treat spinal cord injury. Now in Materials Today Bio: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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👏El investigador del #I2SysBio @moyasimarro.bsky.social ocupa la novena posición en el ránquing de científicos más destacados de Research.com, en el campo de la Genética en España. A nivel mundial, se posiciona como el 615, con D-Index 104 y 36.973 citaciones. www.uv.es/uvweb/biolog...
Investigadors de la Facultat de Ciències Biològiques entre els destacats en el rànquing Research.com
El rànquing de Research.com és una llista que classifica als investigadors més destacats del món en diverses disciplines, basant-se en criteris com el seu índex D, productivitat científica (publicacio...
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Last week, Nobel laureate Jack Szostak visited our institute @i2sysbio.es and fave a lecture about his most recent research findings. He had a quick breakfast with the research programs leaders, including myself
➡️Nobel laureate Jack Szostak visits I2SysBio and give the lecture 'Information at the Dawn of Life' to mark the institute’s tenth anniversary 🎥Watch the full lecture here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJSV... i2sysbio.es/communicatio...
Yesterday I was in the #PhD viva tribunal of Lucas Mora. Excellent thesis supervised by Pilar Domingo-Calap @pilardomingoc.bsky.social and Rafael Sanjuan @rafa-sanjuan.bsky.social from @i2sysbio.es about #phages of Klebsiella I got a very nice present - these phage and bacteria coasters #microsky
Congrats to our PhD student Sebastian for getting a prize on his poster at Europic2026!
Glad to share our new paper "Living Buildings with Living Electronics: Toward Biologically Intelligent Biohybrids" in Trends in Biotech www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... with Rachel Armstrong, Jorge Barriuso, and Ioannis Ieropoulos #synbio #biomanufacturing
🚨 I'm #hiring a senior #postdoc in microbial #singlecell genomics to join my group at @i2sysbio.es in Valencia 🇪🇸 (@csic.es/@uv.es) #microsky We will develop innovative single-cell genomics methods to investigate adaptation of microbial dark matter to extreme pollution 🧵⬇️ www.uv.es/uvweb/servic...
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L’investigador de l'I2SysBio Juli Peretó (@julipereto.bsky.social), nomenat acadèmic corresponent de la Reial Acadèmia de Ciències i Arts de Barcelona www.i2sysbio.es/communicatio...
Researcher Juli Peretó appointed corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona
<p>Juli Peretó, a researcher at I2SysBio (UV-CSIC), has been appointed a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona (RACAB). The Academy, founded in 1764 as a l...
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Now available: Reflections on Science and Evolution, by @moyasimarro.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007... An exploration of the future of the species, the ethical and ontological consequences of intervening in ourselves, and the creation of entities that emulate us, among other questions
Reflections on Science and Evolution
This book discusses several long-standing and intriguing questions and answers the big questions about knowledge, evolution, and science
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Delighted to share that the new @csic.es Ranking of Spanish Women Researchers places me in the top 2% Grateful for this recognition, and deeply aware that it reflects years of work, learning, and collaboration with my team and international colleagues @bcbhubcsic.bsky.social tinyurl.com/RankingCSIC
Ranking de mujeres investigadoras españolas y en España. Edición GS-ORCID OPENALEX Abril 2026
El ranking de investigadoras españolas y en España incluye los 11 000 perfiles en Google Scholar con mejores indicadores métricos (índice h y citas) con identificador ORCID asignado de las mujeres españolas que investigan en España o fuera y de las mujeres investigadoras extranjeras con afiliación a instituciones españolas. Esta edición incluye los indicadores equivalentes de Openalex
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Forgot spike-ins in your lrRNA-seq experiment? 😅 No problem! Our TUSCO benchmarks your transcript models using endogenous single-isoform genes as internal ground truth. Integrated in SQANTI3 for human & mouse. 🧬 Just out in @natcomms.nature.com @pacbio.bsky.social @nanoporetech.com rdcu.be/fkZCb
TUSCO: benchmarking transcriptome reconstruction with endogenous single-isoform controls
Nature Communications - Long-read sequencing enables comprehensive transcriptome characterization but remains challenging to benchmark due to sequencing errors, sample variability, and the limited...
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📅‼️El I2SysBio celebra un congreso internacional centrado en los avances de la biología integrativa de sistemas del 9 al 11 de septiembre www.i2sysbio.es/communicatio...
I2SysBio to host international conference on the latest breakthroughs in Integrative Systems Biology from 9 to 11 September
<p>The Institute of Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), a joint centre of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the University of Valencia, will host the international conference &lsquo...
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¡La edición de este año de #PintOfScience ha sido una experiencia increíble! 🍻🔬 Muchísimas gracias a los organizadores Cecilia Picazo @cecipicam.bsky.social y Víctor Garrigós de @i2sysbio.es, y David Peris y Lucía Ramos de @iatacsic.bsky.social por el enorme trabajo! 👩🔬 🧪 🦠 #PINTMAN26 #microsky
Manises se estrena en la nueva edición del festival Pint of Science, con la colaboración del I2SysBio. Los próximos días 18, 19 y 20 de mayo, en el restaurante Sant Joan Bistró, se celebrarán diez charlas de divulgación científica. ¡Os esperamos! www.i2sysbio.es/communicatio...
Ya se está acercando el evento del año - Pint of Science! Os invito a mi charla sobre la materia oscura microbiana - el tema de mi investigación en el @i2sysbio.es 🧬👩🔬Será el próximo miércoles 20.5. a las 19:00 en Sant Joan Bistro en Manises en Valencia #PintofScience #PINT26MAN
El grupo de investigación de @anaconesa.bsky.social en el #I2SysBio participa en un proyecto europeo para mejorar el trigo frente a la sequía y la falta de nutrientes. www.i2sysbio.es/communicatio...
I2SysBio (CSIC-UV) is taking part in a European project to improve wheat’s resilience to drought and nutrient deficiency
<p><strong>• The Institute of Integrative Systems Biology is participating in one of the projects funded by the European Innovation Council to develop innovative, high-risk technologies</strong><...
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🏆 La @sebibc.bsky.social lanza la I Edición del Premio Nacional de Bioinformática y Biología Computacional . 🗓️ Candidaturas hasta el 30 junio 2026 💶 Premio: 5.000 € + keynote en SEBiBC 2026 (Toledo) 🔗 Bases: www.sebibc.es/premio-nacio... @bcbhubcsic.bsky.social
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El día 20 de mayo tendré un charla en #PintofScience sobre la "Materia oscura microbiana" 📍Sant Joan Bistro, C/ Major, 20, Manines, Valencia 🇪🇸 a las 19:00 pintofscience.es/event/MAN-nu... #science #womeninSTEM #microsky
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Yesterday Ana Villena from @sfelena.bsky.social group defended her PhD at @i2sysbio.es #microsky #viruses
Today, 22/04/2026, Ana Villena Giménez defends her PhD at #I2SysBio. This thesis, supervised by Victoria Castiglioni and Santiago Elena @sfelena.bsky.social, studies the effect of below-background radiation and microgravity on host and virus mutual responses.👏🎉 www.i2sysbio.es/communicatio... 🧪🧫🦠
Today, 22/04/2026, Ana Villena Giménez defends her PhD at #I2SysBio. This thesis, supervised by Victoria Castiglioni and Santiago Elena @sfelena.bsky.social, studies the effect of below-background radiation and microgravity on host and virus mutual responses.👏🎉 www.i2sysbio.es/communicatio... 🧪🧫🦠
Ana Villena defends her thesis on host-pathogen interactions under environmental stress
<p><strong>This thesis, supervised by Victoria G. Castiglioni, Santiago F. Elena, studies the effect of below-background radiation and microgravity on host and virus mutual responses. Part of the resu...
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#PhD opportunity in Valencia 🇪🇸 #microsky #epidemiology
We are hiring a PhD candidate! Only for non-EU graduates. To work on the molecular and genomic epidemiology of Treponema pallidum, based on our recent publication (doi:10.1128/mbio.00358-26). Interested? Send your CV and an expression of interest to fernando.gonzalez@uv.es before May 20th, 2026.
Con motivo del Día de la Tierra 🌍 #earthday, las Comisiones de Sostenibilidad de #I2SysBio, #IFIC e #IATA (@csic.es , @uv.es) han sembrado de flores silvestres y plantado árboles frutales y ornamentales para favorecer la biodiversidad en el Parc Científic. 🌱 i2sysbio.es/communicatio...
I2SysBio celebrates Earth Day
<p>To mark Earth Day, the Sustainability Committees of the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), the Institute of Corpuscular Physics (IFIC), and the Institute of Agrochemistry and Foo...
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