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Alejandro Barrallo

@abarrallo

25+ years of zebrafish. Hair cell toxicology research. Associate professor at the Universitat de Barcelona. Father of one. Photographer of birds

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You worry too much

10.03.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

onlinelibrary-wiley-com.sire.ub.edu/doi/10.1002/...
"We would like to express our gratitude to the editors of BioEssays... Sven journals rejected the manuscript... without peer review. One editor explained β€œWe don’t want to get a reputation for publishing hit pieces on papers in other journals.”"

02.03.2026 11:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Twice a week since 2001 when pubcrawler appeared

26.02.2026 14:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I visited it last year with my 7yo son and we loved it!

25.02.2026 08:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A potential late sequelae of measles after normal recovery.
Occurs in ~ 2/10,000. Fatal.
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @nejm.org today

21.02.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 193 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

Congrats! I remember reading your papers 25 years ago, when I was hoping my mutants had a heart defect caused by NC depletion

20.02.2026 18:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My quote of the day

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change.

Jesse Jackson

17.02.2026 11:10 πŸ‘ 221 πŸ” 67 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
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New in #eNeuro: A Mouse study from Schenberg and colleagues reveals that 50% of Type I inner hair cells in the ear are required for minimal balancing. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0303-25.2026

09.02.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think my kid would miss a few of his bricks...

10.01.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, I see now the banner on the right...

25.12.2025 11:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely Spain. Maybe Zaragoza?

25.12.2025 11:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"How to sneak into your parents bed in the middle of the night"

03.12.2025 17:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mandolines without finger-safeguard should be forbidden!

08.11.2025 20:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We used to do that with zf embryos for the antiDig used in in situs. Now, get the ko cells for your GOI

05.11.2025 12:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a close up of a person holding a ring that says ' aragorn ' ALT: a close up of a person holding a ring that says ' aragorn '
02.11.2025 12:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Infected With the Academic Bug It starts innocently. A paper you’re proud of, the thrill of seeing your name on PubMed. Everyone is genuinely happy for you; you’re a threat to no one. Bu

Well, this is a brilliant #IDSky article that cuts close to the bone! 😬

Reframes #academia as an infection for which the causative organism may be less easy to define, but that can be just as insidious on affected individuals (clinical academics)!

#AcademicSky #MedSky πŸ§ͺ @cidjournal.bsky.social

27.10.2025 18:32 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

100K for 3 years

20.10.2025 17:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are hiring ! Interested in understanding how neuronal cell diversity arises? Come and join us @upf.edu for a #PhD #FPI fellowship

06.10.2025 12:59 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Zebrafish aren’t just fascinating to watch β€” they can regenerate parts of their heart, fins, spinal cord, and even retina! 🐟✨
This makes them one of the most powerful model organisms for studying regeneration and human diseases πŸ§¬πŸ”¬.

15.09.2025 18:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ours were from Stratagene, second half of the 90's

09.09.2025 17:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Took me a while to get used to those, but after that, never looked back

09.09.2025 17:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking for restriction sites on sequencing films was fun

08.09.2025 16:20 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And the link:
rdcu.be/eEdHJ

05.09.2025 15:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Accepted for publication!

29.08.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Early downregulation of HC-specific genes in the vestibular sensory epithelium during chronic ototoxicity Exposure of mammals to ototoxic compounds causes hair cell (HC) loss in the vestibular sensory epithelia of the inner ear. In chronic exposure models, this loss often occurs by extrusion of the HC fro...

New preprint out from our lab!
Great effort from the four first authors, all of them talented PhD students.

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

10.05.2025 07:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

First day of summer holidays. I could sleep a bit more. 8:00 am sharp gardeners start blowing leaves and mowing the park

07.08.2025 06:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dune, 1965

02.08.2025 08:31 πŸ‘ 7054 πŸ” 2285 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 110
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Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams When Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way.

the enshittification of education is underway

restofworld.org/2025/colombi...

30.07.2025 21:15 πŸ‘ 658 πŸ” 306 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 49

The Confocal Room

30.07.2025 10:49 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Grant funded! Insufficiently, though, as usual...

29.07.2025 08:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0