Tweets from lab members of the Epitranscriptomics & RNA Dynamics lab @CRGenomica

Barcelona, Spain
Based in Germany
It was a pleasure hosting Jasper Verwilt @JVerwilt from Sleegers Lab @SleegersLab in our lab for 3 weeks, focusing on establishing a Nano3PCR-seq protocol to capture cell-free RNA biomarkers in human biofluids — Jasper it was great having you with us, hope to see you again!🚀
1
7
259
(4/8) tRIBO-seq builds on RiboLace technology from to pull down active ribosomes. Using ~15× less starting material, we recover comparable ribo-tRNA amount to polysome purification - with a much faster protocol. And yes, recovered tRNAs correlate well with the polysome-derived.
1
2
106
(3/8) To address this, we developed tRIBO-seq alongside IMMAGINA Biotech. The idea is simple: • capture actively translating ribosomes • isolate their associated native tRNAs • sequence them using nanopore This provides a direct view of the ribo-tRNAs.
1
1
139
New preprint released 🪇 Which tRNAs are used by ribosomes during translation? We introduce tRIBO-seq, a nanopore method to sequence ribosome-associated tRNAs and track how the active tRNA pool changes across stress conditions. biorxiv.org/content/10.64898… A thread 🧵
1
36
127
7,169
Please join us in congratulating Gregor @GDiensthuber on successfully defending his PhD 🎓 A proud moment for the whole lab 🧬 Thanks for being such a great colleague and lab mate! We’re excited to see where your science takes you next! 🚀
9
649
Last week our Lab participated in the @CRGenomica PhD Symposium! Huge congrats to Cristina Petrella and Leda Katopodi for their successful talks, and @GDiensthuber for reaching the final stage of his PhD! Big thanks to the CRG and the PhD community for a science-packed event👏
1
4
220
It was our pleasure to host James Bryson (BRIC, Copenhagen) at @CRGenomica through the EU-LIFE Postdoctoral Exchange Program! Thanks to James for presenting his work on advanced CRISPR tools for epitranscriptomic research, and to @EULIFE_news for this opportunity!🧬✈️#EULIFE #CRG
1
6
208
🧬Novoa Lab had a great time at the Genome Biology Program Retreat'25! Big thanks to the organisers for such an inspiring and fun event 👏 Congrats to @mie_monti for being part of the organising team and to @oguzhanbegik for giving a fantastic talk!
1
1
5
236
Novoa Lab joined the PRBB Open Day 2025🔬🧬🌊 @the_prbb to share our passion for RNA research with the public. Thanks to everyone who came to explore science with us and thanks organisers for making this event possible! #PRBBOpenDay #OpenScience
2
4
319
A little lunch selfie to mark our return online after summer break! 🌱 Exciting projects ahead—stay tuned for updates from the Novoa Lab🤙🏻
98
Last month, the @NovoaLab attended the Premis Nacionals de Recerca ceremony to celebrate @EvaMariaNovoa receiving the National Young Researcher Award!🎉👏 Huge congratulations again, Eva - an incredible and well-deserved recognition! 🧬🏆
2
5
136
Another epic Novoa Lab retreat in the books! A big thank you to everyone who made it such a success — from the science-packed discussions and hands-on workshops to the brainstorming, games, sunny pool sessions, and delicious BBQs. And special thanks to the organizers!
2
1
145
Just wrapped up an amazing lab retreat! 🌟 Huge thanks to everyone who made it unforgettable. Your dedication, creativity, and camaraderie truly shine through. Excited for the science ahead! Thanks to @EMBO_YIP for making this possible 🔬🧪
1
1
17
571
And thank you to our wonderful collaborators, colleagues, families and friends who without your support, this would not be possible ❤️❤️❤️
5
176
Be your model organism: We have successfully adopted a high-fat diet going into 2024 #LabSnacks #FuelofChampions
15
616
The current issue of @NAR_Open is featuring @hatahini's visualization of our results on ribosome-mitochondria interactions! Thank you very much for this awesome image Hassan!
7
30
3,140
Congratulations to @MorghanLucas and @oguzhanbegik who won poster prizes at the @RNASociety #RNA23 conference in Singapore!
4
2
83
5,918
Novoa Lab hits again! @IvanBeki came back from Wien with a lot of gratitute for the great time spent at #microsymposium2023 and for being awarded the Best PhD Talk prize! Congrats Ivan❤️
1
1
23
1,830
Want to hear about our new method Nano-tRNAseq published recently in @NatureBiotech? @MorghanLucas will present it online at the next @EUSynBioS seminar on April 27th at 16:00 CET 🙌 Register through the QR code or here: bit.ly/3KUZ3GS
21
70
20,388
Enjoying sangria and #Bioinformatics at the @the_prbb #ACGTretreat
4
28
6,145
How we feel about sequencing tRNAs sometimes... 🥲
1
1
21
1,706
International Lab Lunch! We each made dishes from our home countries 🍲🥙🥨 can you guess where we are from?
5
35
5,982
Happy International Women’s Day! We are very proud of all #CRGWomen and the women of Novoa Lab. This year @CRGenomica has made a tribute to 5 women #CRGAlumnae who inspire us.
Happy International #WomensDay! 💜👩‍🔬👩‍💻💪 Very proud of all the #CRGWomen challenging gender stereotypes and bias, not just today but all year round! Today we are highlighting 5 female #CRGAlumnae who have taken different paths of science, starting with @FarnersRiera 🤩
10
3,176
From the Novoa Lab "Best of Slack": 1. A true story
1
3
19
3,329
Happy graduation to @MorghanLucas & @IvanBeki! You’re next @sonia_cruciani and @AnnaDelgadoT 😉
2
4
25
Living just to be sequenced @nanopore
2
13
Reactions when you learn the article processing cost…
1
4
45
We are so proud of our @IvanBeki who came first place in the @UPFBarcelona RIN4 competition and presented in Catalan no less! Svaka čast druže 🥳
5
35
What is your peculiar lab tradition? One of ours is @MorghanLucas making themed invitations for our weekly lab meetings.
1
6
53
Lab photo while hangry
1
3
31
Hello scientific twitter, we need your help! We are planning to go on a one-day retreat... what activity should we go for? (we are ~10 people) Tell us your favourite lab retreat experiences 😊

ALT Michael Scott 123Go GIF

1
1
4
@CRGenomica labs are donating their @QIAGEN RNeasy Kits to Hospital Parc Taulí. We hope that it will be a small but important contribution for the coronavirus detection in suspected patients. Good luck to all health workers!
2
5
25
Our daily zoom lab coffees might look like a UN meeting on the screen, but we all know that our colleagues are business only on top and pajamas down below (like morning news anchors). #WorkingFromHomeLife #Lablife #StayAtHome #zoom
4
3
28
Serious scientific conversations in the lab
1
2
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! Today the Novoa lab are celebrating the achievements of women worldwide and are proud of our own talented women scientists!
1
1
20
Great talk today at @the_prbb from @EvaMariaNovoa summarising the aim of Novoa Lab’s research and the results of our soon to be published paper which reveals that RNA modification machinery has cancer and spermatogenesis specific signatures. Stay tuned folks!
6
7
Meet our team! Leszek is a post doc working on new ways to analyse nanopore sequencing data, particularly to detect DNA and RNA modifications. He is Polish, enjoys hiking and when the salsa music starts, there is just no stopping him! Design: @MorghanLucas
1
1
23
These babies are going back home to @nanopore!! Their work here is done 👍
2
2
20