Selene FeRNAndez
@selfdz.bsky.social
Genomics, bioinformatics & non-coding RNA
PI of the #RegRNALab @unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
Board member @iscb.bsky.social
Visited #Antarctica in 2025 as part of #HBTransform
ARC Future Fellow
🇲🇽/🇭🇲 #Latina
Opinions == mine
PI of the #RegRNALab @unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
Board member @iscb.bsky.social
Visited #Antarctica in 2025 as part of #HBTransform
ARC Future Fellow
🇲🇽/🇭🇲 #Latina
Opinions == mine
Pinned
Selene FeRNAndez
@selfdz.bsky.social
· May 31
To give back: I'm offering 6 one-hour mentorship sessions for students & ECRs from Latin America interested in building a career in RNA. DM me a short paragraph on why this would be valuable to you. 📩
Hive mind - Carolina Puente-Lelievre (@cpuentelelievre.bsky.social) asks:
How should we call homologs that are contained within the same protein?
a. Plurilogs
b. Polilogs
c. Multilogs
d. Perilogs
Thoughts? Cool talk!
#GSABrisbane26 @geneticsaus.bsky.social
How should we call homologs that are contained within the same protein?
a. Plurilogs
b. Polilogs
c. Multilogs
d. Perilogs
Thoughts? Cool talk!
#GSABrisbane26 @geneticsaus.bsky.social
July 6, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Hive mind - Carolina Puente-Lelievre (@cpuentelelievre.bsky.social) asks:
How should we call homologs that are contained within the same protein?
a. Plurilogs
b. Polilogs
c. Multilogs
d. Perilogs
Thoughts? Cool talk!
#GSABrisbane26 @geneticsaus.bsky.social
How should we call homologs that are contained within the same protein?
a. Plurilogs
b. Polilogs
c. Multilogs
d. Perilogs
Thoughts? Cool talk!
#GSABrisbane26 @geneticsaus.bsky.social
Reposted by Selene FeRNAndez
Our beautiful special issue on plant evolution is out @currentbiology.bsky.social !
www.cell.com/issue/S0960-...
www.cell.com/issue/S0960-...
June 8, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Our beautiful special issue on plant evolution is out @currentbiology.bsky.social !
www.cell.com/issue/S0960-...
www.cell.com/issue/S0960-...
Super interesting talk by @stevenbrenner.bsky.social in the #Bioinformatics session at #RNA2026. Calling attention to the fact that many students are using AI and allowing it to make decisions where they don't even know there is a decision to be made.
#RNASky #Education #RNA26
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#RNASky #Education #RNA26
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May 27, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Super interesting talk by @stevenbrenner.bsky.social in the #Bioinformatics session at #RNA2026. Calling attention to the fact that many students are using AI and allowing it to make decisions where they don't even know there is a decision to be made.
#RNASky #Education #RNA26
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#RNASky #Education #RNA26
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Bonjour Montréal! Here for The RNA Society Meeting 2026! Looking forward to catching up with friends, colleagues and all things #RNA research!
I'll be giving a short talk on plant RNA-DNA interactions in Concurrent Session 20 (Sat May 30th, 13:30 - 14:45, Meeting room 518)
See you around #RNA2026
I'll be giving a short talk on plant RNA-DNA interactions in Concurrent Session 20 (Sat May 30th, 13:30 - 14:45, Meeting room 518)
See you around #RNA2026
May 26, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Reposted by Selene FeRNAndez
kuva v0.2.0
Now over 60 plots!
New plot types:
Gantt, Network, Waffle, Horizon, PopulationPyramid, Joint, Clustermap, ROC, PR, Lollipop, Survival, Raincloud, Slope, Venn, Parallel, Mosaic, Streamgraph, Radar, Treemap, Sunburst, Bump, Funnel, Rose, Calendar, Legend, Text
github.com/Psy-Fer/kuva
Now over 60 plots!
New plot types:
Gantt, Network, Waffle, Horizon, PopulationPyramid, Joint, Clustermap, ROC, PR, Lollipop, Survival, Raincloud, Slope, Venn, Parallel, Mosaic, Streamgraph, Radar, Treemap, Sunburst, Bump, Funnel, Rose, Calendar, Legend, Text
github.com/Psy-Fer/kuva
May 7, 2026 at 8:54 AM
kuva v0.2.0
Now over 60 plots!
New plot types:
Gantt, Network, Waffle, Horizon, PopulationPyramid, Joint, Clustermap, ROC, PR, Lollipop, Survival, Raincloud, Slope, Venn, Parallel, Mosaic, Streamgraph, Radar, Treemap, Sunburst, Bump, Funnel, Rose, Calendar, Legend, Text
github.com/Psy-Fer/kuva
Now over 60 plots!
New plot types:
Gantt, Network, Waffle, Horizon, PopulationPyramid, Joint, Clustermap, ROC, PR, Lollipop, Survival, Raincloud, Slope, Venn, Parallel, Mosaic, Streamgraph, Radar, Treemap, Sunburst, Bump, Funnel, Rose, Calendar, Legend, Text
github.com/Psy-Fer/kuva
Reposted by Selene FeRNAndez
Exciting new work on parallel #evolution: — genetic variants across butterflies are located in similar noncoding regions in ivory and optix.
— in … more distant moths, a large inversion containing ivory, closely mirroring the supergene architecture of Heliconius.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
— in … more distant moths, a large inversion containing ivory, closely mirroring the supergene architecture of Heliconius.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
May 6, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Exciting new work on parallel #evolution: — genetic variants across butterflies are located in similar noncoding regions in ivory and optix.
— in … more distant moths, a large inversion containing ivory, closely mirroring the supergene architecture of Heliconius.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
— in … more distant moths, a large inversion containing ivory, closely mirroring the supergene architecture of Heliconius.
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
First #RegRNALab lunch of 2025! We welcomed our three new honours students: Bryan Chen, Winston Tan and Byron Escudero. We enjoyed some Thai food while discussing languages, and music and foodie interests.
Lovely to hang outside the lab 🌱🧡
@unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
#RNASky
Lovely to hang outside the lab 🌱🧡
@unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
#RNASky
April 24, 2026 at 6:24 AM
First #RegRNALab lunch of 2025! We welcomed our three new honours students: Bryan Chen, Winston Tan and Byron Escudero. We enjoyed some Thai food while discussing languages, and music and foodie interests.
Lovely to hang outside the lab 🌱🧡
@unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
#RNASky
Lovely to hang outside the lab 🌱🧡
@unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
#RNASky
Peak grant writing 🍂🌳
April 23, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Peak grant writing 🍂🌳
Reposted by Selene FeRNAndez
I just published Don’t Perish! A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Scientific Paper (2026 edition)
Great science deserves to be read—not buried under unclear writing. This is the updated 2026 edition of your favorite guide to writing scientific papers.
medium.com/p/dont-peris...
Great science deserves to be read—not buried under unclear writing. This is the updated 2026 edition of your favorite guide to writing scientific papers.
medium.com/p/dont-peris...
Don’t Perish! A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Scientific Paper (2026 edition)
Great science deserves to be read — not buried under unclear writing. This is the updated 2026 edition of your favorite guide to writing…
medium.com
April 13, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I just published Don’t Perish! A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing a Scientific Paper (2026 edition)
Great science deserves to be read—not buried under unclear writing. This is the updated 2026 edition of your favorite guide to writing scientific papers.
medium.com/p/dont-peris...
Great science deserves to be read—not buried under unclear writing. This is the updated 2026 edition of your favorite guide to writing scientific papers.
medium.com/p/dont-peris...
First fully Aussie made NGS #RegRNALab dataset is here!!!
Rebuilding a lab is hard but seeing things moving forward is priceless 🌱
@unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
Rebuilding a lab is hard but seeing things moving forward is priceless 🌱
@unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
a little girl with pigtails and a bow on her head says so excited !
ALT: a little girl with pigtails and a bow on her head says so excited !
media.tenor.com
April 14, 2026 at 5:15 AM
First fully Aussie made NGS #RegRNALab dataset is here!!!
Rebuilding a lab is hard but seeing things moving forward is priceless 🌱
@unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
Rebuilding a lab is hard but seeing things moving forward is priceless 🌱
@unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
📢 Sydney #RNA scientists: our next #SydneyRNASalon event is coming up! 🧬 ECR, student, or just RNA-curious? This one's for you!
📅 Thu 30 April · 2:10–4:30pm
📍 Room G07, Biosciences Building D26 UNSW
🥐 Refreshments sponsored by @rnasociety.bsky.social, Lexogen & @ramacgenomics.bsky.social
📅 Thu 30 April · 2:10–4:30pm
📍 Room G07, Biosciences Building D26 UNSW
🥐 Refreshments sponsored by @rnasociety.bsky.social, Lexogen & @ramacgenomics.bsky.social
April 9, 2026 at 3:42 AM
📢 Sydney #RNA scientists: our next #SydneyRNASalon event is coming up! 🧬 ECR, student, or just RNA-curious? This one's for you!
📅 Thu 30 April · 2:10–4:30pm
📍 Room G07, Biosciences Building D26 UNSW
🥐 Refreshments sponsored by @rnasociety.bsky.social, Lexogen & @ramacgenomics.bsky.social
📅 Thu 30 April · 2:10–4:30pm
📍 Room G07, Biosciences Building D26 UNSW
🥐 Refreshments sponsored by @rnasociety.bsky.social, Lexogen & @ramacgenomics.bsky.social
Closing #SMP2026 with a conversation with Prof Hon Bill Shorten. He highlights that it is important to create safe spaces for true discussion to happen between people who disagree, without necessarily having to destroy each other. Considers that Universities could play that role.
March 26, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Closing #SMP2026 with a conversation with Prof Hon Bill Shorten. He highlights that it is important to create safe spaces for true discussion to happen between people who disagree, without necessarily having to destroy each other. Considers that Universities could play that role.
We are now in the Collaborating with Community session at #SMP2026. Listening to the insights from Prof Joanne Jamie and A/Prof @azurehermes.bsky.social on their work engaging with Indigenous communities to design and conduct research relevant to them.
March 26, 2026 at 2:20 AM
We are now in the Collaborating with Community session at #SMP2026. Listening to the insights from Prof Joanne Jamie and A/Prof @azurehermes.bsky.social on their work engaging with Indigenous communities to design and conduct research relevant to them.
Now at #SMP2026, panel flags clean energy, supply chain resilience, and plastic pollution as some of the key priorities under the #AmbitiousAustralia R&D framework.
Building coalitions and trust in science is crucial to creating sustained influence networks that can drive real impact.
Building coalitions and trust in science is crucial to creating sustained influence networks that can drive real impact.
March 25, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Now at #SMP2026, panel flags clean energy, supply chain resilience, and plastic pollution as some of the key priorities under the #AmbitiousAustralia R&D framework.
Building coalitions and trust in science is crucial to creating sustained influence networks that can drive real impact.
Building coalitions and trust in science is crucial to creating sustained influence networks that can drive real impact.
Summary thread 🧵 on this morning's Parliamentary Forum at #SMP2026, an informative discussion with 🇦🇺 MPs (Mascarenhas, Webster, Faruqi) & Senators (Pocock, Kovacic) on what Science means to them and their party. Discussion chaired by Prof @renaeryan.bsky.social
Starting Day 2 of #SMP2026 with a call to scientists to become involved in guiding government priorities. Also, lots of discussion on 🇦🇺's dependency on supply chains and how STEM can help reduce dependency & increase resilience. Panel aware such advancements require adequate funding & less admin.
March 25, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Summary thread 🧵 on this morning's Parliamentary Forum at #SMP2026, an informative discussion with 🇦🇺 MPs (Mascarenhas, Webster, Faruqi) & Senators (Pocock, Kovacic) on what Science means to them and their party. Discussion chaired by Prof @renaeryan.bsky.social
Did you know that kelp forests cover 1/3 of the 🌎's coastlines & support millions 👣? Did you know they are disappearing?
Dr Aaron Eger from @unswbees.bsky.social, tells us about his advocacy and research work to understand and protect kelp forests at #SMP2026
Find out more: kelpforestalliance.com
Dr Aaron Eger from @unswbees.bsky.social, tells us about his advocacy and research work to understand and protect kelp forests at #SMP2026
Find out more: kelpforestalliance.com
March 25, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Did you know that kelp forests cover 1/3 of the 🌎's coastlines & support millions 👣? Did you know they are disappearing?
Dr Aaron Eger from @unswbees.bsky.social, tells us about his advocacy and research work to understand and protect kelp forests at #SMP2026
Find out more: kelpforestalliance.com
Dr Aaron Eger from @unswbees.bsky.social, tells us about his advocacy and research work to understand and protect kelp forests at #SMP2026
Find out more: kelpforestalliance.com
Starting Day 2 of #SMP2026 with a call to scientists to become involved in guiding government priorities. Also, lots of discussion on 🇦🇺's dependency on supply chains and how STEM can help reduce dependency & increase resilience. Panel aware such advancements require adequate funding & less admin.
March 25, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Starting Day 2 of #SMP2026 with a call to scientists to become involved in guiding government priorities. Also, lots of discussion on 🇦🇺's dependency on supply chains and how STEM can help reduce dependency & increase resilience. Panel aware such advancements require adequate funding & less admin.
We are now getting a refresher on 🇦🇺's Parliamentary and Government structures
Parliamentary inquiry submissions can be made as part of an institution but ANY individual can make a personal submission! This means we can all contribute & help inform bills related to our scientific expertise
#SMP2026
Parliamentary inquiry submissions can be made as part of an institution but ANY individual can make a personal submission! This means we can all contribute & help inform bills related to our scientific expertise
#SMP2026
March 24, 2026 at 11:48 PM
We are now getting a refresher on 🇦🇺's Parliamentary and Government structures
Parliamentary inquiry submissions can be made as part of an institution but ANY individual can make a personal submission! This means we can all contribute & help inform bills related to our scientific expertise
#SMP2026
Parliamentary inquiry submissions can be made as part of an institution but ANY individual can make a personal submission! This means we can all contribute & help inform bills related to our scientific expertise
#SMP2026
Our first panel is Science Meets the Economy - Bench to Boardroom.
Key messages:
- Who needs the answers doesn't know the answers exist - find them & engage with them
- The future is deeply uncertain, one way to approach it is to create it -> opportunity in Blue Sky research
#SMP2026
Key messages:
- Who needs the answers doesn't know the answers exist - find them & engage with them
- The future is deeply uncertain, one way to approach it is to create it -> opportunity in Blue Sky research
#SMP2026
March 24, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Our first panel is Science Meets the Economy - Bench to Boardroom.
Key messages:
- Who needs the answers doesn't know the answers exist - find them & engage with them
- The future is deeply uncertain, one way to approach it is to create it -> opportunity in Blue Sky research
#SMP2026
Key messages:
- Who needs the answers doesn't know the answers exist - find them & engage with them
- The future is deeply uncertain, one way to approach it is to create it -> opportunity in Blue Sky research
#SMP2026
Reposted by Selene FeRNAndez
"Accountants will save the world"
(but they need help to do this)
Today, Science Technology Australia launches its new program "Science meets the Economy".
Designed to help scientists communicate better to business and industry.
#SMP2026
scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/s...
(but they need help to do this)
Today, Science Technology Australia launches its new program "Science meets the Economy".
Designed to help scientists communicate better to business and industry.
#SMP2026
scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/s...
Science Meets the Economy Program | STA
Science Meets the Economy equips STEM professionals with an understanding of the business world and the economy.
scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au
March 24, 2026 at 10:16 PM
"Accountants will save the world"
(but they need help to do this)
Today, Science Technology Australia launches its new program "Science meets the Economy".
Designed to help scientists communicate better to business and industry.
#SMP2026
scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/s...
(but they need help to do this)
Today, Science Technology Australia launches its new program "Science meets the Economy".
Designed to help scientists communicate better to business and industry.
#SMP2026
scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/what-we-do/s...
Excited to be at Science Meets Parliament #SMP2026! >400 of us discussing with parliamentarians how science can help us solve key challenges for 🇦🇺 & the 🌏
Here to share how #RNA technology can help us protect 🇦🇺's livestock, agriculture & biodiversity 🧬🌾🐄
@unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
Here to share how #RNA technology can help us protect 🇦🇺's livestock, agriculture & biodiversity 🧬🌾🐄
@unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
March 24, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Excited to be at Science Meets Parliament #SMP2026! >400 of us discussing with parliamentarians how science can help us solve key challenges for 🇦🇺 & the 🌏
Here to share how #RNA technology can help us protect 🇦🇺's livestock, agriculture & biodiversity 🧬🌾🐄
@unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
Here to share how #RNA technology can help us protect 🇦🇺's livestock, agriculture & biodiversity 🧬🌾🐄
@unswrna.bsky.social @unswbabs.bsky.social
Reposted by Selene FeRNAndez
🎉📣 #TAIR12, the latest reannotation of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome, is now available under accession number PRJEB100887 on ENA and NCBI!
Thank you all the volunteer researchers whose hard work has made this possible!
#plantscience #plantbiology 🧪
bit.ly/3ZHtneT
Thank you all the volunteer researchers whose hard work has made this possible!
#plantscience #plantbiology 🧪
bit.ly/3ZHtneT
Announcing the publication of TAIR12: Consult the fully reannotated genome on the European Nucleotide Archive - Phoenix Bioinformatics
TAIR (The Arabidopsis Information Resource), together with our nonprofit host Phoenix Bioinformatics, is pleased to announce the public release of TAIR12
bit.ly
February 19, 2026 at 6:40 PM
🎉📣 #TAIR12, the latest reannotation of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome, is now available under accession number PRJEB100887 on ENA and NCBI!
Thank you all the volunteer researchers whose hard work has made this possible!
#plantscience #plantbiology 🧪
bit.ly/3ZHtneT
Thank you all the volunteer researchers whose hard work has made this possible!
#plantscience #plantbiology 🧪
bit.ly/3ZHtneT
The #RegRNALab is now LEAF certified! LEAF, is an internationally recognised green lab accreditation that aims to build a culture of sustainable practice in laboratories around the 🌎♻️ We are currently just 🥉 but we have our eyes on🥇! Props to Billi Ilkovski & the whole team for getting this done!
December 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The #RegRNALab is now LEAF certified! LEAF, is an internationally recognised green lab accreditation that aims to build a culture of sustainable practice in laboratories around the 🌎♻️ We are currently just 🥉 but we have our eyes on🥇! Props to Billi Ilkovski & the whole team for getting this done!