Alejandro Fonseca Cárdenas

He/him

Chilean plant biologist working in Sweden at SLU. Studying transcriptional regulation at the single-cell level. Science outreach fan #LGBTSTEM 🏳️‍🌈

[Alejandro Fonseca Cárdenas @AFonseca_Card]

Size matters for gene expression! Our review uncovers how transcription scales with cell size across kingdoms.
Read it here: https://t.co/Hg2r6OyuDW
#GeneRegulation #CellSize #PlantScience

[New Phytologist @NewPhyt]

Dual and spatially resolved #drought responses in the #Arabidopsis #leaf mesophyll revealed by single-cell transcriptomics

A #CommunityResource by Berrío et al.
👇

📖 https://t.co/D8SsydTHF2

#LatestIssue @wileyplantsci

[Esteban Miglietta @emiglietta1]

🚨Workshop Latinoamericano de CellProfiler🚨

El @CiminiLab del @broadinstitute, junto a @COBA_NIH están organizando un Workshop Introductorio a CellProfiler para Latinoamérica gratuito, online y en ESPAÑOL🇪🇸/PORTUGUÉS 🇧🇷!!🎉🎊

https://t.co/nA2fQnb6rR
Fecha límite: 23/4/2025

[El Ciudadano @El_Ciudadano]

Salares en peligro de extinción: Cristina Dorador advierte sobre el impacto de la explotación del litio

https://t.co/SihgCUoK4k

[PlantCellAtlas.bsky.social @CellAtlas]

Are you interested in getting started with single cell biology in agriculture?

Consider joining one of these sessions!

Zoom link: https://t.co/K0iJNpcxv4

More information: https://t.co/t4nTdKheTt

[PlantCellAtlas.bsky.social @CellAtlas]

The third session of the Plant Cell Identity webinar series is at 12pm February 11th! Please register here: https://t.co/kSUd5Ikspn Speakers: Dr. Kenneth Birnbaum & Dr. Kaisa Kajala.

Please see attached flyers for additional information including time conversions

[Sophien Kamoun @KamounLab]

I just published: 12 tips for effective leadership

I spent three days at a leadership course. These are the most helpful takeaways.

https://t.co/nHdkYsh0nG

[The Plant Cell @ThePlantCell]

IN BRIEF: Super-califragilisticexpialidocious-resolution microscopy: How expansion microscopy can be applied to plants (Sonhita Chakraborty) https://t.co/9v7AGX1ltc @sonhita_c @ASPB #PlantSci

[INACH @inach_gob]

🇦🇶🇨🇱Ya se encuentra en la base profesor "Julio Escudero" del INACH nuestra investigadora Juana Levihuan, junto a Gonzalo Bertolotto @Meteoclick de la @Armada_Chile 👏👏👏 luego de circunnavegar la Antártica. ¡vaya hazaña!

[nature @Nature]

Female scientists are quitting academic publishing earlier than their male counterparts, even in biological-science disciplines that have roughly equal representation https://t.co/llEJbCOJxs

[Alejandro Fonseca Cárdenas @AFonseca_Card]

Tremendous advancement in gene expression spatial imaging in plants!

[Katie Long @KatieA_Long]

1/9 I am excited to share our pre-print on spatial transcriptomics in wheat spikes in collaboration with @AshleighSLister. Using MERFISH, we resolved the expression of 200 genes to cellular resolution. Check out the pre-print 👉https://t.co/Xt54n76kUX

[PlantCellAtlas.bsky.social @CellAtlas]

The second session of the Plant Cell Identity webinar series is tomorrow, December 10th! Register today: https://t.co/kSUd5Ikspn

Speakers:
Dr. Rachel Shahan
Dr. Geoff Schiebinger

Please see attached flyers for additional information

[Asociación de Investigadores Chilenos en Suecia @AICHIS_2022]

🏅 Así arrancamos el #ExploraNobel

Ayer recibimos a Francisca, Michelle y Yamil junto al embajador @EmbaChileSuecia, Tucapel Jiménez.

Este domingo tuvimos un increíble tour por la Ciudad Antigua de #Estocolmo 🇸🇪junto a los estudiantes ganadores. ¡Se viene una gran semana! 🎉

[Ariel @aherreravasquez]

Se abrió esta convocatoria para nuev@s doctoras y doctoras. Si estás interesad@ en biología molecular, bioinformática y biotecnología vegetal para trabajar en el @CbvUnab, contáctame o a cualquier investigador del centro

[Dominik Hrebik @F4ustus]

Our new preprint is out: we solved the structures of HIV-1 matrix (MA) from intact virions by SPA. The structure led us to a surprising discovery resolving a long mystery in HIV-1 biology – peptide SP2 regulates the maturation of the HIV-1 matrix. 🧵1/x
https://t.co/oBuTqvsdTN

[Molecular Biosystems Conference @molbiosystems]

We are proud to announce @ThePlantCell as a sponsor for #mbiosys25!

Since 1989, the journal -published by @ASPB- has been at the forefront of plant science research, publishing groundbreaking work on gene regulation, genomics, and more.

⬇️Learn more: https://t.co/GPrKczARBU

[Imaging & Optics Facility (IOF/ISTA) @ISTAustria_IOF]

Stop scrolling and have a glimpse at the figure for a brief moment #FAIRdata

[Sergio Lavandero @sergiolavandero]

Elocuente y triste este reportaje. Muestra la incapacidad de resolver un problema que se arrastra por varios gobiernos. ¡Que estamos esperando! Ya es hora de sincerar la situación de becaria/os en el extranjero.

[Alejandro Fonseca Cárdenas @AFonseca_Card]

@isabelpochet totally agree!

[PlantCellAtlas.bsky.social @CellAtlas]

Introducing the Plant Cell Identity Webinar Series hosted by the PCA! Starting November 12th, this series discusses how to define plant cell types and states quantitatively and qualitatively using single-cell and spatial omics approaches. Register today: https://t.co/kSUd5Ikspn