Researcher 🧬👩‍💻 (she/her) Here for transposons, bioinformatics, and brains.https://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.social/post/3mk6ikmfiwk2lMajor career news: I’ve been selected as a CRN Discovery Fellow by @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org! 🚀 The fellowship funds independently led, collaborative projects in #ParkinsonsDisease, meaning I get the opportunity to continue researching the role of #TransposableElements in #ageing and PD!23 Apr 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:rdp3pgkaili7ag3zoydvcsvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6ikmfiwk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.social/post/3m62lsucpdc2yCozy day for some transposon research 🤍❄️ #LundUniversity #snow20 Nov 2025 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:rdp3pgkaili7ag3zoydvcsvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m62lsucpdc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.social/post/3m4zwxsada22hAlways a joy to join #EMBOMobileGenome -A week full of cool nature’s quirks and science along the friendliest crowd 🧬 Happy to have shared our work on ERVs in human brain evolution (talk by @jakobssonlab.bsky.social) and Parkinson’s disease (poster by yours truly) 🧠 #ASAP @jakobssonasap.bsky.social07 Nov 2025 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:rdp3pgkaili7ag3zoydvcsvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4zwxsada22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.social/post/3lydxljd6rk2b💥 New preprint! 💥 We show that transposons are directly linked to a cell-type and region specific inflammatory state in Parkinson’s Disease 🧠🦠 What a team @jakobssonasap.bsky.social! Funded by @asapresearch.parkinsonsroadmap.org #Parkinsons #Neuroinflammation #TEworldwide #singlecell #TEs [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2025 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:rdp3pgkaili7ag3zoydvcsvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lydxljd6rk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.social/post/3lxpgjpudf22iCheers @anitaada.bsky.social for some more awesome science together 🍾🌟 Check out our latest work on L1 retrotransposons and their cis acting effect in early brain development 🧠 https://www.cell.com/cell-genomics/fulltext/S2666-979X(25)00235-631 Aug 2025 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:rdp3pgkaili7ag3zoydvcsvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxpgjpudf22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.social/post/3lx6bcpnjys2bExcited to share our latest work!! 🌟🌟 Thank you for all the amazing work and congratulations to @anitaada.bsky.social and all the coauthors! 🍾 [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2025 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:rdp3pgkaili7ag3zoydvcsvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx6bcpnjys2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.social/post/3ltk4i7habk26These past 2 months as a visiting scholar at KU Leuven flew by! It has been so enriching to work side by side with #TeamVoet on @jakobssonasap.bsky.social research into Transposable Elements & Parkinson’s Disease 🧠🧬 Excited for what’s next! #ParkinsonsDisease #MJFF #ASAP #CRN #TransposableElements09 Jul 2025 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:rdp3pgkaili7ag3zoydvcsvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltk4i7habk26https://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.social/post/3lk7kivq5b22bPopcorn worthy research at #CRNPhoenix2025 with @jakobssonasap.bsky.social 🍿 #ParkinsonsDisease #PD #TEsky12 Mar 2025 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:rdp3pgkaili7ag3zoydvcsvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7kivq5b22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.social/post/3lggk5or4ss2qCongrats @marliesoomen.bsky.social! 🧬🍾 Had been looking forward to see this paper since I heard of it in CSHL 🍂 Having it for JC next week 🤓 [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jan 2025 18:46 +0000at://did:plc:rdp3pgkaili7ag3zoydvcsvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lggk5or4ss2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.social/post/3lfz7h6ymsc2yWe profiled the effects of our CRISPRi system targeting young L1 elements in human pluripotency & brain development. These elements deeply impact our transcriptome, but also have very distinct effects on their nearby genome. Check it out!! 🧬👾 #TEsky #CRISPR #L1 #development #epigenetics [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jan 2025 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:rdp3pgkaili7ag3zoydvcsvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfz7h6ymsc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.social/post/3ld6ypqrgfc22Secret santa @jakobssonlab.bsky.social 🧬🎄13 Dec 2024 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:rdp3pgkaili7ag3zoydvcsvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld6ypqrgfc22https://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.social/post/3lcl6qqnq7k2o💥🦊 So proud of being part of this team! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Dec 2024 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:rdp3pgkaili7ag3zoydvcsvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcl6qqnq7k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.social/post/3lbwzk7bdls2l🧬 🧠 Excited to see it printed! We bring key insights on the epigenetic regulation of SVAs, including SVA-XDP: a polymorphic SVA driving a rare neurodegenerative disorder @jakobssonlab.bsky.social @vivienhorvath.bsky.social #TEworldwide #Transposons #XDP #NSMB + the volume has the cutest cover 🦔27 Nov 2024 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:rdp3pgkaili7ag3zoydvcsvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwzk7bdls2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.social/post/3kqvt3wnvok2lGorgeous. Plain gorgeous jumping genes 💜👾🧬 #TEsky24 Apr 2024 21:22 +0000at://did:plc:rdp3pgkaili7ag3zoydvcsvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3kqvt3wnvok2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/raquelgarza.bsky.social/post/3kobxdoc2ks2gToday we are showing high school students how cool things we can do using #nanopore sequencing at the #unistemday at the Lund Stem Cell Center 🧬👩‍🔬🦠🧪22 Mar 2024 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:rdp3pgkaili7ag3zoydvcsvr/app.bsky.feed.post/3kobxdoc2ks2g