Carmina Barberena-Jonas 💛🍋🌻🌕✨

¿Qué es un gen? Dices mientras clavas en mi pupila tu pupila azul, azul de tu padre, y del padre de tu padre, azul de tus hijos y de los hijos de tus hijos. ¿Qué es gen? ¿Y tú me lo preguntas? Genes … es lo que fuimos y seremos.

When your boss says "we'll get it done somehow" and you realize you're the somehow

#OpinionesCompletas | México no es genéticamente homogéneo: la medicina de precisión empieza en casa El análisis del Biobanco Mexicano (The Mexican Biobank Project), que incluyó a más de seis mil personas de los 32 estados, demuestra que existen diferencias importantes entre regiones Escribe @alexcafu heraldodemexico.com.mx/opinion/2026/3…

"Ciencia mexicana para decisiones mexicanas" 💊🇲🇽🧬 Nota en español en el @heraldodemexico por @alexcafu sobre nuestro trabajo. heraldodemexico.com.mx/opinion/2026/3…

Last month, I published part of my PhD thesis in @NatureMedicine : Clinical genetic variation across Hispanic populations in the Mexican Biobank. 🔗 nature.com/articles/s4159… ... and we got the cover of the February issue!

With a cover inspired by the MexVar database and Mexican biobank study, our February issue includes clinical studies on #genetherapy in #SMA, PD-1 blockade in cancer and HIV, #TB therapies, #malaria control, and much more including reviews, news & opinion. nature.com/nm/volumes/32/…

Excited to share one of my favorite genetic discoveries made at the Regeneron Genetics Center. We went looking for genetic clues about why some people smoke more than others and found something in an unexpected place: the genomes of Indigenous Mexicans. 1/

@transciencia @NatureMedicine Gracias por el interés, me puedes escribir a mi correo carmina.barberena@cinvestav.mx ? Gracias!

@BarjonCar @NatureMedicine Buena tarde Dra. Barberena, felicitaciones por este gran logro. Soy editor del sitio web tecnocienciaydesarrollo.com y me gustaría mucho entrevistarla.

@adielzam @NatureMedicine Gracias!

La investigación de una mexicana en la portada de @NatureMedicine 🙌🏽

Last but not least, thanks @morestrada for supporting, trusting, and giving me the creative freedom to grow as a scientist. Your mentorship shaped not only this work, but my way of thinking about genomics and equity.

Endless thanks to @alexGioannidis for mentoring me at every stage of this journey. Fun fact: The idea for MexVar emerged during my internship at Stanford.

We made it to the cover🇲🇽🧬🎨🥳! I shared a 🧵 with more scientific details here, please check it out: x.com/BarjonCar/stat… But I also want to take a moment to thank the incredible co-authors whose contributions shaped this paper, and my professional growth along the way.