Neonatologist + incoming Asst Prof in Mol Bio at UTSW via Harvard/MIT MD-PhD, Harvard Pediatric Residency, UTSW Neonatology Fellowship, Postdoc in RJD Lab | STAT Wunderkind, ASCI E-Gen Award, BWF CAMS
Studying #metabolism, #mitochondria, #peroxisomes
Walter W. Chen, MD, PhD
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Very excited to be sharing our new paper, just out in Nature Cell Biology!
The big question we investigate: How do migrating cells put their front 🔴 and back 🔵 in the right place?
1/12 🛣️ Mapping nitrogen metabolism has lagged carbon due to substrate diversity. In @natmetabolism.nature.com, we introduce a platform to do this mapping at scale and identify mechanisms by which differentiation state dictates pyrimidine synthesis. 🧵👇
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s42...
New paper from Dr. Wen Gu on the impact of L-2-hydroxyglutarate deficiency on neural stem cell function and neuronal differentiation. Interesting connection between an IEM and chronic oncogene activation. Thanks to Dr. Bushra Afroze and her patients for participating.
www.jci.org/articles/vie...
Big congrats to my postdoc mentor @rjdlab.bsky.social on his election to NAS!! 🎉🎉🎉 An inspiring physician-scientist and wonderful person and mentor.
