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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Big thanks to my wife Hoi See Tsao, my daughters, my parents, and mentors @dmsabatini.bsky.social @harperlabhms.bsky.social @rjdlab.bsky.social, and @cri-utsw.bsky.social, UTSW Pediatrics, @ameracadpeds.bsky.social @bwfund.bsky.social and NIDDK for all their support!
Big congrats to my postdoc mentor @rjdlab.bsky.social on his election to NAS!! 🎉🎉🎉 An inspiring physician-scientist and wonderful person and mentor.
We will be hiring soon! 🥳
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...
So excited to join @transactivator.bsky.social @mendell-lab.bsky.social @kateodonnell-lab.bsky.social @ondinecleaver.bsky.social @buszczaklab.bsky.social @jewelllab.bsky.social @echenlab.bsky.social @jun-wu-lab.bsky.social and others not on Bluesky!
Thrilled to share that I’ll be starting my lab as an Assistant Professor and Endowed Scholar in the UT Southwestern Molecular Biology Dept this Fall! 🥳 We’ll study #peroxisomes #mitochondria #metabolism via the lens of neonatology 👶🏻, a very exciting frontier in medicine! #neotwitter
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?
