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PhD student @umichmedicine | inter-organellar metabolic crosstalk | DEI | @Lyssiotislab & @Yatrikshahlab | @theNCI F99/K00 fellow | 🏳️‍🌈🇹🇼 he/him

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 months

Happy to share our new work where we took a deep dive into ER-mito contact sites and metabolic cell bio! Thanks to all the authors and most importantly @YatrikShahLab and @LyssiotisLab for their support. I will share some snippets of this journey from my perspective (🧵👇) (1/n)

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BRD4-mediated epigenetic regulation of endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria contact sites is governed by the mitochondrial complex III #biorxiv_cellbio

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

Bernie patiently waiting in the hood for cells to detach from trypsin....happy Inauguration Day! @HeatherGiza

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4 years

Testing the trend of Zooming with your western while eating lunch

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3 years

When the autoclave says it takes 20min but depressuring and cooling down takes another 20min.

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3 years

Nothing ruins your day more than a 50ng/ul maxiprep yield that you spent 1.5hr on🤡

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

8 months

Super thrilled to announce that I was awarded the @theNCI F99/K00 fellowship! Big big shout out to @YatrikShahLab and @LyssiotisLab who let me make a leap of faith into studying ER-mito contact sites in tumor metabolic rewiring🕺🕺🕺

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

1 year

Happy to share that my first first-author paper just got published 🥳 One step closer to graduation! Based on @LyssiotisLab policy, a detailed #Tweetorial is a must to graduate, so here we go 👇

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Shah Lab

1 year

Check out this awesome work by @BrandonTWChen co-mentored by @LyssiotisLab , and in close collaboration with @ManciasLab . The paper describes a novel connection between autophagy and ferritinophagy that regulates colon cancer cell growth.

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

Long way to go still, but a preliminary snapshot of ER-mitochondria interaction using a split-GFP system! ❤️💚 #mitochondria #ER #organelles

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

2 years

Happy to share my first grad school paper on @biorxivpreprint ! I will like to thank everyone who has been part of this journey, especially my mentors @LyssiotisLab and @YatrikShahLab ! Tweetorial 👇

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PINK1 supports colorectal cancer growth by regulating the labile iron pool

Mitophagy is a cargo-specific autophagic process that recycles damaged mitochondria to promote mitochondrial turnover. PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1) mediates the canonical mitophagic...

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

I am beyond honored to get awarded the @NSFGRFP ! I am very grateful for all my mentors along my academic journey, but particularly my 2 amazing bosses @YatrikShahLab and @LyssiotisLab !! Time for more science🧪🥼🧬

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8 months

First day @AICjanelia ! Looking forward to the next 2.5 weeks here learning and doing CryoSIM-FIBSEM🔬🤓

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5 months

Watch @HeatherGiza and I taking over @ASCBiology #cellbio2023 on behalf of @LyssiotisLab and @YatrikShahLab ! If you're interested in tumor metabolism, organelle contact sites, I will be presenting at the Spatial Organization of Metabolism and Signaling minisymposia!

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3 years

I might cry if I have to start working on epigenetics, but I have to go where data lead 🙃

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9 months

Dinner vs girl dinner 💖

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

I’d love to officially announce that I will be co-mentored by @LyssiotisLab and @YatrikShahLab for pursuing my PhD thesis! Thanks for the all the amazing labs, friends, and scientists who helped me along my scientific journey. Can’t wait to be back in lab!🔬

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

Hello from the other side @nupurkanti

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2 years

Heading to #KSTumorMetabolism22 with @_Hanna_Hong bright and early! Looking forward to science and networking 🔬!

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6 months

Metabolism wizard @LyssiotisLab enchanting us with metabolomics data analysis

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

Just me and this small Lattice light sheet microscope chilling in a room on a Friday afternoon. One of five in the US, so excited for this date 💕 #microscopy #imaging

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3 months

@YatrikShahLab @LyssiotisLab heading to #KSOrganelle24 #KSMitochondria24 #KSTumorMetab24

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1 year

Belated white elephant gift! Will have to use it at every @LyssiotisLab lab meeting from now till I graduate

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

10 months

It's an honor to be selected for this @weillinstitute initiative, and I'm looking forward to sharing my research along with other amazing scientists!

@weillinstitute

Weill Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology

@weillinstitute

10 months

🚨We are beyond thrilled to announce the inaugural class of Weill Institute Emerging Scholars! 🎉 We can't wait for these 8 exceptional graduate students to visit Cornell & share their research in Oct 2023! Info & details: 1/n 👇

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

And now I can change my email signature from pre-candidate to candidate😆 #quals #pass

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

Hi science Twitter! My PhD program ( @UMichCMB ) is looking for a speaker who studies novel model organisms for a seminar series this fall. We are actively trying to look for URM, POC, and female scientists! Any recommendation will be appreciated! 😀 @BryRai

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3 months

Live, life, metabolism. Day 0

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

5 years

Thank you @DMSabatini for hosting me in your lab and @hankadel for being the best mentor! This past 3 summer research experience has made me grew tremendously as a scientist. Now off to @umichOGPS for my PhD!

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

2 months

When you noticed almost everyone in lab is more junior than me

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

2 years

Apparently someone took a pic of me in @AACR 2019 when I was presenting at the undergrad poster session and it’s now used in their newsletter lol Thanks for pointing it out @ruckertmt 😂

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

Come support @HeatherGiza and me by voting for our illustration on the mitochondrial electron transport chain! @BioRender @LyssiotisLab @YatrikShahLab @umichOGPS #mitochondria #metabolism #poorgradstudent . Link below: .

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

You are not defined by your failed westerns, but it hurts every time 🥺

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

Hi science twitter! So I am fortunate enough to also get accepted to both @NDSEG and @NSFGRFP . Does anyone have any recommendation for which fellowship to accept? Seems like DoD offers more money than NSF @AcademicChatter . Any advice will be appreciated!

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

I am beyond honored to get awarded the @NSFGRFP ! I am very grateful for all my mentors along my academic journey, but particularly my 2 amazing bosses @YatrikShahLab and @LyssiotisLab !! Time for more science🧪🥼🧬

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

15 days

That’s a wrap for @QIatCSHL 2024!!!! Special shoutout to @JenCWaters @TalleyJLambert @florianjug @CiminiLab @SulianaManley and all the TAs for organizing such an amazing event quantitative imaging course!

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

Happy #LGBTQSTEMDay ! I came out to my friends in college, but didn't really come out "professionally" till recently. I am so grateful of all the support I got along my scientific journey. It's amazing to be authentic and do the stuff I love the most! 🏳️‍🌈🧑‍🔬

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Brent Allman

3 years

Today is #LGBTQSTEMDay and @gsinglis included me and some other fabulous early career folks in a feature for @CommsBio . Give this a read, and give them a follow if you want to hear perspectives on being queer in STEM. 🏳️‍🌈🌈

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

Wow I’m shaking! This prize is extremely well deserved for Dr. Charpentier and Dr. Doudna. Without CRISPR, I don’t think I’ll be able to do 80% of my PhD project! #WomenInSTEM

@NobelPrize

The Nobel Prize

4 years

BREAKING NEWS: The 2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

1 year

Looking forward to start #CSMito22 @CellSymposia today in Seville! #GoBlue

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

7 months

Had an amazing time sharing my work with the @weillinstitute community today! Appreciate this opportunity and feedback from a fantastic crowd of scientists!

@weillinstitute

Weill Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology

@weillinstitute

7 months

The inaugural Weill Institute Emerging Scholars Symposium is beginning now with an introduction by Institute Interim Director @MarcusSmolka ! Up first: @BrandonTWChen from @UMich on compartmentalized tumor metabolism and membrane contact sites!

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5 months

First time @ASCB #Cellbio23 was a success! Thanks for everyone who came to my talk and gave me feedback! Absolutely loved all the new friends/colleagues I met, and Looking forward to the next one 🥳 P/C: @luisci22

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

Hello! It's me and @HeatherGiza here again with our second graphical abstract of Snapshot Metabolomics from @LyssiotisLab . Better figures make scientific communication easier! @BioRender #metabolomics #LCMS . Link below: .

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

Back to where my scientific journey started 😌

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3 years

*Not endorsed by EHS because no PPE*

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

@Anna_Minkina @HeatherGiza Bernie! I told you NOT to leave the cold room door open!! 😡 credit: @HeatherGiza

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

2 months

When the senior lab member leaves and you become the senior lab member

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 months

Looking forward to day 1 of #KSOrganelle24 #KSMitochondria24 #KSTumorMetab24 meetings and sharing my work this afternoon and at the poster session tonight!

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bioRxiv Cell Biology

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BRD4-mediated epigenetic regulation of endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria contact sites is governed by the mitochondrial complex III #biorxiv_cellbio

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

2 years

We all need a walk-in closer to hang our posters right?

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5 months

As I am trying to finalize potential post doc labs to reach out for inquiries...I realized how many cool scientists out there and I am STRUGGLING 🥲

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

11 months

It was an amazing time visiting @UofUBiochem this past few days!Big shout to @roh_johnson_lab and all the hosts for making the visit such a memorable experience (and allowing my high school musical dream come true)! #GraduateStudentRisingStars

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3 years

Those new western automatic imagers sure are nice, but oh gosh I do miss the serenity in a dark room developing your films with the dim red lights on.

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

5 years

Amazing talk from @OlzmannLab discussing interorganeller crosstalk with lipotoxicity, lipid droplet proteome, and ferroptosis! Now I’m curious how organelle IP couple with lipidomics can tell us.

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

This is absolutely horrendous! I am fortunate (?) enough to be a US citizen, but my parents came here with an F1 visa (or equivalent in the 1990s). I will not be doing science if they're not allow to come. What's wrong with this country🤷‍♂️

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@ReichlinMelnick

4 years

This is bad. ICE just told students here on student visas that if their school is going online-only this fall, the students must depart the United States and cannot remain through the fall semester.

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3 years

This Legally Blonde scene keeps coming to my mind while aliquoting FBS…👨‍🔬🧪🔬

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

2 years

First grad school in person conference was such a great experience! Thanks to all the organizers and speakers for all the stimulating talks and discussions! Looking forward to the next conference 😆

@LyssiotisLab

Lyssiotis Lab

2 years

Super poster session! Couple fan faves (no bias, right @YatrikShahLab ?!) 😉 #cancermetabolism2022 P.S. 👋 @WellenLab

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

He perfectly summarized the way every single scientist should approach scientific communication. Periodt!

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Yale School of Public Health

4 years

Dr. Anthony Fauci lays out three ways future scientific communicators can build trust: 1) Always go by the data 2) Admit when you don't know something 3) The goal is not to show how smart you are. It's to get people to understand what you're talking about. #FauciAtYale

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8 months

Understanding how cells integrate dynamic sub-cellular organellar structures and networks to whole body tissue architecture and (patho)physiology will be critical for the whole metabolism field!

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Mark Peifer

8 months

Anyone who has taken a biology class has seen a diagram like this, with the kidney-bean mitochondria and the shell of endoplasmic reticulum around the nucleus (thanks )--but we now know these images are wildly oversimplified 1/n

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

Tbt summer 17, 18, 19 with @hankadel !!!! Peak our palm tree shirts!!

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 months

I need a Punxatawny Phil for predicting which of my side projects should I keep or abandon

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Pop Crave

3 months

Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring after not seeing his own shadow. #GroundhogDay

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

1 year

Day 1 #CSMito2022 ! Great science, new friends, tapas, and more mitos to go! @elenalevid @realjakewinter

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

The democracy Taiwan pride itself with was built upon continued action and protest taken by the people. Here I am today to protest against injustice and advocate for #BlackLivesMatter #NoJusticeNoPeace #Asians4BlackLives .

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

In what world when your phone autocorrects “Nah” to NADH 🤡

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 months

My to-do list/email inbox/obligations after the holidays vs me chilling with my bestie pretending nothing happened

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

It's great to be back for a short visit to see my mentors/friends! It'll always be a place where I started learning about #metabolism #organelles #CRISPRscreens !! ☺️ @hankadel @JessicaSpinel16 @kendyjco @JoseMOrozco

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

1 year

Excited to be part of this cohort and looking forward to meeting the investigators and more trainees!

@NCI_Training

NCI Cancer Training

1 year

Day 1 of the Graduate Student Recruitment Program (GSRP)! GSRP provides senior-level graduate students the opportunity to explore postdocs at @theNCI , present their research and network with NCI investigators, staff, and current postdocs. Learn more:

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

3 years ago, I went to @ABRCMS to present my poster from my summer research experience @MITBiology . Today, I am more than excited to be part of @umichOGPS . I will be there from 5:45pm to 7pm Mon to Thurs. Come by and learn about doing a PhD in life sciences!

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

Finally done submitting all 3 of my fellowships for this fall today! Regardless if I get them or not, it has been an extremely rewarding process. Thanks for everyone who spent their precious time reading my drafts...now sit and wait till next spring/summer!

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

2 years

Do non-scientist not normally use the word “aliquot” in their daily lives?

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

2 years

That one time when your organelle isolation looked exactly like the pics from the protocol 🥹

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

Finally going back to lab today after 3 months! This is more exciting than going on a date ♥️🥼🧪 #phdlife

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

8 months

Great way to start the first weekend at @HHMIJanelia ! Thanks for putting on such an amazing initiative intersecting science and arts! First ever jazz guitar trio concert with @GiladHekselman 🤗🎸

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

Who needs to go to gym (they’re closed anyways) when you have to reopen the -20 fridge door right after you forgot to take out your restriction enzyme 💪

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

Ranking my antibiotic preference for generating stable cell line: Puromycin > blasticidin >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> hygromycin > neomycin

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

I can vividly recall Angelika was the first professor who spoke to the the MSRP cohort during my first summer at MIT. Although she probably don’t know a lot of us, she definitely impacted all of with respect to science, mentorship, and perseverance!

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Kristin Knouse

4 years

Angelika occupied a league of her own, with an infectious energy, brilliant mind, bottomless heart, and tenacious grit. Her loss is irreplaceable and far too soon, but may we all carry part of her legacy. Thank you, Angelika, for everything. Rest assured we will keep pipetting ❤️

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

9 months

Mentoring is a learning process, and it is NOT EASY! BUT it was a breeze and an amazing time with Jason. Definitely got more out of this experience than I expected 🤩 Watch out for his grad school app MD/PhD programs!👇

@LyssiotisLab

Lyssiotis Lab

9 months

Way to go, Brooke & Jason 🙌🏼 Awesome wrap-up on productive, exciting summer projects at @UMPhysiology undergrad symposium. Big things in store for these 2. Thanks mentors @radykm & @BrandonTWChen Sidebar: Jason is the first undergrad co-mentee in @YatrikShahLab / @LyssiotisLab 😎

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

I’m at this stage of quarantine that the thought of doing PCR with 3 pots of water doesn’t sound so bad... #phdchat #KaryMullis

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

It was a great opportunity to talk to @OlzmannLab about career, mentorship, and lots of cool science! Glad we are able to have him here at @umichmedicine for 3 times within a year! Can't wait to see more interesting papers about #LipidDroplets and #ferroptosis !

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

2 years

I will like to thank @acorbe2 for inviting me and other grad students to contribute to this "how to choose grad school" piece. Both Anita and Carly did the heavy lifting, but happy to contribute a little :)

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How to Select a Graduate School Program for a PhD in Biomedical Science

Current Protocols is a comprehensive journal for protocols and overviews covering experimental design, scientific research methods and analyses across life sciences.

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

2 years

Everything is on back order, including my life, my patience, and my future

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

Those who got NSF GRFP or any fellowship and talked about “broader impacts” and “diversity” better be doing something now, or else you don’t deserve the recognition!!! #diversityinSTEM #BLM

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

Me crying in the TC hood after 5 hours of moving liquids and cells around with every body part falling asleep

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

Got a new galaxy projector. With the amount of imaging I’ve been doing, the only thought I have is “dang that’s some nice GFP puncta, ER red staining, and DAPI😂” #microscopy

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

1 year

It was amazing hosting Dr. @JLS_Lab at @umichmedicine ! Thanks for presenting your exciting science with the community and sharing your wisdom with us trainees over lunch!

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

2 years

@LyssiotisLab @YatrikShahLab @UMRogelCancer @UMPhysiology Also, I made a small infographic for grad school recruitment @umichOGPS , but I think this is a good place to post as well 😻

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

What's the biggest lie you've encountered in science? For me it's the "HiSpeed" in QIAGEN HiSpeed Maxiprep kit

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

6 months

This hits home a little bit too close. Currently powered by spite, but at draft 8🫠

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Neil Renic

6 months

📁 Final version - I feel nothing 📁 3rd draft - powered by spite 📁 2nd draft - this has to be it 📁 1st draft - that was rough 📁 article idea - this is BRILLIANT

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

27 days

Wrapping day 3 up and already learning so much 🤯🤩

@QIatCSHL

Quantitative Imaging

28 days

QI 2024 has begun!🎉Wouldn't be QI without @TalleyJLambert teaching us about detectors! #noise @cshlcourses

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

Yesterday was my last day rotating @LyssiotisLab . It was an amazing experience learning about pancreatic cancer metabolism! Sad to leave the lab for now, but I am looking forward to my next rotation learning about hypoxia at @YatrikShahLab !

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

1 year

Looking forward to visiting @theNCI for their Graduate Student Recruitment program hosted by @NCI_Training ! Excited to meet all the investigators and other students, discuss science, and learn about the opportunities!

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@BrandonTWChen

Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

Today is one of those days I just completely destroy bags of bags of Welch's fruit snacks at my desk with all my Zoom meetings and seminars. #glycolysis

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

2 years

I saw this on Tiktok and I almost choked on water

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

Amazing summer research program that changed my life! Will be happy to answer any question about this one-of-a lifetime opportunity. #SACNAS2020

@MandanaMsrp

MandanaMSRP

4 years

Attending #SACNAS2000 ?Come by the MIT BIO booth ⁦ @MITBiology ⁩ to meet our faculty and grad students and find out about all the awesome opportunities ⁦ @MIT ⁩

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@BrandonTWChen

Brandon Chen (he/him)

10 months

Congratulations for an amazing defense @suminkim28 !!!! Very impressive work and I’m glad we got to know each other during your time here! Can’t wait for more cool science in the future!!!

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

I hope this means a change that scientists can FINALLY get paid what our expertise and knowledge deserve 🙏

@JoeBiden

Joe Biden

3 years

Science will always be at the forefront of my administration.

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

1 year

MAYBE FIRST Knock out your putative drug target, mutate the drug binding residue, rescue with KO with the WT construct/fail to rescue with catalytically dead mutant...🤷‍♂️

@JSheltzer

Jason Sheltzer

1 year

Very disappointed to see this new paper in @NatureCancer on a clinical trial with “HDAC6 inhibitor” ricolinostat. The paper fails to mention three recent reports demonstrating that this drug exhibits pervasive off-target toxicity.

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

🥲...nothing more to explain...I miss lab so much @LyssiotisLab @YatrikShahLab @HeatherGiza @umichmedicine

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@BrandonTWChen

Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

Happy V-day!! <3 I’m here to shout out to my lover - HEK293T cells, and I will explain why in this thread! Who’s your V-day lover, my fellow scientists? #Scitwitter #AcademicChatter #AcademicValentines @BioRender

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

Today marks 2 year anniversary of participating in my first national meeting @ABRCMS ! Go to talks, network, make friends and check out grad schools (and get fee waivers!) Also, go find out more about the amazing PIBS @umichOGPS !!!

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

3 years

Does anyone have this weird thing that you know you should REALLY write for your [insert fellowship/grant/thesis], but instead you “procrastinate” by planning more experiments 🙃

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@BrandonTWChen

Brandon Chen (he/him)

1 year

Looking forward to sharing my work on ER-mito contacts and tumor metabolism next week! Extremely honored and excited for this opportunity!🤩

@roh_johnson_lab

Minna Roh-Johnson

@roh_johnson_lab

1 year

We are looking forward to hosting the 2023 Graduate Student Rising Stars Symposium in 1 week, on Mon May 22. Join us as we hear from talented grad students from around the country! @UofUBiochem @uofunuip

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Brandon Chen (he/him)

4 years

I am ashamed of @UMich . I love my program, but this really makes me doubt whether I chose a school that cares more about money than me.

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@BrandonTWChen

Brandon Chen (he/him)

8 months

The number of times checking and refreshing eRA commons might be alarming

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@BrandonTWChen

Brandon Chen (he/him)

5 years

Thanks for the support of @WinshipAtEmory , lab members and #notwitterlarry for supporting my project and presentation at #ASH18 . It is absolutely amazing to present my work at an international conference as an undergrad! @ash @theMMRF @AstraZeneca

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