Justin Chen

Gram positive

I will never recover from this student email.

Maybe Thomas is the problem? #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter

There are growing signs an unprecedented exodus of life scientists from academia is slowing the pace of basic research -- untested hypotheses, unused grant dollars & projects languishing in limbo. My special report for @statnews statnews.com/2023/11/15/lif…

Chimeras are fantastical creatures composed of different body parts. Now, modern biology holds that humans can also be chimeras, housing cells from different genetic origins. My latest for @statnews.

hey sorry I missed your text, I am processing a non-stop 24/7 onslaught of information with a brain designed to eat berries in a cave

Excited to share my first video for @NIHBrainTumor, chronicling the important work of @LarionMioara! Her @NCIResearchCtr lab explores the metabolic needs of cancer cells, in order to develop targeted approaches that delay brain tumor growth. Full video: go.cancer.gov/yJeq95V

instead of asking “how are you,” we should start conversations with “so what’s been haunting you this week”

Um. What

Last night in Arizona. Just…ridiculous.

Mom asked, "I wonder when cherries bloom in Japan?" So I found 1200 years of data online and made her a plot.

Today I can finally say I've finished my PhD. I want to get a lot of things off my chest and @PhDVoice might be the right place for it. So here is the story of my PhD and my advice to people who are considering doing one.

Check out today’s special print issue on the brain in the @washingtonpost Health+Science section! I wrote about a fascinating link between inflammation of the body and depression in the brain: wapo.st/3KJxRv2

Science journalist @EricBoodman gets in a little too deep on an assignment about a senior care home. Listen to his story on our podcast this week 👉ow.ly/qWWo50MquO0 #eldercare #seniorliving #healthcare #seniorcare

Biogen knew Aduhelm would dramatically affect Medicare. If just 250,000 patients got the drug, it would account for more than 25% of the Part B budget. If Aduhelm reached its full potential, it would cost taxpayers upward of $70 billion.