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Scientist @altos_labs | Formerly @PlathLab @UCLA and @UofT | Science and Occasional Mischief
Joined May 2011
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Will Tu retweeted
So excited to share the first work from our lab. Led by @StevePilley with help from lots of amazing collaborators. A special shout out to @LyssiotisLab and @BKennedy_aging and their labs!
Really happy to share this pre-print!
Some really interesting findings and hopefully after review it can become a useful resource for the metabolism field!
Thanks to @PeteMullen for making it happen, plus a load of fantastic collaborators! @LyssiotisLab @BKennedy_aging
Check out our review published in @Dev_journal
Nutrient regulation of development and cell fate decisions
In this #DevSImetabolism Review, @willtu2 @ChristofkLab & @PlathLab @UCLA highlight recent mechanistic insights into how diets and specific nutrients impact development and cell fate decisions:
journals.biologists.com/dev/…
ALT Figure 2: Nutrient activation of transcription factors in stem cells and cell fate transitions.
Gave a talk in person for the first time in forever @CellSymposia #CSMetabolitesDisease
Will Tu retweeted
Asian scientists are underrepresented in top US biomedical research prizes, analysis finds. While Asian researchers comprise roughly 20% of the field, over 90% of research prizes go to white recipients. Commentary in @cellcellpress: cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092…
@UCSF Yuh Nung Jan
Awesome work @YolandaMarkaki et al! Congrats!
Excited to share our latest publication out @CellCellPress where we explore how Xist nucleates local protein gradients to propagate gene silencing during X chromosome inactivation. 1/15
dlvr.it/SBxrs9
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Will Tu retweeted
Excited to share our latest publication out @CellCellPress where we explore how Xist nucleates local protein gradients to propagate gene silencing during X chromosome inactivation. 1/15
dlvr.it/SBxrs9
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Thanks for featuring our work! @KeystoneSymp @NYASciences
Check out @willtu2’s talk highlights and other great talks at @KeystoneSymp Metabolic Decisions in Development and Disease in the Annals of @NYASciences! nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley…
Will Tu retweeted
Hey mTOR fans! Did you know rapalogues may be useful as SARS-CoV-2 antivirals? Check out our new paper published in @NatureComms from the one and only @PeteMullen and our fantastic UCLA collaborators -HRC rdcu.be/chsAR
Excited to give a talk at @KeystoneSymp Metabolic Decisions in Development & Disease tomorrow! Looking forward to hearing some great science too.
#VKSMetaDisease21
Will Tu retweeted
Why Nature supports Joe Biden for US president: He is the nation’s best hope to begin to repair damage to science and the truth — by virtue of his policies and his leadership record in office, as a former vice-president and as a senator. go.nature.com/3lOTBpR
Can’t believe coronavirus can be infected by parasites
Breaking News: Stephen Miller, President Trump’s top speechwriter and a policy adviser, tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said. nyti.ms/2F6lNVi
Will Tu retweeted
Our most recent story is online in Nature!
We show that:
- PTBP1, MATR3, TDP-43 and CELF1 assemble on E-repeat of the lncRNA Xist to form a condensate in the Xi
- The condensate is required for gene silencing and anchoring of Xist to Xi territory 1/5
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
Will Tu retweeted
Reported coronavirus deaths yesterday:
• France: 0
• United Kingdom: 0
• Canada: 4
• Germany: 6
• Italy: 6
• United States: 1,450
nytimes.com/interactive/2020…
Will Tu retweeted
Question for Twitter.
Why didn’t academia take the lead on Covid information? Why didn’t schools of med & public health across the US band together, put forth their experienced scientists in epidemiology, virology, emergency & critical care, pandemic and disaster response...
Will Tu retweeted
Our paper “Reconstruction of full transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in Wuhan” is online in Nature. We showed two key features of COVID: High transmissibility (R0=3.5) & high covertness(up to 87% undetected cases), estimated the chance of resurgence(1/n)
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
