Thank you so much!
Thank you!!
Thank you for your warm message, Karl! Hope all is well!
Thank you! Hope to meet you in person soon!
I’ll be recruiting motivated and passionate people at all levels. If our lab’s research mission interests you, come build something new with us! Feel free to contact me at dc.chung(at)rutgers(dot)edu 📨
Also, big thanks to Drs. Joshua Shulman, Steven Boeynaems, Hyun Kyoung Lee, Joanna Jankowsky, Sameer Bajikar, Cristian Lasagna-Reeves, Tiemo Klisch, Jessica Butts, Ryan Dhindsa, Debo Sardar, DJ Choi, and many others for their helpful advice throughout this roller coaster of a job market 🎢
I can’t emphasize enough how grateful I am for my postdoc mentor, Dr. Huda Zoghbi, and my PhD advisor, Dr. Leonard Petrucelli, for their immense guidance and support during my time in their labs. I hope I can pay it forward by nurturing the next generation of scientists.
I’m also pleased to be part of the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and the Rutgers Krieger Klein Alzheimer's Research Center. Looking forward to working with so many outstanding researchers at Rutgers!
Our lab will explore how to protect our brain from the abnormal protein aggregation (like tau!) and related pathology in hopes of finding creative and effective ways to combat neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s disease 🧠 dcchunglab.com
I’m excited to share that I'll be joining the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience at Rutgers University-New Brunswick as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in January 2026! Thrilled to launch my independent lab and be part of this vibrant research community 💖 #newPI
Our annual summer potluck celebrating Huda's birthday 🥰 always delightful with so much great food and company!
Amazing news, big congratulations!! 🥳🥳
Announcing an official fundraising campaign to support my lab’s research on APOE4 and Alzheimer’s disease: joinus.cuimc.columbia.edu/participant/.... This campaign is itself an experiment of sorts. But mostly, it's an attempt to save my lab during an unprecedented time of turmoil in academia. 1/9
Today "a milestone in the evolution of personalized therapies for rare & ultra-rare inborn errors of metabolism"
—the 1st human to undergo custom genome editing
—from decades of NIH funded research
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Huge congratulations to Professor Bess Frost on receiving your well-deserved Rainwater prize at #Tau2025🎉👏👏👏 Loved hearing your journey and resolve to dig in deeper when naysayers may have prevented your innovative discoveries
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Yesterday was our dear JP’s 10-year anniversary in the #ZoghbiLab 🥳🥳 congrats JP and thank you so much for everything you do for the lab!
Join Dr Grinberg’s team at Mayo Clinic exploring sleep dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases, with advanced training and exceptional career prospects. Closing date: 25th May
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
People gathered in front of the TMC Commons in Houston today to voice our support for scientific research 🧬🧠🧪 because it saves lives! #standupforscience2025
Stand Up For Science! We are ready to go 💪🏻
FINAL LOCATION UPDATE: Stand Up for Science 2025
The final location for Stand Up for Science on 3/7 is Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI).
Please disregard announcements about TMC Commons.
Join us at NRI: maps.app.goo.gl/y6DbDuFMr4CK...
Looking forward to seeing you there!
I wrote an opinion column for the local newspaper in southern NH where I am from. Thanks to @sciencehomecoming.bsky.social for the inspiration! Please consider doing this in your hometown! #SciAdvocate 🧪👩🔬
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Join us in Houston for Stand Up for Science 2025 on March 7 at 12:00 PM in Texas Medical Center Commons. This event is organized in solidarity with scientists nationwide. #StandUpForScience2025 #ScienceAdvocacy
Congratulations to Dr. Eder Xhako of the Zoghbi lab on your successful dissertation! Eder’s dissertation is the “Study of the Contributions of Wildtype Ataxin-1 to the Pathogenesis of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1.” 🥳 #genetics #genomics #PhD
From reddit: a letter from a postdoc who survived the Bolsonaro years. This is helpful framing for how to science in this administration. 🧪
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Petition to Reverse the NIH Indirect Cost Cap initiated by Tom Maniatis. Please amplify
Sign the Petition: chng.it/kK2HMP5pGk
"Share with Leadership & Faculty. Reach out to professional societies, biotech and pharma leaders, and philanthropic organizations to raise awareness and mobilize support."
This is a list of blockbuster drugs in 2024. Guess how many can trace their origins to NIH funded research?
All of them.
Executive wants to frame the NIH indirects cut as $4B in savings.
But given that NIH returns $2.5 on every $1 investment, this would actually cost US economy a net $6 BILLION (per year!). Not to mention the human costs of wrecking education and research sectors and the communities they serve.
On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
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Happy belated Seollal 🌕 finally made 떡국 last night to properly celebrate Korean Lunar New Year 😋
