George Chen (He/Him/His) @gtchen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Does the fact that Okta puts their verification buttons in [Yes] [No] order while Duo Mobile puts theirs in [No] [Yes] order bother anyone else? Just me? 000
George Chen (He/Him/His) @gtchen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I'm excited to share that I am starting my own lab at Children's Hospital Los Angeles! My lab will focus on modeling neurodevelopmental disorders using brain organoids to understand the impacts on development and to develop therapeutic interventions. 220
George Chen (He/Him/His) @gtchen.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Getting this grant together was a huge team effort, excited that it's going to come to fruition! 010
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)kottke.org @kottke.org · 16/03/2026Brilliant product review of the Macbook Neo. "Nobody starts in the right place. You don’t begin with the correct tool and work sensibly within its constraints until you organically graduate to a more capable one. That is not how obsession works." [kottke.org]kottke.org“This Is Not The Computer For You”Maybe it’s because I’m a little bit allergic to hype, but I just now got around to reading this review of the Macbook Neo by Sam Henri Gold that absolutely everyone has been recommending and, well, this might 0246
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 30/01/2026New NIH funding strategy has been formalized. I really do hope scientists understand what this means for the future of science (funding) - it's not subtle. www.niaid.nih.gov/about/unifie...niaid.nih.govNIH Unified Funding StrategyObjective peer review, and HHS- and NIH- specific priorities, and a standardized, transparent process for incorporating NIAID-specific priorities will guide funding selections. 75441
George Chen (He/Him/His) @gtchen.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Self-owning in the name of maintaining political power. 010
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Kai Kupferschmidt @kakape.bsky.social · 10/01/2026“But we can fight back. The biggest lesson the four of us have learned over this past year is that what feels impossible and overwhelming when you’re sitting by yourself can begin to feel achievable and urgent when you are working with others that share your values.“ 🧪statnews.comThe NIH has lost its scientific integrity. So we left“We can no longer lend our credibility to an organization that has lost its integrity,” write four scientists and administrators who recently resigned from the NIH. 011544
George Chen (He/Him/His) @gtchen.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Happy New Year! Time to go through 52 random things I learned last year, very little of which is practical information but might help you win bar trivia some day. 000
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 29/12/2025what else is there to say 11553180
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 27/12/2025More news (not good) from NIH The renewal request from National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke Director Walter Koroshetz has been denied. I guess the NIH_leadership™ needed another position to fill with their time-tested recruitment process. 16287126
George Chen (He/Him/His) @gtchen.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Excited to have been able to contribute a tiny bit to this monumental work by Nick, Troy, and Florence! #neuroskyence 🧪 030
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Let’s talk about AI art. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_arttheoatmeal.comA cartoonist's review of AI art - The OatmealThis is a comic about AI art. 571116537
George Chen (He/Him/His) @gtchen.bsky.social · 01/10/2025“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” ― Jane Goodall (1934-2025) 000
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2025We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25. 648249418244
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 22/08/2025Justice Jackson is basically reporting live from inside a garbage fire www.ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nih-c...ballsandstrikes.orgKetanji Brown Jackson Stops Just Short of Saying the Supreme Court Is Breathtakingly Full of Shit“Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules. We seem to have two: that one, and this Administration always wins.” 16273382026
George Chen (He/Him/His) @gtchen.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Story out today from @uclahealth.org on one of my projects in lab studying rare neurodevelopmental disorders using patient stem cells and brain organoids. UCLA #ResearchPowersProgress 🧪 www.uclahealth.org/news/article...uclahealth.orgRare mutation in autism risk gene connects family with researcherAn email to renowned autism investigator Dr. Daniel Geschwind is leading to new science. 021
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Michael F. Wells @mfwells.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Hundreds of millions of dollars suspended for cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's research (among many, many other equally important diseases and endeavors) and for what? What is the point of all of this? Help me understand how this makes our country better, stronger, and healthier in any way. 67626
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 03/08/2025the USA built a system of higher education so good that smart/rich people from across the world came here, spending billions to learn here, subsidizing education for Americans while spending money to live in our cities and towns. our government arbitrarily decided we should stop doing that 6540341343
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Federal agencies hiding out in a bunker 7634081187
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Nigel Goldenfeld @nigelgoldenfeld.bsky.social · 09/06/2025🧪 #NIH You may have seen this morning that employees at NIH wrote an open letter to the Director (cheekily called the Bethesda Declaration). You can read it and sign a supporting letter here. www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec... Please consider signing and forwarding on.standupforscience.netBethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCESupport NIH Staff Now! 0138
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)The Pudding @pudding.cool · 29/05/2025New project: From stereotypes to breakthroughs, Hollywood's history with Asian and Asian American characters is complicated. This AAPI Heritage Month, dive into the data that reveals whether that's changed: pudding.cool/2025/05/aapi... 0137
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/05/2025Breaking News: A baby with a rare disorder made medical history by receiving the first custom gene-editing treatment. The technique used has the potential to help people with thousands of other uncommon genetic diseases. nyti.ms/4j49xBy 831615285
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 16/05/2025A technology feature in Nature explains how organoids, assembloids and a growing toolkit of bioengineering tricks are helping scientists stitch together models of the developing human brain, pushing the limits of realism and control. 🧪 go.nature.comBrain tissues, assemble! Inside the push to build better brain modelsWith organoids, assembloids and a growing toolkit of bioengineering tricks, scientists are stitching together models of the developing human brain — and pushing the limits of realism and control. 0247
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Xin Jin @xinjin.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Thrilled to share 2 reviews from the lab: 🧬Annual Review Functional Neurogenomics annualreviews.org/content/jour... 🧠Current Opinion high-throughput analysis of corticogenesis authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... Thanks to my labbies and the field—we were honored to showcase your work! #WeAreHiringannualreviews.org 0145
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Debby Silver @debbysilver.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Thrilled to share our latest study out in @natureportfolio.nature.com led by the fantastically talented Jing Liu. Our study provides insight into a long standing question in biology: What molecular features make us uniquely human and how do these function? www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA human-specific enhancer fine-tunes radial glia potency and corticogenesis - NatureHARE5, a human accelerated region enhancer, modulates cortical development by influencing neural progenitor cell behaviour, leading to an enlarged neocortex with increased functional independence betw... 1916967
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 22/04/2025"Dear @senmullin.bsky.social, Capito, Cassidy, Collins, Cornyn..[and 6 others]" "These hastily-executed NIH contract cuts will damage medical research for diseases like cancer&dementia..." "It would be taking the side of cancer to do nothing to stop [the cuts]" Letter sent to R Senators: 821566
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Nathan Yau @flowingdata.com · 13/02/2025Dishonest charts are coming from all directions, and they're only going to hit harder. Unless we push back. So, an interactive guide: Defense Against Dishonest Charts flowingdata.com/projects/dis...flowingdata.comDefense Against Dishonest ChartsThis is a guide to protect ourselves and to preserve what is good about turning data into visual things. 32501250
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Karyn @kaesser.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Yet another report on the economic value of NIH investments The indiscriminate and large cuts are illogical and harmful I am angry www.forbes.com/sites/michae...forbes.comNIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New ReportNational Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research. 1308
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)All On The Board @allontheboard.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Today is Rare Disease Day and it’s a day to raise awareness for the 300 Million people in the world with over 6000 rare diseases. If you or a loved one have a rare disease write it in the comments and make it seen. #RareDisease #RareDiseaseDay 67220
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 27/02/2025More hits to #NIH: "The Trump administration has imposed a new restriction on employment that could push out thousands of NIH’s senior scientists: The agency cannot retain scientists in 1-year to 4-year positions that have long been routinely renewed." 🧪 @jocelynkaiser.bsky.social at @science.orgscience.orgNIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house researchPolicy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs 9258134
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 26/02/2025RNA xkcd.com/3056 154177422542
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Sarah Cobey @cobey.bsky.social · 19/02/2025This is not news to most scientists by now, but others might be interested. Biomedical research is undergoing tremendous damage, even beyond the firings at NIH, CDC, and NSF; the suppression of data sharing; and the attacks on initiatives to improve scientific quality. 110150
George Chen (He/Him/His) @gtchen.bsky.social · 09/02/2025I don't particularly follow the Superb Owl, but as one team currently supports my research on developing therapies for individuals with profound autism, GO BIRDS! 120
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 21/01/2025“In 150 characters or less” by @nikitagill.bsky.social 4037551023
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Chaz Hutton @chazhutton.com · 11/12/2024Googling Stuff: Then v Now. 221167676346
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 24/11/2024We have updated and expanded our database of fellowships for POSTDOCS in neuroscience/neurology/cog science. For each fellowship, we provide a description, $ amount, deadline, link, and eligibility criteria. Download our database freely here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-... pic.x.com/eEhXhlOzEj 28048
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)RedPen/BlackPen @redpenblackpen.bsky.social · 06/11/2024I'm glad to see that my art continues to be relevant 8 years later (ok, I'm the opposite of glad, but what choice to we have but to be optimistic and realistic at the same time?) 17114
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 07/08/2024Have you picked a location? A. No. I’ve narrowed my search down to five schools. B. No. I still have to buy a globe, spin the globe, put my finger on a random location, and then look up whether that location has a Taco Bell. www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/qui...mcsweeneys.netQUIZ: Do You Want to Go to Grad School Or Do You Just Need a Snack?1. Why do you want to go to grad school? A. It’s necessary for my professional development. B. I got an email from FAFSA by accident. 2. Do you kn... 062
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Davis Bickford @davis.social · 26/06/2023I loved this and wanted to create a little comic for it. This is how I imagined the exchange going. I hope you like it @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com ☺️ 10251361498
George Chen (He/Him/His) @gtchen.bsky.social · 15/03/2024The preprint for one of my postdoc projects is finally up on bioRxiv! 030
Reposted by George Chen (He/Him/His)Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 18/12/2023My GIFT-XPERT™ algorithm will help you with those tricky Christmas shopping decisions! 9696293