Chuchu Zhang @zhang_chuchu Twitter profile

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Chuchu Zhang

1 year

Happy to announce that I will start my assistant professor position at @UCLA this fall! My lab will work on internal sensations, with a unique focus on nausea mechanisms: . Please RT and encourage people interested in postdoc positions to apply!

Zhang Lab

www.chuchuzhanglab.com

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

We are paying $3400 for infant daycare at Harvard. In 2017 as a first year postdoc, this is higher than my post tax salary. It does not make sense financially to work as a postdoc and to raise a kid. You wonder why some women quit science at this point??

Dr. Stephanie Redmond

@sa_redmond

2 years

Did you know: UCSF daycare is $2800/mo for infants? 😳😳😳 A UCSF 2bedroom is $2779/mo $5579/mo in just rent and daycare 🤯 To afford rent, daycare, and everything else, I have a 2x90min commute and live 30miles away from campus. It is very difficult. @UAW5810

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

1 year

Started my lab at UCLA! It’s been only a few weeks but it felt like a long time already. It’s hectic but I enjoyed every moment of starting my own lab here!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

After three trials, I finally received the K99/R00 award today! I am so thankful for the support from all my advisors and mentors!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

1 year

So many emotions as I head back to China. Last time, I was just done with my grad school; now I’m about to finish my postdoc. First it was my visa that prevents me from going back; then the pandemic. Some family passed, some born. The distance is tough for immigrant scientists…

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

Our second study uncovered the functions of area postrema inhibitory neurons in nausea suppression.

A brainstem circuit for nausea suppression

Nausea is an unpleasant sensation of visceral malaise that remains poorly understood at a molecular and cellular level. Zhang et al. uncover brainstem inhibitory neurons that suppress nausea-related...

www.cell.com

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

3 years

New mother in science. Learning to balance my daily work life with childcare. Already feeling sad to return to work next week. Thanks ⁦⁦ @DamonRunyon ⁩ for the sweet gift!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

4 years

My first postdoc paper on the area postrema and nausea-associated behaviors:

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

8 months

Since I started my lab, this is the first time that trainees and I sat together to go over their new data, actual data! I’m so proud of all of us to get to this point🥹

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

The Future PI shared excel sheet is really my best friend during my job search this year. Seriously need some laughs every now and then 😆

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

6 months

Lab’s quarterly lunch outing! So enjoyable to hear the hidden talent of each person! Welcome new rotation additions!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

Honored to join this amazing community!

Leading Edge Fellows Program

@LeadingEdgeSymp

2 years

We are delighted to announce the 2022 Leading Edge Fellows! 45 superstar postdocs doing cutting-edge research in biochemistry, cell and developmental biology, neuroscience, microbiology, bioinformatics, bioengineering and more!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

10 months

This is one of the best studies that shows the power of human genetics!It is extremely challenging to gain mechanistic insight into pregnancy nausea, but this elegant study was able to do that.

GDF15 linked to maternal risk of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy

Nature - Elevated circulating levels of GDF15 in pregnant women are associated with severe nausea and vomiting, and sensitivity to such symptoms during pregnancy is partly determined by...

www.nature.com

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

11 months

I will be at #SfN23 later this week. If you are looking for postdoc positions and interested in our research on the neural mechanisms of nausea, feel free to contact me and talk to me during the meeting. Zhang lab at UCLA

Zhang Lab

www.chuchuzhanglab.com

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

7 months

This morning my lab surprised me with birthday celebrations as I came in the lab today. I’m so fortunate to work with these group of fantastic and nice people!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

1 year

Excited to join this fantastic community!

Brain Research Institute

@UCLA_BRI

1 year

Welcome to our newest BRI member! Dr. @zhang_chuchu 's research examines the physiology, neural circuitry, and molecular mechanisms of nausea in clinically relevant conditions, hoping to improve current anti-emetic treatments.

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

@NicoPegard For sure this situation affects the family and both genders. I was thinking of the scenario where it actually makes more financial sense to quit to raise children full time. Everything equal, this will likely be women.

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

1 year

This one solved an old problem that always intrigues me - how we associate the delay nausea to novel flavors! A neural mechanism for learning from delayed postingestive feedback

A neural mechanism for learning from delayed postingestive feedback

Animals learn the value of foods based on their postingestive effects and thereby develop aversions to foods that are toxic[1][1]–[6][2] and preferences to those that are nutritious[7][3]–[14][4]....

www.biorxiv.org

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

Thanks @ardemp for the shoutout! The Keystone sensory meeting was amazing as always!

Ardem Patapoutian

@ardemp

2 years

The great @SLiberles discussing nausea (work of @zhang_chuchu ) #KSVSensory22

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

1 year

I’m so grateful for people who helped me during my job search: the @LeadingEdgeSymp , @DJuliusSF , @SLiberles , current and previous lab members, other candidates that I met during the interviews, and my family! Looking forward to the sunny Southern California!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

4 years

Because of visa issues for Chinese students/postdocs, I have not been home ever since I started my postdoc. And still not possible now due to COVID, making it 4 years. My very old grandparents always ask me why I didn’t come home for Chinese New Year. It’s painful.

Dr. Irene Salinas Remiro

@DrSalinasLab

4 years

Being a scientist means being an immigrant for many of us. We experience homesickness all the time, this year is unbearable. Let's hope we can all be reunited with our loved ones soon. This is from the last time I went home in summer. Such happy times! #AcademicChatter

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

3 years

Super exciting!

Holly Ingraham

@hollyingrahamSF

3 years

Wow amazing that my best friend in life @DJuliusSF ❤️ and colleague @ardemp got the early phone call 📞 this morning for the #nobelprize2021

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

A nice article on our recent work!

Scientists pinpoint new brain target for antinausea drugs

Findings in mice could lead to better ways to prevent vomiting in people

www.science.org

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

4 years

Thanks @DamonRunyon for organizing the fantastic #RunyonRetreat2020 in this uncertain time! It’s so great to get scientific inputs and career advice from this group of talented scientists!

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation

@DamonRunyon

4 years

Wrapping up the first day of #RunyonRetreat2020 with Damon Runyon Fellow Chuchu Zhang, PhD, of Liberles Lab @harvardmed presenting on “Area postrema cell types that mediate nausea-associated behaviors.”

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

4 years

Sensing Sickness

Study explores neurons that control nausea-like responses

hms.harvard.edu

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

7 months

Congrats Mike and Steve for the paper!

A vagal reflex evoked by airway closure

Nature - A specific neural reflex of the vagus nerve is identified that induces gasping in response to airway closure.

www.nature.com

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

8 months

Absolutely super interesting reading!

Crypt and Villus Enterochromaffin Cells are Distinct Stress Sensors in the Gut

The crypt-villus structure of the small intestine serves as an essential protective barrier, with its integrity monitored by the gut’s sensory system. Enterochromaffin (EC) cells, a subtype of...

www.biorxiv.org

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

5 years

Epic summer lab bbq - yes, we need real fire to cook lamb chops😏

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

1 year

Really great opportunity here 👇🏼

Yale Neuroscience

@YaleNeuro

1 year

📢 Faculty job @YaleNeuro 📢 We are hiring tenure track faculty members! Seeking candidates in neuroscience at large who will join a richly collaborative community that strives to foster an inclusive research environment. Deadline Oct. 15. Please share!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

@ptsdaplaca The daycare teachers deserve to be paid well and we love our center. I just hope university could subsidize their students and trainees in a sustainable way.

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

1 year

Inspiring story of Dr Karikó

The Nobel Prize

@NobelPrize

1 year

“Ten years ago I was kicked out and forced to retire.” Our new medicine laureate Katalin Karikó ( @kkariko ) told us how much it means to be awarded the Nobel Prize after a scientific career that has been full of challenges. Ten years ago, Karikó was still doing all her

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

1 year

Leading Edge community helped me tremendously for my job search!

Leading Edge Fellows Program

@LeadingEdgeSymp

1 year

Applying for faculty positions in the life sciences this cycle (R1s)? Members of the Leading Edge community have published + posted about their experiences on the job market - Check out the tips/advice they learned along the way!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

4 years

#Runyon5K this Sunday! What a nice day to run along the Charles river!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

@AntillaJon @chaolinzhang Daycare in the Boston area cost more or less the same ~$3000 for infant. The solution is not to push everyone out of Boston, especially for students and trainees, where housing is provided near campus.

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

5 years

2019 #IgNobel prize ceremony!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

5 months

Wow double rejections. What a day🫠

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

1 year

Excited about the new cohort of fellows!

Leading Edge Fellows Program

@LeadingEdgeSymp

1 year

We are thrilled to announce the 2023 Leading Edge Fellows - 30 visionary postdoctoral researchers in the life sciences! We are excited to hear from them at the Leading Edge Symposium (in-person @HHMIJanelia after 3 years virtual) in June. Learn more:

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

My recent emotional experience: my Chinese passport flagged me as needing more security check coming into the US, and my 8 month old baby who was under my ticket as a lap child had to undergo the same security check. The officer refused that I can give the baby to my husband.

Emily Calandrelli

@TheSpaceGal

2 years

Yesterday I took down my posts about how @TSA treated me at @flyLAXairport . I was embarrassed at how emotional I was. I was anxious about the confrontation. So I deleted it. But they make too many mothers feel this way, so I’m going to talk about it bc this needs to stop 🧵

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

This is an amazing community! I’ve got so much support ever since I joined. I highly recommend joining us whether you are in the job market or not!

Leading Edge Fellows Program

@LeadingEdgeSymp

2 years

Applications are now open for the 2023 Leading Edge Fellow cohort! Due Jan 15 Community+mentorship+visibility+training to enrich your postdoc and support your postdoc-to-faculty transition. Year-round virtual sessions + in-person symposium @janeliaconf

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

8 months

Much anticipated squirrel fiber photometry paper!

Slav Bagriantsev

@SlavBagria

8 months

Cold shuts down the CNS? In ground squirrels the hypothalamic-pituitary axis neurons are active even at 10°C, as we show by the first ever fiber photometry in a mammalian hibernator. A new study from the Gracheva lab by Maddy Junkins and @fengni99

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

“Dr. Zhang: A brainstem circuit for nausea suppression” with @clemoscatarina , @cecirahim , Jamie Mars, @wonderactionv , @SerenaM17009865 , and Science Society. Wednesday, Aug 3 at 9:00 PM EDT in @clubhouse !

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

1 year

So well said.

Andrew Akbashev

@Andrew_Akbashev

1 year

Rejection of your paper or grant has NO relevance to the opinion of #research community. It is nothing but the opinion of one person. Several examples: 1. The first paper on graphene was rejected from Nature because “it did not constitute a sufficient scientific advance”.

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

@suprajagv @grassfoundation Indeed 😊 huge honor to share it with you and others 😊

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

5 years

Beautiful creature at my old lab

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

Beautiful structures! These touch end organs are amazing.

Annie Handler

@AnnieHandler

2 years

New preprint using FIB-SEM to study our sense of touch! This work is the result of beautiful collabs with FIB-SEM experts Shan Xu and Song Pang and segmentation masters @trinarytree and @darbly . Thanks to all coauthors @qiyuzhang2 et al in the Ginty lab!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

My grad school labmate Yuan continues to do beautiful science and make amazing discoveries!

Yuan Gao

@gaoyuan61

2 years

Excited to share our recent work revealing the nature of peroxisomal protein import channel. Thanks to @HHMINEWS @DamonRunyon for generous funding support.

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

6 years

Liberles lab celebrating the #NGAW = national graduate appreciation week

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

7 years

Very excited to get my @DamonRunyon Fellowship!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

@aanand_03 I did my grad school in the Bay Area so I totally understand the pain 😖

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

@anshulkundaje @TimSweeney83 My life right now 😓

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

“As a parent, I both ache for them and rage with them that fear of this kind of tragedy is just accepted as just part of what it means to raise kids these days.”

NPR Politics

@nprpolitics

2 years

Three students and three adult staff members have died after a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee. The shooter, a woman, entered the school with two assault-style rifles and at least one pistol, according to police.

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

@Alex_Chesler @DJuliusSF @JanSiemens2 @LabPriel @Myers_lab @CaoErhu @CVResearchGroup @jjemrick These photos look so historic when black and white 😆

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

6 years

It was so much fun to meet these great scientists at the Keystone Conference!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

11 months

@liye_tsri @scrippsresearch Wow congrats!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

@ElDuvelle @marius10p Yes per month

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

This is eye-opening....two for the price of one...

Chemjobber

@Chemjobber

2 years

Huh: "In recognition of the employment challenges sometimes faced by academic couples in small communities, the College will also consider applications to share equally a single full-time faculty position." #chemjobs

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

Amazing resource for starting up!

Tina Termini

@CterminiPhD

2 years

Week 2: So thrilled our piece, “The transition phase: preparing to launch a laboratory” is out in @TrendsBiochem ! We created this resource to guide incoming group leaders. Thank you to my dream team collaborators @karalmckinley @DrDidychuk @QuinaScience

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

A fun symposium on non -model organism research!

HarvardBrainScience

@harvardbrainsci

2 years

Join us Nov 3rd for Brains & Behavior in the Wild: Symposium w/keynote by Maude Baldwin, trainee talks @zhang_chuchu , @IsoeYasuko @VladislavSusoy @neuroacademic @CoreyAHAllard @kelseytyss @SouvikMandal_ Will Xiao; panel with @LabHecht @MarmolJosefina @NBellono @NeuroVenki

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

Love these.

Ben Garcia

@GarciaLabMS

2 years

It’s been nearly 15 year of having the privilege to lead my own research group. In this time I’ve had many wonderful scientists pass through. I’ve learned a lot about not just leading a group, but also being a good mentor to younger scientists. While I have not always made 1/

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

5 years

Beautiful work by the grad student in the Julius lab!

A Cell-Penetrating Scorpion Toxin Enables Mode-Specific Modulation of TRPA1 and Pain

A selective cell-penetrating scorpion toxin targets the irritant receptor, TRPA1, via a distinct biochemical mechanism from that used by irritants, allowing definition of a new mechanism of channel...

www.cell.com

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

@NatashaOBrown1 I do the same. Wine at the airport after interviews 😎

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

7 months

Great opportunity for high school students!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

3 years

Well deserved! What a night!

Holly Ingraham

@hollyingrahamSF

3 years

And we thought this was a prank call

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

5 years

Excited to see that David Julius has won this year’s #BreakthroughPrize !

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

8 months

Love this! And biorender really saved me 🤣

Jimmy Dooley

@jimmycdooley

3 years

Lots of scientists are amazing artists. But this thread isn't about them. It's about the rest of us, who are just trying to get through our methods figure so we can get back to showing you graphs. First, a rat made entirely out of ovals: (Morales-Botello et al., 2012) (1/x)

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

4 years

What an amazing achievement! Power of knowledge and endeavors!

NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover

@NASAPersevere

4 years

Hello, world. My first look at my forever home. #CountdownToMars

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

3 years

While my research dealt a lot with mice aversion to bottles, now I have to handle my baby’s aversion to bottles as well.

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

@GarrettMAA @vbhoyo There is scholarship you can apply, but the $ you get is only a few thousand if you have a dual income family (like with two postdocs salary ~$2000 subsidy, not enough to cover one month of daycare).

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

9 months

@lbeutler7 Congrats!!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

4 years

Things that attract flies.

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

5 years

Hand-drawn baby gifts for Sara from the lab!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

5 years

Vomiting pumpkin at the retreat! So who wants to know more about nausea 😝?

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

3 years

@ardemp I’ve always enjoyed the in-person interactions at the Keystone Meetings - if postponing it til after the winter season is an option.

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

It was fun doing this on Clubhouse! Hope to do it again in the future!

Science Society

@ScienceSociety8

2 years

I'm discussing “DR. ZHANG: A BRAINSTEM CIRCUIT FOR NAUSEA SUPPRESSION” with @wonderactionv , @SerenaM17009865 , @zhang_chuchu , and Science Society. WEDNESDAY, AUG 3 AT 9:00 PM EDT IN @CLUBHOUSE . Join us!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

4 years

Very interesting!

siyi huang

@siyihuang3

4 years

It is finally out! We the von Andrian lab and ⁦ @shaleklab ⁩ rediscovered lymph nodes as a novel site of neuroimmune interactions. Couldn’t have asked for a better collaborator: ⁦ @carlygailz ⁩.

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

3 years

While the world recognizes the talent of this Chinese director, the news of her achievement is blocked in the media in China itself....

The New York Times

@nytimes

3 years

Chloé Zhao on Sunday became the first woman of color, the first Chinese woman and the second woman ever to win the Oscar for directing, capping off an impressive run of honors for her work on the drama “Nomadland.”

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Chuchu Zhang

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11 months

@KaiserKuo Oh no! This is so sad. I loved your shows!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

@hollyingrahamSF @DJuliusSF @NobelPrize It’s so amazing to see you all there! The dress, wow!!

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@zhang_chuchu

1 year

@MoeNeuro @CterminiPhD @LeadingEdgeSymp You guys look amazing !!! Yeah!

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@zhang_chuchu

3 years

@sa_redmond Ah pumping. Once I had to pump and eat lunch at the same time…. Pumping time is quite productive for emailing at least😅 I find it hard emotionally to not see the baby for a whole day in the beginning! My husband kept sending me updates and cute pictures to get through 🥰

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@zhang_chuchu

1 year

@MHussainKarama1 Yes

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

8 years

Interviewing at @harvardmed and had a wonderful experience at the Liberles lab! Love this town full of researchers!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

1 year

👇🏼this is super fun research so highly recommend for joining

Brain Research Institute

@UCLA_BRI

1 year

Welcome to our newest BRI member! Dr. @PolyodonDuncan 's research focuses on molecular, electrophysiological, and behavioral techniques for examining somatosensory representation in non-traditional mammals and reptiles by adopting a comparative and evolutionary perspective.

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

1 year

@tgeiller Congrats!! Omg I felt left out 😂 too bad I could not be your colleague! Best of luck to your new lab!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

9 years

Two days to go to attend @TEDMED !

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

Why? There are so many diverse talented scientists around who are much more capable for the job.

News from Science

@NewsfromScience

2 years

Biologist David Sabatini, who has been forced out of or fired from three leading institutions for sexual misconduct, may now be hired by the New York University Grossman School of Medicine.

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

6 years

Liberles lab internal organ pumpkin carving at the cellbio retreat!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

2 years

So cool! Congrats!

Nicholas Bellono

@NBellono

2 years

Where do new senses come from? In paired studies, we explore the structural basis of sensory receptor evolution in octopus and squid. @CoreyAHallard @wendyssae @RyanHibbs10 @Nature - -

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

8 months

Cool! Welcome!

Beau Alward

@beau_alward

8 months

I have some big news to share: The Alward lab is moving to @UCLA ! I’ll be joining @uclaibp starting July 1st of this year. Excited to join an incredible department and work with amazing colleagues across campus! 1/3

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

7 months

Wow amazing!

MPI for Biological Intelligence

@MPIforBI

7 months

Maude Baldwin becomes the 8th director of our institute! Her previous group will broaden its research as department and investigate the evolution of diverse sensory and physiological systems, such as taste and digestion in vertebrates. Congratulations Maude, we are thrilled!

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@zhang_chuchu

1 year

@NBellono @CoreyAHAllard @MCB_Harvard @StanfordMed @HHMINEWS @MBLScience Do you always have to do two papers at once, not just one😆 ?

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

4 years

@sa_redmond Wonderful! Congratulations! Anxious to see what my k score is coming up 😫😫

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

1 year

Best of luck to my Liberles lab colleague! It was fun working with you!

Chen Ran

@_Chen_Ran_

1 year

Some life updates: I will join Scripps Research as an assistant professor. My lab will investigate how the brain encodes visceral signals to generate internal sensations. I am thankful to everyone who supported me, and I am excited to work with my future colleagues and students!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

1 year

@gonenlab @Brixius_Simone @UCLA Looking forward to it too! Thanks!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

3 years

Well-written piece!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

6 years

Learned so much in the fabulous #damonrunyon retreat and met so many brilliant scientists!

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

8 years

Our new study: Scientists Are Using Tarantula Venom to Learn How Your Body Hurts via @WIRED

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

6 years

Beautiful shark paper from my old lab!

Molecular tuning of electroreception in sharks and skates

Nature - Shark and skate electrosensory cells use specific potassium channels to support either indiscriminate detection of electrical stimuli or selective frequency tuning, respectively,...

www.nature.com

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

3 years

Interesting

Siew Cheng PHUA

@SCPhua_Lab

3 years

How is pain almost never desired but always prioritized in motivational conflicts? My recent work in Science Advances tries to proposes a potential neural mechanism of how pain dominates over our wanting to eat. (Hint: study vacillation behavior).

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Chuchu Zhang

@zhang_chuchu

4 years

@seth_shipman @NIH @NIGMS @GladstoneInst @UCSF Wow wonderful! Congrats!

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