Kevin H Chen

PhD Candidate at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Qiu Lab, Department of Physiology
BCMB Graduate Program

[Kevin H Chen @KHC_JHMI]

Love how the colors turned out in this primary hippocampal neuron! Happy #FluorescenceFriday

[Zhaozhu Qiu @ZhaozhuQ]

Congrats XDBio PhD student Nicholas Koylass for winning a travel award from #BPS2024! Check out his platform talk on a surprising role of the PAC channel in SARS CoV viral entry on Wed 9:30am in Room 103. #ProudMentor

[Zhaozhu Qiu @ZhaozhuQ]

Another festive lab holiday party to wrap up the year, featuring games, white elephant gift exchange, and delicious food! 🎁🎄🀄🥂

[Kevin H Chen @KHC_JHMI]

Excited to share my work from @ZhaozhuQ Lab at #SfN2023! If you are interested in ion channels, synaptic plasticity, and endosome biology check out my poster D19 on November 15 8AM-12PM!

[Zhaozhu Qiu @ZhaozhuQ]

Excited to share a preprint co-led by dream team @JamesOOwusu1 @JHMIPhysiology & @ZhengRuan5 @DuLuLabs!

We find the proton-activated chloride channel PAC desensitizes or inactivates upon long acid exposure, w/ its ECD-TMD interface as a molecular switch.
https://t.co/pVlCz6cJOp

[Kevin H Chen @KHC_JHMI]

Excited to share my recent first-author publication! We found that a small proportion of pancreatic beta cells expressing overactive glucokinase is sufficient to cause hypoglycemia in mice. https://t.co/nfSS4Czn6V

[Zhaozhu Qiu @ZhaozhuQ]

Sensational astrocytes: a preview w/ @KHC_JHMI for Bailong Xiao Lab @Tsinghua_Uni exciting @NeuroCellPress paper on Piezo1 channel in adult neurogenesis https://t.co/zR730s2jXG

Bailong just won ~$0.5 million Xplorer Prize for his work on the mechanism of Piezos, huge congrats 🎉