Chris Balak

Biomedical Science Ph.D. student @UCSanDiego • @NSFGRFP Fellow • Glass lab • Gene regulation & Microglia • German Shepherd dad •

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

@nottalexi @NSFGRFP Thank you Alexi!!

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

Still in a bit of shock... but crazy happy to have been selected as a @NSFGRFP Fellow! Incredibility grateful to all my mentors and peers who have supported me every step of the way. Here's to pushing science forward🍻 #NSFGRFP

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

@CeeZeeH @NSFGRFP Thanks Claudia!!🍻

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

@MarvicCT @NSFGRFP muchas gracias Marvic!!

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

@Kelly_Fogelson @NSFGRFP thanks Kelly!!

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

@JSchlache @NSFGRFP thanks Johannes!!

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

@_KevinCorbett @UCSDBMS @KellenCavagnero @AlzScience Thanks Kevin!🍻

[Joe Ecker @JoeEcker]

Amazing work from collaborator Bing Ren lab! Probing accessible chromatin in >800,000 brain cells, and to define 491,818 candidate cis regulatory DNA elements in 160 distinct sub-types. https://t.co/3fL9P0IY5j

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

Random vent... Colleagues of mine having to go into lab as essential lab personnel are now getting parking tickets/warnings by @ucsd. Apparently parking meter monitors are essential too. Ridiculous.

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

@jkpritch I for one would genuinely love to follow this saga should you #hirehim 😅

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

Great documentary on the revolution of #genetics in #medicine and #science. An old @PBS doc helped spark my interest in human genetics years ago, now super humbled to be playing a small part in this history🧬🥼. @DrSidMukherjee @UCSDBMS
https://t.co/ZVZmrH297L

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

Early spring, 2020:
After a grocery store run designed for several wks, I UV-treat all my dry goods (c/o CA sunshine) and EtOH my perishables like they goin' in the TC hood...
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[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

@ksamocha Thanks @ksamocha, wasnt able to register but currently following your tweets at home. Keep it up!💪🙏

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

Wow, cant say I expected that. Super important to publish results like these.

[Alexi Nott 🏳️‍🌈 @nottalexi]

Single cell and bulk RNA-seq profiling of microglia from Alzheimer's disease donors and non-demented elderly revealed no differences! | Bart Eggen's group https://t.co/fFK15yCkOc

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

@pallavij97 Ouch🤣🤣 rip

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

@NeuroHarv @FrontNeurol Nice work Sean!🍻

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

Live now! 13th @UCSDBMS Genetics Training Program Annual Retreat. Live link below to join at a distance. Keynotes Vaughn Cooper (UPitt) & Valina Dawson (JohnsHopkins), Chris Glass, Susan Ackerman, & more!
https://t.co/tgsxOySDov

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

So psyched to stumble upon this! Being at this stage its incredibly valuable. Excellent review & read. Thanks @MollyGasp @JShendure!

[Molly Gasperini @MollyGasp]

We wrote the review that I wished I'd had when I started my PhD in gene regulation & genomics! Read for our take on the past 40 yrs of enhancer biology, a def of an "enhancer", and how we think modern tech (like CRISPR screens) will enable the next era of understanding the genome

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

@biologist_nina Big thanks for the heads up about it. Such a good talk, try to make the thurs one!

[Chris Balak @Open_Chromatin]

A couple of @UCSDBMS grad students tryin'a soak up some 2018 @NobelPrize-worthy wisdom🧠. Man I feel lucky.