Run Zhang

Protein engineer | PhD from @tinakim_neuro lab | A nerd in science

[tina kim @tinakim_neuro]

SO excited about this! @IshmailSaboor and I are recruiting a joint postdoc to develop tagging/manipulation tools designed for the peripheral nervous system. Come join our labs as we tackle this exciting and challenging problem together!

https://t.co/t1TZResP6U

[tina kim @tinakim_neuro]

Congratulations to Isak Aarrestad and Lindsay Cameron in @DEOlsonLab for a new paper published in @NatureNeuro studying mechanisms of a nonhallucinogenic psychoplastogen, TBG! https://t.co/v7lGNcYxOg

[tina kim @tinakim_neuro]

We're hiring a lab manager to help run operations here at Princeton!

We're a dynamic and friendly group of scientists, excited to collaborate and build our research vision at the new Omenn-Darling Bioengineering Institute & Neuro Institute!

Apply here: https://t.co/3wkxsyBjkz

[Run Zhang @RunChesterZhang]

Thank you so much Tina!! I truly appreciate your guidance, support, and encouragement throughout this journey!!

[tina kim @tinakim_neuro]

Congrats to @RunChesterZhang on a fantastic thesis defense! His thesis developed activity-dependent proximity labeling tools for activated neurons—displaying a mastery of protein engineering, optimization, & characterization of enzyme modules. We will miss you in the lab, Run!

[tina kim @tinakim_neuro]

Read about the latest circuit tools for studying neuromodulator & neuropeptide signaling in vivo!

We describe the use of neurochemical sensors, actuators, and probes in our lab’s first Review @ScienceMagazine

https://t.co/GUfZfWPPhr

Congrats @jessie_muir & @LatinaNeuroNerd!

[tina kim @tinakim_neuro]

I am very excited to share that our lab will be moving to @Princeton in January of 2025!

We will be in the new Bioengineering Institute @omenndarlingbio & the @PrincetonNeuro Institute. I'm excited for new research directions at the interface of these two fantastic groups! (1/2)

[Run Zhang @RunChesterZhang]

@JasonCDong1 Thank you Jason!

[Run Zhang @RunChesterZhang]

Here we present the very first paper of our lab for a calcium-dependent version of split-TurboID (CaST). It allows rapid and non-invasive labeling of active neurons for both in vitro and in vivo applications simply by exogenous biotin administration.

[tina kim @tinakim_neuro]

And it’s out! Our lab’s very first paper is published today @naturemethods!

Our calcium-activated split-TurboID (CaST) can biochemically tag activated neurons within 10 minutes, enabling a molecular handle on functionally relevant cell ensembles: https://t.co/756cfr1zkw

[UC Davis Research @UCDavisResearch]

.@ucdavis researchers have developed a rapid, noninvasive tool to track the neurons and biomolecules activated in the brain by psychedelic drugs. Learn more @naturemethods @UCDavisIPN @DEOlsonLab
https://t.co/5y1eZknzsG

[Run Zhang @RunChesterZhang]

Thanks to my mentor @tinakim_neuro for the guidance and support, Kim lab members @LatinaNeuroNerd, Sophia Lin, Joshua Chandra, and Sruti Vadde for all the hard work to push this project forward, and our great collaborators @DEOlsonLab and Isak Aarrestad to make it a robust story.

[tina kim @tinakim_neuro]

We are hiring a tech in our lab @ UC Davis! We develop tools to study how neural circuits elicit behavioral changes in motivation/memory/drug-use.

Apply here: https://t.co/mXRH3hlY6S

You can expect a friendly & fast paced learning environment, publications, and conferences!

[Haoxin Zhang @brightlove2012]

How does the hippocampal awake ripple play a role in facilitating emotional memory encoding? Excited to share my work with IvanSkelin and @linjj4, now published in @NatureComms!
Check out more here
https://t.co/13fSQPLdpn

[tina kim @tinakim_neuro]

Kim lab’s first SfN! Come check out our posters on Sunday + Monday morning! New tools & new biology @jessie_muir @RunChesterZhang @LatinaNeuroNerd @whatthechandra

[Run Zhang @RunChesterZhang]

Got CaST? Want to know more biochemically about your target neural ensembles?
Check out my poster Sunday 8:00am at VV10 to see how calcium sensing TurboID (CaST) tool can help boosting your project. #SfN23 @SfNtweets

[tina kim @tinakim_neuro]

Excited to share the first paper from our lab! https://t.co/sqfHd5couA We engineered a new kind of time-gated calcium integrator, CaST, that can rapidly and non-invasively tag activated neurons in vivo with a small, biochemical handle. What makes this tool special and unique? 1/6

[tina kim @tinakim_neuro]

I enjoyed writing this essay about my work using light + calcium integrators for the Science & PINS prize for Neuromodulation! Honored to be selected as a finalist and to have my essay published in Science https://t.co/0KBAp1ATZR

[UC Davis Center for Neuroscience @UCDavisCNS]

🎉Congratulations to Dr. Tina Kim @tinakim_neuro, the 2023 finalist of the @ScienceMagazine & PINS Prize for Neuromodulation! @ucdavis @UCD_Neurology https://t.co/rPx2M536WV

[tina kim @tinakim_neuro]

Are you a protein engineer or biochemist looking to do a postdoc in a neuro-focused lab? Join our team! We are hiring 2 postdocs to engineer & apply in vivo activity-dependent enzymes for linking behavioral function with proteomics/RNAseq data. Info here: https://t.co/YPavTbNXuZ

[tina kim @tinakim_neuro]

Kim Lab’s first SFN, featuring new postdoc @jessie_muir! Also Day 1 of #FairUCNow. These people ARE the lab, and they deserve fair compensation and livable wages. It’s going to be an intense ride, and we’re here to support it.

[UC Davis Center for Neuroscience @UCDavisCNS]

Kim Lab Canine Spotlight: The Kim Lab puppies had SO fun much on our lab outing to Pacifica! Meet @LatinaNeuroNerd's Dachshund, Nova; @RunChesterZhang's Shiba, Xing Xing; & @tinakim_neuro's Shibas, Hato & Luna. (Oh, & the last pic is Isak, Josh, & Sophia with their “puppy”!) 🐾🐾