Vincent Xu

MD/PhD at UTSW, interested in molecular genetics, developmental biology, cancer biology, and vision. Can I run away at 17? Sauve qui peut 🌈

[Derek Stavis @derekstavis]

After nearly 7 incredible years at Brex, I’ve decided to take the leap into entrepreneurship. I’m deeply grateful to @pedroh96, @hdubugras, and @getCos and many others for believing in me and giving me the opportunity to help build something as impactful as Brex.

Now, I’m working on something ambitious—something that I believe will fundamentally change how software is built and run. Imagine a world with 10x less code complexity and virtually unlimited scalability, right out of the box. That’s the level of transformation we’re aiming for.

I'm looking to connect with people who are passionate about programming languages, compilers, databases, browser and game engines, and distributed systems. If that’s you, this is a rare chance to shape the future of software from the ground up—and make a meaningful dent in the universe.

DMs are open. Let’s build!

[Mark Dombrovski, PhD @DombrovskiMark]

Excited to share that the second half of my postdoctoral research is now published in @Nature

We used the fruit fly brain to uncover a new molecular mechanism of neuronal connectivity, allowing to accurately transform visual information into movement

https://t.co/8cSmiRssqJ

[Vincent Xu @rzxu97]

Very proud to be part of this groundbreaking work with such elegant genetics. It is just incredible that a single protocadherin isoform is both necessary and sufficient for astrocyte morphogenesis. https://t.co/A2wFVrrOOH

[Vincent Xu @rzxu97]

Spatial profiling of the interplay between cell type- and vision-dependent transcriptomic programs in the visual cortex https://t.co/mNvEI0n9DF

[Karthik Shekhar @shekharlab]

Our paper on comparative transcriptomics of the retina is finally out! Feeling happy, content and grateful!

https://t.co/m5KVVhALnv

[David Holtzman @holtzman4]

Congrats to Xiaoying Chen and all our wonderful collaborators on this important set of findings. https://t.co/GzQGfrltBI

[Mark Dombrovski, PhD @DombrovskiMark]

Check out our new paper ⁦@Nature⁩. A collaborative effort from the Zipursky and Card labs uncovers a novel circuit wiring strategy underlying sensorimotor transformation in the fly brain https://t.co/p65X6JzJec

[HHMI @hhmi_science]

A new paper from HHMI Investigator Gwyneth Card & colleagues details their research into fruit flies’ escape behaviors in response to threat cues from different directions to identify these kinds of sense-to-action neural pathways.

https://t.co/kaRqtYdI4X

[Rafael Shimunov @rafaelshimunov]

Did Twitter Blue tweet just cost Eli Lilly $LLY billions?

Yes.

[Vincent Xu @rzxu97]

@leepace @GQMagazine @tyrellhampton12 Bruhhhhhh

[Saju Mathew MD MPH @drsajumathew]

I made sure I was getting the #subcutaneous versus #intradermal injection for my first #monkeypox #vaccine yesterday. There is a big difference & if done incorrectly you will end up getting a much lower dose! Watch.

[Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @PeterHotez]

We’ll soon exceed 2,000 reported monkeypox cases in US. I said few wks ago this could become an important emerging pathogen here. Now is the window to vaccinate our population at greatest risk before it might spread and generalize in both humans/animals https://t.co/PZjxCcAb5m

[Alec Gibson, MD, PhD @AlecWGibson]

It took a long time to be comfortable living as my authentic self. 6 years ago I celebrated my first #Pride with @ted_gobillot and felt so much love from the LGBTQ community. Now we're in a new city and excited to continue sharing that love. Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 #Pride2022

[Vincent Xu @rzxu97]

@AustinRoyall Lol, I feel so targeted by this tweet, dm?

[Alcino J Silva @alcinojsilva]

Proud to be a part of a group that just published in @Nature a role for CCR5 in closing the temporal window for linking memories by modulating excitability and memory ensemble overlap. Also, CCR5 increases account for age-related loss in memory linking! https://t.co/yHULmVTHwL

[Kendrick Lamar @kendricklamar]

Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

[Satchin Panda @SatchinPanda]

If heart & lungs can be donated after death & transplanted, why not the #Retina.
In this @Nature paper, Anne @scrippsresearch, Frans @UofUNews and our lab @salkinstitute found how to revive some aspects of visual response in the mouse and human retina.

https://t.co/6St8C0W3yd