Will Tu

Scientist @altos_labs | Formerly @PlathLab @UCLA and @UofT | Science and Occasional Mischief

[Peter Mullen @PeteMullen]

So excited to share the first work from our lab. Led by @StevePilley with help from lots of amazing collaborators. A special shout out to @LyssiotisLab and @BKennedy_aging and their labs!

[Will Tu @willtu2]

Check out our review published in @Dev_journal

[Development @Dev_journal]

Nutrient regulation of development and cell fate decisions

In this #DevSImetabolism Review, @willtu2 @ChristofkLab & @PlathLab @UCLA highlight recent mechanistic insights into how diets and specific nutrients impact development and cell fate decisions:
https://t.co/LajDMegIFJ

[Will Tu @willtu2]

Gave a talk in person for the first time in forever @CellSymposia #CSMetabolitesDisease

[Cell Press @CellPressNews]

Asian scientists are underrepresented in top US biomedical research prizes, analysis finds. While Asian researchers comprise roughly 20% of the field, over 90% of research prizes go to white recipients. Commentary in @cellcellpress: https://t.co/NZJ2mb3tvn

@UCSF Yuh Nung Jan

[Will Tu @willtu2]

Awesome work @YolandaMarkaki et al! Congrats!

[Plath Lab @PlathLab]

Excited to share our latest publication out @CellCellPress where we explore how Xist nucleates local protein gradients to propagate gene silencing during X chromosome inactivation. 1/15
https://t.co/Vb76VV443N
🧫🧬🔬🧵

[Plath Lab @PlathLab]

Excited to share our latest publication out @CellCellPress where we explore how Xist nucleates local protein gradients to propagate gene silencing during X chromosome inactivation. 1/15
https://t.co/Vb76VV443N
🧫🧬🔬🧵

[Will Tu @willtu2]

Thanks for featuring our work! @KeystoneSymp @NYASciences

[Plath Lab @PlathLab]

Check out @willtu2’s talk highlights and other great talks at @KeystoneSymp Metabolic Decisions in Development and Disease in the Annals of @NYASciences! https://t.co/FctzvtLBKR

[Christofk Lab @ChristofkLab]

Hey mTOR fans! Did you know rapalogues may be useful as SARS-CoV-2 antivirals? Check out our new paper published in @NatureComms from the one and only @PeteMullen and our fantastic UCLA collaborators -HRC https://t.co/3Mh4EjTBnC

[Will Tu @willtu2]

Excited to give a talk at @KeystoneSymp Metabolic Decisions in Development & Disease tomorrow! Looking forward to hearing some great science too.
#VKSMetaDisease21

[Will Tu @willtu2]

I’m changing my name to Barbara

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

Why Nature supports Joe Biden for US president: He is the nation’s best hope to begin to repair damage to science and the truth — by virtue of his policies and his leadership record in office, as a former vice-president and as a senator. https://t.co/bH7r4qipor

[Will Tu @willtu2]

Can’t believe coronavirus can be infected by parasites

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Stephen Miller, President Trump’s top speechwriter and a policy adviser, tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said. https://t.co/krnMzHiOeP

[James Hamblin @jameshamblin]

Here's how Canadian voters land.

https://t.co/yw7VKS3If9

[Plath Lab @PlathLab]

Our most recent story is online in Nature!

We show that:
- PTBP1, MATR3, TDP-43 and CELF1 assemble on E-repeat of the lncRNA Xist to form a condensate in the Xi
- The condensate is required for gene silencing and anchoring of Xist to Xi territory 1/5

https://t.co/JhKEVsA9wJ

[Mike Baker @ByMikeBaker]

Reported coronavirus deaths yesterday:
• France: 0
• United Kingdom: 0
• Canada: 4
• Germany: 6
• Italy: 6
• United States: 1,450

https://t.co/ZqucXYl6sT

[Esther Choo, MD MPH @choo_ek]

Question for Twitter.

Why didn’t academia take the lead on Covid information? Why didn’t schools of med & public health across the US band together, put forth their experienced scientists in epidemiology, virology, emergency & critical care, pandemic and disaster response...

[Xihong Lin @XihongLin]

Our paper “Reconstruction of full transmission dynamics of COVID-19 in Wuhan” is online in Nature. We showed two key features of COVID: High transmissibility (R0=3.5) & high covertness(up to 87% undetected cases), estimated the chance of resurgence(1/n)
https://t.co/wpsGyqNzkB

[Jess Dweck @TheDweck]

Can’t believe LA is shutting down again. We did everything wrong and everything still went wrong