Michael Chung
@michaelcchung.bsky.social
Lover of all things creative, especially science 🧬 ! Passionate about dynamics and using machine learning to extract interpretable info from data 📊 (especially biological data). Grad student in Guan Lab at UT Austin 🤟. MBL Physiology 25 Alum 🦑💙
Huge congrats to DOCTOR @rnadavid.bsky.social for successfully defending! Amazing presentation 💙
October 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Huge congrats to DOCTOR @rnadavid.bsky.social for successfully defending! Amazing presentation 💙
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“Cellular Olympics” our catalog of freeky ultra fast cellular superhero’s is freely available “Ann Rev of microbiology”
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This is a compilation of world’s fastest single cell organisms - enjoy this buffet of rare delightful protists with mind bending speeds. 🧪
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This is a compilation of world’s fastest single cell organisms - enjoy this buffet of rare delightful protists with mind bending speeds. 🧪
October 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
“Cellular Olympics” our catalog of freeky ultra fast cellular superhero’s is freely available “Ann Rev of microbiology”
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
This is a compilation of world’s fastest single cell organisms - enjoy this buffet of rare delightful protists with mind bending speeds. 🧪
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
This is a compilation of world’s fastest single cell organisms - enjoy this buffet of rare delightful protists with mind bending speeds. 🧪
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Again, amazing work from Sayour Lab! Congrats to @adamgrippin.bsky.social and all others involved!
Again, amazing work from Sayour Lab! Congrats to @adamgrippin.bsky.social and all others involved!
Study finds COVID-19 mRNA vaccine sparks immune response to fight cancer - UF Health
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Patients with advanced lung or skin cancer who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy drugs lived…
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October 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Again, amazing work from Sayour Lab! Congrats to @adamgrippin.bsky.social and all others involved!
Again, amazing work from Sayour Lab! Congrats to @adamgrippin.bsky.social and all others involved!
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Our new preprint reveals that 🪰's Cnn and 🪱's SPD-5 both form condensates in vitro, but assemble via divergent mechanisms in vivo. We show how phosphorylation unlocks Cnn’s autoinhibited scaffold and identify conserved features in 🚶♂️'s CDK5RAP2.
Structural insights into mitotic-centrosome assembly https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.03.680336v1
October 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Our new preprint reveals that 🪰's Cnn and 🪱's SPD-5 both form condensates in vitro, but assemble via divergent mechanisms in vivo. We show how phosphorylation unlocks Cnn’s autoinhibited scaffold and identify conserved features in 🚶♂️'s CDK5RAP2.
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Did you know tiny algae can "skate" within Arctic sea ice? ⛸️ Our new study in @pnas.org reveals the secret life of ice diatoms: they are actively gliding to navigate the ice! This adds a new dimension to the sea ice ecosystem, revealing an active, dynamic ecological niche. @prakashlab.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Did you know tiny algae can "skate" within Arctic sea ice? ⛸️ Our new study in @pnas.org reveals the secret life of ice diatoms: they are actively gliding to navigate the ice! This adds a new dimension to the sea ice ecosystem, revealing an active, dynamic ecological niche. @prakashlab.bsky.social
My first research project in grad school was working on understanding the self assembly dynamics of the Sayour Lab’s vaccine. Elias is genuinely one of the nicest, most enthusiastic individuals I have ever worked with. Hector (the first author) is also absolutely amazing!
Five years ago, a very close relative died of a glioblastoma brain tumor at the age of 13. Today would have been his 19th birthday. And now comes news that an mRNA vaccine is being trialed to treat this very (incurable) malady. Fingers crossed.
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Vaccine triggers fierce response to fight brain tumor » McKnight Brain Institute » University of Florida
UF-developed mRNA vaccine quickly reprogrammed the immune system to attack glioblastoma.
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August 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
My first research project in grad school was working on understanding the self assembly dynamics of the Sayour Lab’s vaccine. Elias is genuinely one of the nicest, most enthusiastic individuals I have ever worked with. Hector (the first author) is also absolutely amazing!
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#StressBreak
Lotus flowers are blooming again in Kashmir’s historically largest lake, having been freed from the grasp of underwater silt that strangled them for 3 decades.
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Lotus flowers are blooming again in Kashmir’s historically largest lake, having been freed from the grasp of underwater silt that strangled them for 3 decades.
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Joy and Relief as Lotus Flowers Bloom Again in Kashmiri Lake After Three Decades
"Lotus stem connects our food to the land … now that it’s back, we’re preparing dishes the way our grandmothers did: slow, simple,
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August 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
#StressBreak
Lotus flowers are blooming again in Kashmir’s historically largest lake, having been freed from the grasp of underwater silt that strangled them for 3 decades.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lotus-flower...
Lotus flowers are blooming again in Kashmir’s historically largest lake, having been freed from the grasp of underwater silt that strangled them for 3 decades.
www.goodnewsnetwork.org/lotus-flower...
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Dear MBL alumni (that's you!),
What's your favorite MBL memory?
Share with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
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What's your favorite MBL memory?
Share with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
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August 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Dear MBL alumni (that's you!),
What's your favorite MBL memory?
Share with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
What's your favorite MBL memory?
Share with #MyMBLMoment to enter our giveaway.
A winner will be randomly chosen at the end of the month!
#MyMBLMoment
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We're thrilled to announce the largest private gift in our 137-year history: a $25 million unrestricted donation from MBL Whitman Scientist Mark Terasaki.
His extraordinary generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬
Learn more: bit.ly/452WL1m
His extraordinary generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬
Learn more: bit.ly/452WL1m
MBL Announces Largest Ever Gift for Its Renowned Biological Education and Research Programs | Marine Biological Laboratory
Cell Biology Researcher Mark Terasaki’s $25 Million Unrestricted Gift Will Support Operations and Infrastructure Contact: Samantha Cummis [email protected]; 973.800.4119
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July 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We're thrilled to announce the largest private gift in our 137-year history: a $25 million unrestricted donation from MBL Whitman Scientist Mark Terasaki.
His extraordinary generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬
Learn more: bit.ly/452WL1m
His extraordinary generosity will bolster our renowned research and education programs. 🔬
Learn more: bit.ly/452WL1m
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Exciting news! Our latest paper reveals that Spd-2 (CEP192) recruits Polo & Aurora A to build two scaffolds—Polo-dependent Cnn (for strength) & Aurora A–dependent TACC (for protein concentration)—crucial for centrosome assembly in Drosophila. #CellBiology #Centrosome www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Centrioles generate two scaffolds with distinct biophysical properties to build mitotic centrosomes
Spd-2 organizes the assembly of two distinct centriole-scaffolds to build mitotic centrosomes in Drosophila.
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February 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Exciting news! Our latest paper reveals that Spd-2 (CEP192) recruits Polo & Aurora A to build two scaffolds—Polo-dependent Cnn (for strength) & Aurora A–dependent TACC (for protein concentration)—crucial for centrosome assembly in Drosophila. #CellBiology #Centrosome www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...