Elizabeth Chen
@EChenLab
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UTSW | Cell-Cell Fusion | Myoblast Fusion | Skeletal Muscle Development & Regeneration | Actin Cytoskeleton | Mechanobiology | Drosophila | Zebrafish | Mouse
Dallas, TX
Joined May 2018
"Actin Duet for Fusion" – our second video of muscle cell fusion is hosted on HHMI's Beautiful Biology! Thanks BB and congratulations to @YueluUTSW! https://t.co/k6C3avqC1s
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What a great honor to serve! I look forward to working with friends and colleagues in ASCB to support our community and advocate for cell biology.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Chen of the @UTSWMedCenter who has been elected by ASCB members to serve as President of #ASCB in 2027. She will first serve as President-Elect on the ASCB Executive Committee beginning in 2026. https://t.co/xvucL5IJ0b
#CellBiology
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Our live imaging video of muscle cell fusion is hosted on HHMI's Beautiful Biology! Thanks BB for selecting our video and congratulations to @YueluUTSW! https://t.co/QmNxO05yFl
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Thanks to UT Southwestern CenterTimes Plus for featuring our work on how cells generate invasive protrusions to facilitate their fusion: https://t.co/HuUBxVMwYZ
@NatureCellBio
utsouthwestern.edu
Researchers unlock key step in cell fusion process, ultimately aiding the development of new therapies for various diseases.
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💫NEW: @EChenLab & co reveal spatiotemporal coordination between 2 nucleation-promoting factors, WAVE & N-WASP, and 2 actin-bundling proteins, dynamin & WIP, in generating invasive protrusions at the #myoblast fusogenic synapse. 👉🏼 https://t.co/umc7K1MfSy
https://t.co/Oua4GehNyC
nature.com
Nature Cell Biology - Lu et al. reveal the spatiotemporal coordination between two nucleation-promoting factors, WAVE and N-WASP, and two actin-bundling proteins, dynamin and WIP, in generating...
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Congratulations to all prize winners and a special shout-out to our own Yue Lu for his poster award! #cshlfusion
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What an exciting and fun Cell & Membrane Fusion meeting that was! Huge thanks to @cshlmeetings for giving our community a beautiful new home. It was a great pleasure co-organizing it with @PauliGroup and Mark Rose. Look forward to coming back again @CSHL in two years! #cshlfusion
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Cell & Membrane Fusion starts TONIGHT ☄️ use #cshlfusion this week for your posts! A special thank you to our organizers!
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Curious about how cells generate mechanically stiff invasive protrusions from branched actin filaments? Check out our paper published today in @NatureCellBio! Congratulations to Yue Lu and all co-authors for a beautiful piece of work! https://t.co/DYsJq48Qag
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The Dept of Molecular Biology at UTSW is recruiting new faculty! This is an amazing opportunity to join a vibrant research community with exceptional resources. Please apply using this link by Dec 7. https://t.co/agg2nN54dz
jobs.sciencecareers.org
Seeking applicants for tenure track faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professor.
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Thank you Mayu and Rindy for your kind invitation! A day of exciting science at a fabulous location – I had a great time!
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The abstract deadline for the CSHL meeting on Cell & Membrane Fusion has been extended to August 30! Please follow this link for either in-person or virtual registration: https://t.co/F2kv9c2s8n We would love to see you @CSHL this November!
meetings.cshl.edu
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meetings & Courses -- a private, non-profit institution with research programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology, genomics, bioinformatics.
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Many thanks to @GeisbrechtE_Lab and @BiPengpeng for a nice Dispatch in @CurrentBiology featuring our recent paper on how steroid hormone signaling regulates myoblast fusion: https://t.co/TBELG1yzDo
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Excited to share our paper "Inter-organ steroid hormone signaling promotes myoblast fusion via direct transcriptional regulation of a single key effector gene". Congratulations to Zhi-Rong Ruan and all co-authors for a beautiful and comprehensive study! https://t.co/izAGrGqAbi
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Congratulations Drs. Walji and Gokhale! It's been a great pleasure working with you!
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Amrita successfully passed her PhD thesis defense! Congratulations, Dr. Gokhale!!!
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Excited to announce the online FASEB Catalyst Conference on Myonuclear Accretion! The full program follows shortly, but speakers include Elisabeth Chen @EChenLab, Douglas Millay @doug_millay, Ori Avinoam @Avinoam_lab, and Abigail Mackey @AbigailMackey1. April 19th, 9am-1pm (ET).
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