Eunji Paige Chung
@TheChungLab
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Associate Prof @uscbme | Director Transformative Nanomedicine | Educator | Inventor | Associate Editor @BioactiveMat | Author https://t.co/8HXzOgb3LH
Los Angeles, CA
Joined June 2016
"Don't follow the existing research." To truly make an impact, this year's chemistry laureate Susumu Kitagawa advises young scientists to think independently and follow their own path. Kitagawa was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work developing MOFs, porous materials which are
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Congrats to my one-in-a-million student Josh for passing his quals! Excellence all around. The lab had a good time with pecan pie and bubbles to celebrate his new milestone. 🥧🥂 We also learned our @spotify ages and had a good laugh when mine turned out to be 86 😂
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“Chance favors the prepared mind” - Louis Pasteur
“A student pointed out: 'There is a hole in this structure'. That single remark redirected my research toward porous frameworks. This moment marked my first step toward MOFs." During his Nobel Prize lecture, chemist Susumu Kitagawa spoke about his scientific journey that
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Another successful EAB meeting for the Transformative Center for Nanomedicine and DD. Grateful for board members Samir Mitragotri, Tejal Desai, Dino Di Carlo, and Guillermo Ameer for bolstering our vision. The mtg was too engaging to snap any pictures 😊📈 https://t.co/vmRmwJ120m
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The best way to gain job security is not being the most knowledgeable person in the room. It's being the most reliable person in the room. Information is abundant. Dependability, helpfulness, and responsiveness are relatively scarce. We count on people who consistently deliver.
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It’s been 20+ years since I came to a USC v. UCLA game (1st at the Coliseum). Hits differently after being faculty for almost a decade. A date with our city before the big game ✌️
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It's been awesome to push the technology and see the knowledge gap closing for bioengineering approaches for kidney-targeted therapeutics. Thanks to Susan Allison @Nature Rev Neph for the invite and @Vishal_D_Patel for contributing. Year in Review: https://t.co/odZmMGluu8
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Really worth a read - connects personal diagnosis, family, support for research - delineates the message so well. https://t.co/N7kfj0yBBO
newyorker.com
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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Good times with good company. Our Pre-SPARK team @SoCalCTSI Team Science celebration. 🎉 @USCStemCell @USCStevens @USCViterbi
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Fun activity to do at home: Decorating a sugar cookie cell and its organelles. Can we guess what these structures are? #roughER
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Happy Kidney Wk 2025! Are you interested in connecting with Nano experts and learning more about the O'Brien Center at NU/USC? Come visit us on Friday at the Poster session, where Core Director @TheChungLab will be available from 10-11 am. We're looking forward to meeting you!
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Abstract deadline extended until November 21st! Can't wait to hear about all of the exciting work by our SFB community on extracellular vesicles!
Join us @SFBiomaterials March 25-28, 2026 for the Extracellular Vesicles for Biomedical Applications session! Always a thriving session e/year. Can't wait to see the emerging EV work as well as its maturation from our SFB community! Abstracts now open: https://t.co/XPomS7S2le
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Happy Halloween from @TheChungLab and Moana, Maui, Te Fiti, Hei Hei, Pua, & Tamatoa. Always fun to take a moment to get in the spirit together as a group! 🌋🌺🌊
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