Chaz Hong MD PhD
@chazhong.bsky.social
Chair of Medicine at Michigan State University, Cardiologist, Chemical biologist. Father of 5. Opinions expressed are my own. "Medicine without Science is Witchcraft."
Thank you to organizers of 1st Ferroptosis conference in US. We learned so much! Congrats to Brent Stockwell, who coined the term! Our work on novel mechansim of #ferroptosis regulation by GPCR & its therapeutic potential will add to this area! Stay tuned! #SpartansWill
@msu-medicine.bsky.social
@msu-medicine.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Thank you to organizers of 1st Ferroptosis conference in US. We learned so much! Congrats to Brent Stockwell, who coined the term! Our work on novel mechansim of #ferroptosis regulation by GPCR & its therapeutic potential will add to this area! Stay tuned! #SpartansWill
@msu-medicine.bsky.social
@msu-medicine.bsky.social
Honor to give psychiatry lecture on phenotypic approach to drug discovery at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, 2nd largest of its kindl! We need to find paths for new therapies in psychiatry. Our patients & loved ones are waiting. Thank you, Dr. Nagy Youssef for hosting me. #SpartansWill
April 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Honor to give psychiatry lecture on phenotypic approach to drug discovery at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, 2nd largest of its kindl! We need to find paths for new therapies in psychiatry. Our patients & loved ones are waiting. Thank you, Dr. Nagy Youssef for hosting me. #SpartansWill
State interference: How not to do science.
Lysenko convinced Stalin to reject genetics in favor of #Lamarkism, leading to disastrous effects on Soviet economy.
USA's “Secret Sauce," is our Research Universities & Academic Freedom, now threatened by political interference. #StandUpForScience2025
Lysenko convinced Stalin to reject genetics in favor of #Lamarkism, leading to disastrous effects on Soviet economy.
USA's “Secret Sauce," is our Research Universities & Academic Freedom, now threatened by political interference. #StandUpForScience2025
March 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
State interference: How not to do science.
Lysenko convinced Stalin to reject genetics in favor of #Lamarkism, leading to disastrous effects on Soviet economy.
USA's “Secret Sauce," is our Research Universities & Academic Freedom, now threatened by political interference. #StandUpForScience2025
Lysenko convinced Stalin to reject genetics in favor of #Lamarkism, leading to disastrous effects on Soviet economy.
USA's “Secret Sauce," is our Research Universities & Academic Freedom, now threatened by political interference. #StandUpForScience2025
Is "batshit crazy" a swear word?
March 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Is "batshit crazy" a swear word?
I just couldn't help myself...
March 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I just couldn't help myself...
This is a head scratcher. All I did was post that "without research, we're doomed." Or maybe mock Elon for mocking hard working Americans?
March 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is a head scratcher. All I did was post that "without research, we're doomed." Or maybe mock Elon for mocking hard working Americans?
March 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Years ago, using chemical genetics in zebrafish, I elucidated the role of #PI3K in vein specification. Just spoke to someone who has #VenousMalformation d/t somatic activating mutation in PI3K subunit. Learning how this knowledge is helping him made my day! #SpartansWill
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Years ago, using chemical genetics in zebrafish, I elucidated the role of #PI3K in vein specification. Just spoke to someone who has #VenousMalformation d/t somatic activating mutation in PI3K subunit. Learning how this knowledge is helping him made my day! #SpartansWill
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social
What batshit crazy stuff are they saying?! This is like blaming Poland for Hitler & Stalin’s invasion in 1939! #StandWithUkraine
March 3, 2025 at 10:36 AM
What batshit crazy stuff are they saying?! This is like blaming Poland for Hitler & Stalin’s invasion in 1939! #StandWithUkraine
Spent the first day at my new office in Doug Meijer Medical Innovations Building in Grand Rapids. Three of us from @msu-medicine.bsky.social are the very first occupants of this awesome space! Bit lonesome here, so we’re hiring! And is Detroit next? Stay tuned! #SpartansWill!
February 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Spent the first day at my new office in Doug Meijer Medical Innovations Building in Grand Rapids. Three of us from @msu-medicine.bsky.social are the very first occupants of this awesome space! Bit lonesome here, so we’re hiring! And is Detroit next? Stay tuned! #SpartansWill!
w/ pH-sensing probe, we visualize acidic microdomains in tissues of live whole animals, including extracellular spaces of myotome & w/i T-tubules, opening up cool questions regarding their role in health & disease. Link to paper 👇. #SpartansWill.
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social @msu-medicine.bsky.social
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social @msu-medicine.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
w/ pH-sensing probe, we visualize acidic microdomains in tissues of live whole animals, including extracellular spaces of myotome & w/i T-tubules, opening up cool questions regarding their role in health & disease. Link to paper 👇. #SpartansWill.
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social @msu-medicine.bsky.social
@zebrafishrock.bsky.social @msu-medicine.bsky.social
Truly thankful to Will & his mother Emily who has glioblastoma, for visiting our lab at MSU & sharing their experience of living with GBM & wonderful care they received at @henryfordhealth.bsky.social We learned so much & are inspired by your courage. #SpartansWill
@msu-medicine.bsky.social
@msu-medicine.bsky.social
January 15, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Truly thankful to Will & his mother Emily who has glioblastoma, for visiting our lab at MSU & sharing their experience of living with GBM & wonderful care they received at @henryfordhealth.bsky.social We learned so much & are inspired by your courage. #SpartansWill
@msu-medicine.bsky.social
@msu-medicine.bsky.social
Been nursing a nasty head cold. Whoever design these medicine packets deserve to be put in a special purgatory.
December 30, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Been nursing a nasty head cold. Whoever design these medicine packets deserve to be put in a special purgatory.
I’m honored to share that I will be a MSU Research Foundation Professor! Established w/ Cisplatin revenues, Foundation Professors are awarded to “exceptionally accomplished faculty members, with the aim of enhancing the stature of the institution in research and creative activity.” #SpartansWill
December 26, 2024 at 11:42 PM
I’m honored to share that I will be a MSU Research Foundation Professor! Established w/ Cisplatin revenues, Foundation Professors are awarded to “exceptionally accomplished faculty members, with the aim of enhancing the stature of the institution in research and creative activity.” #SpartansWill
Happy birthday, Jesus, from San Francisco!
December 26, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Happy birthday, Jesus, from San Francisco!
Also, visited MSU St. Andrew’s campus in Midland to meet my chemistry collaborators. Did you know #Allegra was developed here? We’ll find a cure for brain cancer here. Stay tuned! #SpartansWill
@msu-medicine.bsky.social
#ferroptosis #Cisplatin2.0!
@msu-medicine.bsky.social
#ferroptosis #Cisplatin2.0!
December 17, 2024 at 11:43 AM
Also, visited MSU St. Andrew’s campus in Midland to meet my chemistry collaborators. Did you know #Allegra was developed here? We’ll find a cure for brain cancer here. Stay tuned! #SpartansWill
@msu-medicine.bsky.social
#ferroptosis #Cisplatin2.0!
@msu-medicine.bsky.social
#ferroptosis #Cisplatin2.0!
Wonderful visit to Michigan State University Midland campus. Such amazing work by dedicated staff & educators! They dserve a medal for their success in alleviating doctor shortages in rural Michigan! @msu-medicine.bsky.social #SpartansWill
December 17, 2024 at 11:39 AM
Wonderful visit to Michigan State University Midland campus. Such amazing work by dedicated staff & educators! They dserve a medal for their success in alleviating doctor shortages in rural Michigan! @msu-medicine.bsky.social #SpartansWill
Some Holiday cheer by @msu-medicine.bsky.social faculty Chuck Williams at MSU Speed Data Event! #SpartansWill @zebrafishrock.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Some Holiday cheer by @msu-medicine.bsky.social faculty Chuck Williams at MSU Speed Data Event! #SpartansWill @zebrafishrock.bsky.social
Our mini-review on proton-sensing GPCRs & oncogenesis is out. Highlights critical link b/t aerobic glycolysis, first described by Otto #Warburg, acidic tumor microenvironment & pro-oncogenic protection from #ferroptosis. #SpartansWill #Ogremorphin
probiologists.com/Article/proton…
probiologists.com/Article/proton…
November 28, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Our mini-review on proton-sensing GPCRs & oncogenesis is out. Highlights critical link b/t aerobic glycolysis, first described by Otto #Warburg, acidic tumor microenvironment & pro-oncogenic protection from #ferroptosis. #SpartansWill #Ogremorphin
probiologists.com/Article/proton…
probiologists.com/Article/proton…
We're making transformative investment in research portfolio thru recruitment of world-class investigators to #GrandRapids. We seek scientists w/ extramurally-funded research programs in #Computational_Biology! #SpartansWill. Spread the word & find out more: careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job...
November 23, 2024 at 7:07 PM
We're making transformative investment in research portfolio thru recruitment of world-class investigators to #GrandRapids. We seek scientists w/ extramurally-funded research programs in #Computational_Biology! #SpartansWill. Spread the word & find out more: careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job...
We're making transformative investment to build research portfolio through recruitment of world-class investigators to Grand Rapid. Seeking scientists w/ extramurally-funded research programs in #Population_Health. #SpartansWill.
Spread the word & find out more: careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Spread the word & find out more: careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job...
November 23, 2024 at 7:05 PM
We're making transformative investment to build research portfolio through recruitment of world-class investigators to Grand Rapid. Seeking scientists w/ extramurally-funded research programs in #Population_Health. #SpartansWill.
Spread the word & find out more: careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Spread the word & find out more: careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job...
Back “home” in #Baltimore for few days. People can say what they will, but I love this place.
November 22, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Back “home” in #Baltimore for few days. People can say what they will, but I love this place.
Congratulations to Daniela Fuller, my University of Maryland School of Medicine graduate student, on being named a Blackbird Laboratories Fellow! Translating curiosity-driven basic discoveries into future treatments and cures. What could be better?
And who funds Blackbird? Hint: NFL team owner
And who funds Blackbird? Hint: NFL team owner
November 20, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Congratulations to Daniela Fuller, my University of Maryland School of Medicine graduate student, on being named a Blackbird Laboratories Fellow! Translating curiosity-driven basic discoveries into future treatments and cures. What could be better?
And who funds Blackbird? Hint: NFL team owner
And who funds Blackbird? Hint: NFL team owner