I have never been poorer than the day I realized I lived closer to a Panda Express than a PeiWei
October 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I have never been poorer than the day I realized I lived closer to a Panda Express than a PeiWei
Spellbinding talk of discovery by @peiwei-chen.bsky.social, winner of the @genetics-gsa.bsky.social Larry Sandler Award, starting us off strong at #DROS25
March 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Spellbinding talk of discovery by @peiwei-chen.bsky.social, winner of the @genetics-gsa.bsky.social Larry Sandler Award, starting us off strong at #DROS25
We're excited to announce the 2025 Larry Sandler Award recipient, @peiwei-chen.bsky.social 🎉
This award recognizes students completing a PhD in Drosophila research. Dr. Chen will present the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture on evolutionary innovation in genome defense at #Dros25 in March.
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This award recognizes students completing a PhD in Drosophila research. Dr. Chen will present the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture on evolutionary innovation in genome defense at #Dros25 in March.
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February 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We're excited to announce the 2025 Larry Sandler Award recipient, @peiwei-chen.bsky.social 🎉
This award recognizes students completing a PhD in Drosophila research. Dr. Chen will present the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture on evolutionary innovation in genome defense at #Dros25 in March.
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This award recognizes students completing a PhD in Drosophila research. Dr. Chen will present the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture on evolutionary innovation in genome defense at #Dros25 in March.
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Super proud and excited about this work, led masterfully by Peiwei Chen! A fun and fruitful collaboration with department colleagues Andy Clark & Alexei Aravin. After 30 yrs of studying transposons, this is one of the very first times I see them jump in real time in their natural host! Hurrah! 🥳
How do transposons jump when they’re released from host control?
I babysat two chromosomes for 2 years, making sure they are ok without most piRNAs.
Here’s what we found & excited to share my 1st postdoc paper:
“piRNA loss unleashes episodic transposition bursts”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
I babysat two chromosomes for 2 years, making sure they are ok without most piRNAs.
Here’s what we found & excited to share my 1st postdoc paper:
“piRNA loss unleashes episodic transposition bursts”
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
piRNA loss unleashes episodic transposition bursts
In Metazoa, transposon expression is suppressed by the piRNA pathway, and disruption of this pathway leads to rampant transposon expression. However, it remains unclear whether increased transposon ex...
www.biorxiv.org
July 22, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Super proud and excited about this work, led masterfully by Peiwei Chen! A fun and fruitful collaboration with department colleagues Andy Clark & Alexei Aravin. After 30 yrs of studying transposons, this is one of the very first times I see them jump in real time in their natural host! Hurrah! 🥳
Congrats Peiwei! 🥳
All the more awesomely fitting given Larry Sandler’s discovery of segregation distorter and meiotic drive!
All the more awesomely fitting given Larry Sandler’s discovery of segregation distorter and meiotic drive!
We're excited to announce the 2025 Larry Sandler Award recipient, @peiwei-chen.bsky.social 🎉
This award recognizes students completing a PhD in Drosophila research. Dr. Chen will present the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture on evolutionary innovation in genome defense at #Dros25 in March.
1/3🧵
This award recognizes students completing a PhD in Drosophila research. Dr. Chen will present the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture on evolutionary innovation in genome defense at #Dros25 in March.
1/3🧵
February 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Congrats Peiwei! 🥳
All the more awesomely fitting given Larry Sandler’s discovery of segregation distorter and meiotic drive!
All the more awesomely fitting given Larry Sandler’s discovery of segregation distorter and meiotic drive!
Wvery time we order peiwei I rlly do start throbbing
July 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Wvery time we order peiwei I rlly do start throbbing
Don’t miss the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture by @peiwei-chen.bsky.social tonight during the #Dros25 opening session! 🪰
looking forward to sharing my PhD work with Alexei Aravin @caltech.edu at #Dros25 tonight & meeting old and new friends throughout the fly meeting 😀
We're excited to announce the 2025 Larry Sandler Award recipient, @peiwei-chen.bsky.social 🎉
This award recognizes students completing a PhD in Drosophila research. Dr. Chen will present the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture on evolutionary innovation in genome defense at #Dros25 in March.
1/3🧵
This award recognizes students completing a PhD in Drosophila research. Dr. Chen will present the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture on evolutionary innovation in genome defense at #Dros25 in March.
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March 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Don’t miss the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture by @peiwei-chen.bsky.social tonight during the #Dros25 opening session! 🪰
CONGRATS PEIWEI!! 🎉
February 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
CONGRATS PEIWEI!! 🎉
Congratulations @peiwei-chen.bsky.social!!!!!!
We're excited to announce the 2025 Larry Sandler Award recipient, @peiwei-chen.bsky.social 🎉
This award recognizes students completing a PhD in Drosophila research. Dr. Chen will present the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture on evolutionary innovation in genome defense at #Dros25 in March.
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This award recognizes students completing a PhD in Drosophila research. Dr. Chen will present the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture on evolutionary innovation in genome defense at #Dros25 in March.
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February 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Congratulations @peiwei-chen.bsky.social!!!!!!
A selfish gene in Drosophila has met its match: Trailblazer.
“An innovation in host responses to escalating genomic conflicts”
by @emilianomarti.bsky.social & Amanda Larracuente
highlights work from @peiwei-chen.bsky.social et al in PNAS.
FREE till May 24 at
authors.elsevier.com/a/1ktQOcQbJF...
“An innovation in host responses to escalating genomic conflicts”
by @emilianomarti.bsky.social & Amanda Larracuente
highlights work from @peiwei-chen.bsky.social et al in PNAS.
FREE till May 24 at
authors.elsevier.com/a/1ktQOcQbJF...
April 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A selfish gene in Drosophila has met its match: Trailblazer.
“An innovation in host responses to escalating genomic conflicts”
by @emilianomarti.bsky.social & Amanda Larracuente
highlights work from @peiwei-chen.bsky.social et al in PNAS.
FREE till May 24 at
authors.elsevier.com/a/1ktQOcQbJF...
“An innovation in host responses to escalating genomic conflicts”
by @emilianomarti.bsky.social & Amanda Larracuente
highlights work from @peiwei-chen.bsky.social et al in PNAS.
FREE till May 24 at
authors.elsevier.com/a/1ktQOcQbJF...
Talks by:
Wei Zhang
Giulio Formenti
Gianni Castiglione
@magnushaughey.bsky.social
@peiwei-chen.bsky.social
Juan Vazquez
Sudhir Kumar
Stéphane Peyrégne
Laura Carrillo-Olivas
William (Bill) Sherwin
Wei Zhang
Giulio Formenti
Gianni Castiglione
@magnushaughey.bsky.social
@peiwei-chen.bsky.social
Juan Vazquez
Sudhir Kumar
Stéphane Peyrégne
Laura Carrillo-Olivas
William (Bill) Sherwin
July 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Talks by:
Wei Zhang
Giulio Formenti
Gianni Castiglione
@magnushaughey.bsky.social
@peiwei-chen.bsky.social
Juan Vazquez
Sudhir Kumar
Stéphane Peyrégne
Laura Carrillo-Olivas
William (Bill) Sherwin
Wei Zhang
Giulio Formenti
Gianni Castiglione
@magnushaughey.bsky.social
@peiwei-chen.bsky.social
Juan Vazquez
Sudhir Kumar
Stéphane Peyrégne
Laura Carrillo-Olivas
William (Bill) Sherwin
Congrats Peiwei!! Excited to see the full story you gave a little taste of at fly meeting 👀
July 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Congrats Peiwei!! Excited to see the full story you gave a little taste of at fly meeting 👀
So proud of you Peiwei! 👏Honored & tremendously excited to science with you (and Andy) over the next few years!
Congrats to all the recipients — another fantastic cohort of #HannaGrayFellows!
Congrats to all the recipients — another fantastic cohort of #HannaGrayFellows!
over the moon to share the news that I got selected as a
@hhmi.bsky.social HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow 😄 super humbled to join this wonderful community to learn and grow and do cool science!! 🔬🧪🧬 also thanks to so many of my mentors and friends who have supported me along the way 🙏 #HannaGrayFellows
@hhmi.bsky.social HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow 😄 super humbled to join this wonderful community to learn and grow and do cool science!! 🔬🧪🧬 also thanks to so many of my mentors and friends who have supported me along the way 🙏 #HannaGrayFellows
Today we're thrilled to announce our 2024 #HannaGrayFellows! Please join us in welcoming and celebrating these outstanding early career scientists!
January 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
So proud of you Peiwei! 👏Honored & tremendously excited to science with you (and Andy) over the next few years!
Congrats to all the recipients — another fantastic cohort of #HannaGrayFellows!
Congrats to all the recipients — another fantastic cohort of #HannaGrayFellows!
In a new Trends in Genetics piece, @amlarracuente.bsky.social and I spotlight an amazing work lead by @peiwei-chen.bsky.social uncovering Trailblazer—a regulatory innovation in the in piRNA pathway to suppress the meiotic driver Stellate. Check it out: authors.elsevier.com/c/1ktQOcQbJF...
authors.elsevier.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
In a new Trends in Genetics piece, @amlarracuente.bsky.social and I spotlight an amazing work lead by @peiwei-chen.bsky.social uncovering Trailblazer—a regulatory innovation in the in piRNA pathway to suppress the meiotic driver Stellate. Check it out: authors.elsevier.com/c/1ktQOcQbJF...
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This pic says so much. First SHAME on @peiwei for not having a vegetarian/vegan option on their #LAS menu. So I obeyed rule 2 of #nomadlife travel, Eat the Chips, which means you'll probably make poor food choices on travel days. So thanks @shakeshackshake.bsky.social for the quinoa-based burger.
April 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This pic says so much. First SHAME on @peiwei for not having a vegetarian/vegan option on their #LAS menu. So I obeyed rule 2 of #nomadlife travel, Eat the Chips, which means you'll probably make poor food choices on travel days. So thanks @shakeshackshake.bsky.social for the quinoa-based burger.
very happy to hear this excellent choice for the Sandler award, congrats peiwei chen and amazing phd research on small RNAs and control of TEs and meiotic drivers! 🪰
deeply humbled to receive the Larry Sandler Award, named after the Larry Sandler that found meiotic drive
I'd like to think this award belongs to my mentors, colleagues, lab mates, and the wonderful fly community that has supported me & so many others in their scientific journeys. #basicscienceFTW
I'd like to think this award belongs to my mentors, colleagues, lab mates, and the wonderful fly community that has supported me & so many others in their scientific journeys. #basicscienceFTW
We're excited to announce the 2025 Larry Sandler Award recipient, @peiwei-chen.bsky.social 🎉
This award recognizes students completing a PhD in Drosophila research. Dr. Chen will present the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture on evolutionary innovation in genome defense at #Dros25 in March.
1/3🧵
This award recognizes students completing a PhD in Drosophila research. Dr. Chen will present the Larry Sandler Memorial Lecture on evolutionary innovation in genome defense at #Dros25 in March.
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February 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
very happy to hear this excellent choice for the Sandler award, congrats peiwei chen and amazing phd research on small RNAs and control of TEs and meiotic drivers! 🪰
❣️ Happy Valentine's Day from the Cloud OT3~❣️
Edith is the happiest woman & her husbands love her!
😭💖
(I love them so much~😍 )
#VentureBros #theventurebros #venturebros #vbros #vbrosoc #vbrostwt #venturebrosart #augustusstcloud #peiwei #ocxcanon #yumeship #yumetwt #vbrosart
Edith is the happiest woman & her husbands love her!
😭💖
(I love them so much~😍 )
#VentureBros #theventurebros #venturebros #vbros #vbrosoc #vbrostwt #venturebrosart #augustusstcloud #peiwei #ocxcanon #yumeship #yumetwt #vbrosart
February 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
❣️ Happy Valentine's Day from the Cloud OT3~❣️
Edith is the happiest woman & her husbands love her!
😭💖
(I love them so much~😍 )
#VentureBros #theventurebros #venturebros #vbros #vbrosoc #vbrostwt #venturebrosart #augustusstcloud #peiwei #ocxcanon #yumeship #yumetwt #vbrosart
Edith is the happiest woman & her husbands love her!
😭💖
(I love them so much~😍 )
#VentureBros #theventurebros #venturebros #vbros #vbrosoc #vbrostwt #venturebrosart #augustusstcloud #peiwei #ocxcanon #yumeship #yumetwt #vbrosart
Well deserved Peiwei!!
March 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Well deserved Peiwei!!
The GameStop down the street from me closed but PeiWei remains. You can’t convince me PeiWei is more profitable
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The GameStop down the street from me closed but PeiWei remains. You can’t convince me PeiWei is more profitable
Order Somburros!! I miss them. Or PeiWei!
December 23, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Order Somburros!! I miss them. Or PeiWei!