King L Hung
Biologist at Scripps, PhD at Stanford. Dynamics of genomes and cells.
https://kinglhung.org
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- Very nice news coverage on my scientific journey by Christie Wilcox in @science.org and #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti...
- Our paper is out in @nature.com! Oncogenes are often copy-number amplified on extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) in cancer, but how is ecDNA inherited by dividing cells? Here we identified elements within ecDNA that promote its retention in dividing cells. 1/11 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
- ecDNA does not have centromeres but is inherited along with chromosomes by tethering to them. Although this “hitchhiking” phenomenon has been observed for many years, the mechanism is unknown. 2/11
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- Honored to receive the Science & SciLifeLab Prize! Very grateful to all my mentors and colleagues. I wrote an article in @science.org about my PhD thesis research on extrachromosomal DNA at Stanford @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- Reposted by King L HungAnd here is the story after peer review. This work highlights our current approach, which is to use Piezo channels to uncover new areas of biology that are shaped by mechanical forces: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- New preprint alert! The uterus expands ~500-fold in pregnancy, yet we know little about how pressures are sensed. Led by @yunxiao-dr.bsky.social, we show PIEZOs are required for contractions and birth in mice, with dual roles of PIEZO1 in muscle and PIEZO2 in neurons www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by King L HungThe community of Drosophila researchers is amazing, mutually supportive and collaborative. Right now a key resource for our community, @flybase.bsky.social , is threatened by the cancellation of its NIH grant and is seeking community help in raising short term funds 1/n 🧪 please share
- Reposted by King L HungPublished an op-ed for @cnn.com: “Nobel laureate: I owe America my success. Today, its scientific future is in danger.” A personal reflection on what’s at stake as science funding gets slashed. I’d be grateful if you could amplify both in and beyond the science world. www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/h...
- Cool approach to isolate extrachromosomal DNA: karyotyping by FACS! Wish I had thought of it. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- Reposted by King L Hung1/ Transposable elements are often called "jumping genes" because they mobilize within genomes. 🧬 But did you know they can also jump 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 cells? 🤯 Our new study reveals how retrotransposons invade the germline directly from somatic cells. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... A short thread 🧵👇
- Reposted by King L Hungif you've had an NIH grant terminated, I want to hear about it. Signal: katherinejwu.12
- Reposted by King L HungThe Patapoutian lab started 25 years ago on March 1, 2000. A quarter-century of science with brilliant trainees, colleagues & collaborators. Cheers to my mentors & mentees! Excited to celebrate with past & present lab members in November. Here’s to more great science 🧪 and better times ahead!
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- Opportunity to work with an amazing scientist!
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- Hi bluesky! A re-introduction: I am a cell biologist interested in cellular signaling logic and decision making. I worked on cancer genomes in my PhD at Stanford, and am now a postdoc working on how cells interpret force at Scripps in the Patapoutian lab. Excited to reconnect here!
- Reposted by King L HungTwo back-to-back papers in Nature comms from mylab explore the link between destabilization of the actin cytoskeleton and aberrant base excision repair - passing through nuclear actin and the actin-dependent nucleosome remodeler INO80C.
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- Cancer cells often harbor oncogenes outside chromosomes on extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA), which is unevenly inherited by dividing cells. We reported in Nature last week that collectives of ecDNAs are inherited together by dividing cancer cells. 1/ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
