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Irene Chen

Cambridge

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ML for healthcare and equity. Assistant Professor @UCBerkeley and @UCSF. Prev @Harvard, @MIT, @MSFTResearch

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  • NASA discovers a bigger mystery surrounding our origins

    Nov 22, 2024 | studyfinds.org | Irene Chen |Chris Melore

    (Credit: 2jenn/Shutterstock)GREENBELT, Md. — Imagine a world where proteins could be built with mirror-image molecules, just like your left and right hands. Scientists have long wondered why life exclusively uses left-handed amino acids, and a groundbreaking NASA study has just made this puzzle even more intriguing. In a surprising twist, researchers discovered that RNA — once thought to be the potential primordial architect of life — doesn’t inherently prefer left-handed amino acids.

  • SARS-CoV-2 protein ORF8 limits expression levels of Spike antigen and facilitates immune evasion of infected host cells

    Jun 22, 2023 | jbc.org | Irene Chen |Melanie Ott

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20 Jun 25

RT @zakkohane: Celebration of the life of Atul Butte. Join colleagues from three universities to celebrate him at 10 am PST on Saturday. h…

Irene Chen
Irene Chen @irenetrampoline
14 Jun 25

Life Alive fans are unhinged. Bringing back an adventurer bowl to SF for a friend https://t.co/ee79syT68j

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Irene Chen @irenetrampoline
25 May 25

Are you a health AI researcher thinking about founding a company? Are you a founder in health AI? Lucky you because we're holding an intimate gathering at UC Berkeley on June 25 with a great line-up and lots of built-in time for mingling https://t.co/se4LrwAa9n

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