Xin Jin
@xinjin.bsky.social
Building neurotech to study how genes and physiology impact brain function 🧬 🧠 Associate Professor, Scripps Research | Freeman Hrabowski Scholar, HHMI
Excited to share Keystone on Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Colorado Jan 2027! ⛷️ with Tom Nowakowski, Stephan Sanders & Joe Zhou 🌟Amazing lineup keynotes from Allyson Berent & Huda Zoghbi! ⏰Abstracts/scholarship due 9/24, Poster abstract due 9/29 Join us: keystonesymposia.org/conferences/...
These rankings are kinda silly… but hey, we’re #1 🍾🥂🥳
Scripps Research@scripps.edu · 4mo agoIn @usnews.com’s 2026 Best Science Schools rankings, the Skaggs Graduate School ranked No. 1 in Biological Sciences and No. 7 in Chemistry, rising from No. 9 in Biological Sciences and reaffirming its strength in chemistry education. More: ow.ly/qRgo50YGIqc
Form follows function, or function dictates form? 📢Preprint: we build Perturb-CLEAR, in vivo screen of neuroanatomy! Disease perturbations produce selective morphology-RNA changes that RNA impact alone cannot predict. Was led by the invincible grad student Boli Wu! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Xin Jin FTW! "We developed Perturb-CLEAR, which integrates pooled CRISPR screening and whole-mount imaging to quantify brain-wide cytoarchitecture, and paired it with Perturb-seq to link structural phenotypes to transcriptomic changes." www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Thrilled to announce Critical Mass Ventures, a philanthropic initiative bridging science, capital, and community to close the gap between lifespan and healthspan. Our inaugural postdoc fellowship is now open. 🔬 criticalmassventures.co #ScienceSky #AcademicSky #Healthspan #Longevity #Postdoc
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“Genome-scale functional mapping of the mammalian whole brain with in vivo Perturb-seq” Truly impressive work by @xinjin.bsky.social 🤯🧪🧬🧠 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Excited to introduce @perturb.ai, a company I co-founded to rethink drug discovery. Biology is complex, and disease unfolds across genes, cell types, and tissues. We’re powering AI with the causal logic of human genetics www.perturb.ai/news
News | Explore Cutting-Edge Gene Editing Technologies — PerturbAI
Discover the latest updates and breakthroughs in gene editing with PerturbAI's news on CRISPR innovations and collaborations. Stay informed today.
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perturbai.bsky.social@perturb.ai · 5mo agoIntroducing PerturbAI. Today we announced our emergence from stealth with the release of the world’s largest in vivo CRISPR data engine, interrogating thousands of genetic perturbations across 8 million cells throughout the whole brain. Read More: perturb.ai/news
Excited to share: enhanced capture in vivo multiome Perturb-seq! Worried about low gRNA recovery and wasting sequencing on cells that can’t assign a perturbation? We engineered gRNA transcripts to stay in the nucleus, enabling efficient multiomic Perturb-seq! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Assoc. Prof. @xinjin.bsky.social has been named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow by the @sloanfoundation.bsky.social, recognized for pioneering in vivo Perturb-seq—a gene-editing approach combining CRISPR technology and single-cell RNA analysis to uncover how genetic variation shapes brain development.
Xin Jin receives prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship - Scripps Research Magazine
Xin Jin, an associate professor at Scripps Research and a Freeman Hrabowski Scholar at Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship for her exceptional research and le...
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It was such an amazing visit at Utah Neuroscience! I learn from such a diverse crowd of neuroscientists doing super cutting edge works in many fields - and their trainees who are engaging and thoughtful. Campus view is unbelievable! Thank you @jasonsynaptic.bsky.social for having me!
Jason Shepherd@jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · 6mo agoHad a blast hosting @xinjin.bsky.social for our department seminar this week! A true rising star in the field!
Calling all rising juniors & seniors: Interested in biological or biomedical research? Applications for our ’26 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program are now open! Nine weeks, hands-on research, & mentorship from some of the nation’s top scientists — learn more: bit.ly/CechFellows
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The NIH has awarded a $14.2M Director’s Transformative Research Award to a team led by Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist @ardemp.bskyverified.social, Prof. @liye-tsri.bsky.social and Assoc. Prof. @xinjin.bsky.social to map interoception and build the first atlas of this hidden sixth sense.
Scripps Research-led team receives $14.2M NIH award to map the body’s “hidden sixth sense”
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Coming to #SfN2025 in San Diego? Come join our Neuroscience Symposium a day before on Nov 13! Hear from a fantastic speaker lineup and interact with vibrant audience in our community and beyond. Free registration link: www.eventbrite.com/e/dorris-neu...
Ardem Patapoutian@ardemp.bskyverified.social · 10mo agoAttending #SfN2025 in San Diego☀️? Don’t miss the Dorris Neuroscience Center Symposium at @scripps.edu, happening right before the meeting. A great lineup of speakers to kick off your SfN week. Plan your trip accordingly and register for free here: www.eventbrite.com/e/dorris-neu... Please amplify!
Actively hiring! Video made by Sora-2 but the job post is 100% real. Apply here: hhmi.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...
Scripps Research@scripps.edu · 10mo agoScripps Research Associate Prof. Xin Jin (@xinjin.bsky.social) has been named one of only 30 @hhmi.org Freeman Hrabowski Scholars, recognized for advancing genomic tools—including in vivo Perturb-seq—to map how genes shape brain circuits and uncover clues to neurological disease and brain health.
First time bringing my fantastic students to the HHMI Science Meeting and they absolutely shined at the session! ✨ It remains one of the most stimulating mtg — I’m science-starstruck every 10 min. We’re grateful for the chance to spark new collaborations that will take our technologies further
We are deeply saddened to share that our friend and colleague Jim Hudspeth passed away on Saturday. We will remember and continue to be inspired by Jim’s integrity, his humility, and his unwavering commitment to discovery.
A. James Hudspeth, neuroscientist who unlocked secrets of hearing, has died - News
A. James Hudspeth, a Rockefeller neuroscientist who discovered how sound waves are converted into electrical signals in the ear's cochlea, died Saturday at his home in Manhattan. A pioneering scientist and dedicated mentor, he was the university's F.M. ...
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A major KI initiative to recruit new assistant professors with outstanding proposals in all areas of medicine, biomedicine and public health. We offer an amazing research environment, great colleagues and generous startup packages. Check it out and get working on your applications! (repost please!)
Karolinska Institutet@ki.se · last yr.Applications are now open! We are recruiting 20 Assistant Professors in a wide range of subject areas. We're looking for early-career researchers with strong scientific merits and future potential. 🔗 All positions: ki.se/en/about-ki/...
Terence Tao (@teorth.bsky.social) has written a thread on Mastodon about the impact of the federal grant freeze to UCLA, particularly to his own field of Mathematics. UCLA's IPAM (Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics) could shut down entirely mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1149568...
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The current administration in the US has, through various funding agencies such as the NSF and NIH, has recently suspended virtually all federal grants to my home university, UCLA (including my own p...
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Director at Max Planck - a unique position! The Open Call for Expressions of Interest in Max Planck Directorships is open now and can be submitted by the 31st of October 2025. ➡️ mpg.de/directors - Please share the Open Call among potential candidates.
BIG NEWS: “Senate appropriators on Thursday approved an FY26 Labor-HHS bill that included a slight bump in funding for the NIH, with a strong 26–3 bipartisan vote.” Thank you to members of the Senate Appropriations Committee on both sides of the aisle! www.axios.com/pro/health-c...
Senate appropriators approve Labor-HHS bill with NIH bump
The vote and lawmaker comments show that most senators aren't going along with the White House's proposed 40% budget cut to NIH.
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Science and innovation drive every breakthrough. On 7/21, a nation-wide campaign kicks off to honor Apollo 11’s legacy -- tell Congress NO to research‑funding cuts. Speak up here: ProtectScienceAndInnovation.org #ProtectScience #InnovationMakesAmericaGreat
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
Working link here! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Tre-DST: A new drug susceptibility test for Mycobacterium tuberculosis using solvatochromic trehalose probes
Tuberculosis (TB) is the most lethal cause of death from a single infectious agent. In 2024, an estimated 10 million people developed TB, nearly half a million of which were infected with drug-resista...
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Mireille Kamariza@kamariza.bsky.social · last yr.First BlueSky post to share that the First #preprint from the Kamariza Lab is live! We develop a trehalose-based assay to report drug resistance in Mycobacterium #tuberculosis. Check it out on bioRxiv: biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #TB #diagnostic
Honored to be an HHMI FHS! Grateful to brilliant colleagues who push me to think deeply, and to my students whose curiosity & energy make the lab a joy. My grad advisor said in genetic screens, you don’t get what you want—you get what you deserve. Hope we are deserving www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
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Congrats to @xinjin.bsky.social @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social and many others!
Jason Shepherd@jasonsynaptic.bsky.social · last yr.Love seeing friends and colleagues #slay! Congrats to @moriel-z.bsky.social @utah.edu for becoming a @hhmi.org Hrabowski scholar! Also congrats to @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social @xinjin.bsky.social @doctheagrif.bsky.social www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
Love seeing friends and colleagues #slay! Congrats to @moriel-z.bsky.social @utah.edu for becoming a @hhmi.org Hrabowski scholar! Also congrats to @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social @xinjin.bsky.social @doctheagrif.bsky.social www.hhmi.org/programs/fre...
The 2025 Freeman Hrabowski Scholars | HHMI
Freeman Hrabowski Scholars are outstanding early career faculty who have the potential to become leaders in their research fields.
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Our paper on gene regulatory networks controlling hypothalamic and prethalamic development is now out in Cell Reports./1 www.cell.com/cell-reports...
Decoding gene networks controlling hypothalamic and prethalamic neuron development
Kim et al. map gene regulatory networks of the developing mouse hypothalamus and prethalamus using single-cell multiomics, identifying regulators of regionalization and neurogenesis. They further show...
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It was fantastic to share some unpublished work with the Klingenstein family, especially on the same panel with my friend @justuskebschull.bsky.social! Grateful for the opportunity and inspiring talks all around from our cohort
Klingenstein Philanthropies@klingensteinorg.bsky.social · last yr.Thank you to @xinjin.bsky.social and @justuskebschull.bsky.social for presenting their research at the recent Klingenstein Fellowship Awards in Neuroscience Conference. 📷 : SimonProPhoto
