Chenxin Li, PhD
@chenxinli2.bsky.social
Or just “Li” |
Assist. Prof. @ Plant Bio Michigan State U. |
Also post data visualization |
Lab: https://cxli233.github.io/cxLi_lab/ |
GitHub: https://github.com/cxli233
Assist. Prof. @ Plant Bio Michigan State U. |
Also post data visualization |
Lab: https://cxli233.github.io/cxLi_lab/ |
GitHub: https://github.com/cxli233
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Chenxin Li, PhD
@chenxinli2.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Here is a thread showcasing my GitHub repositories: 1) Friends Don't Let Friends Make Bad Graphs. An opinionated essay on good and bad graphs.
My popular one by a long shot with 6.4k stars and 248 forks. github.com/cxli233/Frie...
My popular one by a long shot with 6.4k stars and 248 forks. github.com/cxli233/Frie...
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Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
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Noncanonical loops regulated by EMF1 and cohesin-associated factors shape the distinct 3D genome architecture in plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.08.704707v1
February 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Noncanonical loops regulated by EMF1 and cohesin-associated factors shape the distinct 3D genome architecture in plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.02.08.704707v1
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bonus : adding the inhibitor molecule increases the colored sectors
February 10, 2026 at 11:58 AM
bonus : adding the inhibitor molecule increases the colored sectors
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Have you ever wondered why some petal are bicolor ? Like in dahlias or petunia ?
(Part of) the answer is in this publication :
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
(Part of) the answer is in this publication :
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
February 10, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Have you ever wondered why some petal are bicolor ? Like in dahlias or petunia ?
(Part of) the answer is in this publication :
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
(Part of) the answer is in this publication :
doi.org/10.1093/pcp/...
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In our latest preprint we report the unexpected discovery of Epi-STR, an R-stereoselective ortholog of the S-selective canonical Strictosidine synthases (STRs). Found in the rather obscure plant Pogonopus specious. This work was led by my stellar student Clara Morweiser!
#natprod
#PlantScience
#natprod
#PlantScience
February 10, 2026 at 12:07 PM
In our latest preprint we report the unexpected discovery of Epi-STR, an R-stereoselective ortholog of the S-selective canonical Strictosidine synthases (STRs). Found in the rather obscure plant Pogonopus specious. This work was led by my stellar student Clara Morweiser!
#natprod
#PlantScience
#natprod
#PlantScience
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Steam extracts of sassafras bark are generally 90% or more safrole by weight & smell like if heaven had a candy store.
UNFORTUNATELY, in 1960, the FDA banned any use of safrole flavorings, although a number of natural spices contain small amounts: cinnamon, nutmeg, black pepper.
UNFORTUNATELY, in 1960, the FDA banned any use of safrole flavorings, although a number of natural spices contain small amounts: cinnamon, nutmeg, black pepper.
September 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Steam extracts of sassafras bark are generally 90% or more safrole by weight & smell like if heaven had a candy store.
UNFORTUNATELY, in 1960, the FDA banned any use of safrole flavorings, although a number of natural spices contain small amounts: cinnamon, nutmeg, black pepper.
UNFORTUNATELY, in 1960, the FDA banned any use of safrole flavorings, although a number of natural spices contain small amounts: cinnamon, nutmeg, black pepper.
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'A concentration camp is a prison or other facility used for the internment of political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or ethnic minority groups, on the grounds of national security, or for exploitation or punishment.'
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concent...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concent...
Concentration camp - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:34 PM
'A concentration camp is a prison or other facility used for the internment of political prisoners or politically targeted demographics, such as members of national or ethnic minority groups, on the grounds of national security, or for exploitation or punishment.'
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concent...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concent...
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PLETHORA3/7 controls cucumber shoot architecture
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Kerstens et al.
@WileyPlantSci @merijnkerstens.bsky.social @violawillemsen.bsky.social
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Kerstens et al.
@WileyPlantSci @merijnkerstens.bsky.social @violawillemsen.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM
PLETHORA3/7 controls cucumber shoot architecture
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Kerstens et al.
@WileyPlantSci @merijnkerstens.bsky.social @violawillemsen.bsky.social
📖 nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
by Kerstens et al.
@WileyPlantSci @merijnkerstens.bsky.social @violawillemsen.bsky.social
#MicroscopeMonday Cross-section of a Kalanchoe marnieriana leaf, with what appears to be emerging but dormant foliar embryo (a dome) near the top.
Kalanchoe marnieriana is a facultative cloning plant, which normally does not produce plantlets but do produce plantlets when leaves are detached.
Kalanchoe marnieriana is a facultative cloning plant, which normally does not produce plantlets but do produce plantlets when leaves are detached.
February 9, 2026 at 8:53 PM
#MicroscopeMonday Cross-section of a Kalanchoe marnieriana leaf, with what appears to be emerging but dormant foliar embryo (a dome) near the top.
Kalanchoe marnieriana is a facultative cloning plant, which normally does not produce plantlets but do produce plantlets when leaves are detached.
Kalanchoe marnieriana is a facultative cloning plant, which normally does not produce plantlets but do produce plantlets when leaves are detached.
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$1.65M per day in DC alone. That’s approximately two NIH R01 Grant *years* burned per day. Ninety *five year* R01s projects burned in the last seven months with no end in sight.
Instead of lasting scientific advance we get….what?
Civil rights violations and authoritarian replacement of democracy.
Instead of lasting scientific advance we get….what?
Civil rights violations and authoritarian replacement of democracy.
A new report from Democratic members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee finds that the deployment of the National Guard in D.C. is costing $1.65 million a day, and over seven months has hit $332 million. The report is here: hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/upl…
February 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM
$1.65M per day in DC alone. That’s approximately two NIH R01 Grant *years* burned per day. Ninety *five year* R01s projects burned in the last seven months with no end in sight.
Instead of lasting scientific advance we get….what?
Civil rights violations and authoritarian replacement of democracy.
Instead of lasting scientific advance we get….what?
Civil rights violations and authoritarian replacement of democracy.
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Tiny plant, giant genome! 🌱🧬
We’re excited to share the final version of our paper in @GigaScience: the first complete telomere-to-telomere (T2T) assembly of the liverwort Apopellia endiviifolia.
Thanks @ncn.gov.pl
Check out the full open-access study here: doi.org/10.1093/giga...
We’re excited to share the final version of our paper in @GigaScience: the first complete telomere-to-telomere (T2T) assembly of the liverwort Apopellia endiviifolia.
Thanks @ncn.gov.pl
Check out the full open-access study here: doi.org/10.1093/giga...
Giant chromosomes of a tiny plant—the complete telomere-to-telomere genome assembly of the simple thalloid liverwort Apopellia endiviifolia (Jungermanniopsida, Marchantiophyta)
AbstractBackground. The liverwort Apopellia endiviifolia, a dioicous, simple thalloid species, is notable for its cryptic diversity, habitat adaptability,
doi.org
February 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Tiny plant, giant genome! 🌱🧬
We’re excited to share the final version of our paper in @GigaScience: the first complete telomere-to-telomere (T2T) assembly of the liverwort Apopellia endiviifolia.
Thanks @ncn.gov.pl
Check out the full open-access study here: doi.org/10.1093/giga...
We’re excited to share the final version of our paper in @GigaScience: the first complete telomere-to-telomere (T2T) assembly of the liverwort Apopellia endiviifolia.
Thanks @ncn.gov.pl
Check out the full open-access study here: doi.org/10.1093/giga...
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Plants use cell-surface and intracellular receptors that collaborate to detect pathogens🦠. We discovered that a key #ubiquitin recognition event recruits both receptor types into an unexpected dual receptor complex that boost the translation of defence proteins and establishes robust #PlantImmunity👇🏾
February 9, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Plants use cell-surface and intracellular receptors that collaborate to detect pathogens🦠. We discovered that a key #ubiquitin recognition event recruits both receptor types into an unexpected dual receptor complex that boost the translation of defence proteins and establishes robust #PlantImmunity👇🏾
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Aarhus University is seeking a Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Bioinformatics/Co… https://nat.au.dk/en/about-the-faculty/vacant-positions-and-career/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-associate-professor-in-bioinformatics-and-or-computational-biology-at-aarhus-university-denmark #job
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor / Associate Professor in Bioinformatics and/or Computational Biology at Aarhus University, Denmark - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics - BiRC - Bioinformatics Research Center, Aarhus University
nat.au.dk
February 7, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Aarhus University is seeking a Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Bioinformatics/Co… https://nat.au.dk/en/about-the-faculty/vacant-positions-and-career/job/tenure-track-assistant-professor-associate-professor-in-bioinformatics-and-or-computational-biology-at-aarhus-university-denmark #job
It’s fun! And low effort in the sense that it does not require someone to go to the lab to get stuff to work.
February 8, 2026 at 1:32 PM
It’s fun! And low effort in the sense that it does not require someone to go to the lab to get stuff to work.
I think for strawberry one of the subgenomes had an unknown/extinct donor.
February 8, 2026 at 4:19 AM
I think for strawberry one of the subgenomes had an unknown/extinct donor.
Wait, if I cross 2 AABB plants, there 1/2 chance I will get AAAA and BBBB plants back?
February 8, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Wait, if I cross 2 AABB plants, there 1/2 chance I will get AAAA and BBBB plants back?
If this works, we can essentially produce two species out of a single allopolypoid (de-hybridization). If the original donor of a subgenome has already gone extinct, we would be able to de-extinct it for real.
Wow. Sounds so cool in my head.
Wow. Sounds so cool in my head.
February 8, 2026 at 2:14 AM
If this works, we can essentially produce two species out of a single allopolypoid (de-hybridization). If the original donor of a subgenome has already gone extinct, we would be able to de-extinct it for real.
Wow. Sounds so cool in my head.
Wow. Sounds so cool in my head.
I wonder if we can manipulate meiosis in allopolyploids, such that instead of homologs separating, homeologs separate.
Take allopolyploid AABB, normal meiosis generates meiotic products w/ karyotype AB. What if we can manipulate it to make meiotic products w/ karyotypes AA & BB?
#PlantScience
Take allopolyploid AABB, normal meiosis generates meiotic products w/ karyotype AB. What if we can manipulate it to make meiotic products w/ karyotypes AA & BB?
#PlantScience
I wonder how many plant species have gone extinct, but their genomic legacy lives on as intact subgenomes of extant allopolyploids.
February 8, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I wonder if we can manipulate meiosis in allopolyploids, such that instead of homologs separating, homeologs separate.
Take allopolyploid AABB, normal meiosis generates meiotic products w/ karyotype AB. What if we can manipulate it to make meiotic products w/ karyotypes AA & BB?
#PlantScience
Take allopolyploid AABB, normal meiosis generates meiotic products w/ karyotype AB. What if we can manipulate it to make meiotic products w/ karyotypes AA & BB?
#PlantScience
I wonder how many plant species have gone extinct, but their genomic legacy lives on as intact subgenomes of extant allopolyploids.
February 8, 2026 at 1:12 AM
I wonder how many plant species have gone extinct, but their genomic legacy lives on as intact subgenomes of extant allopolyploids.
I feel that Wiley is a bit more ethical.
February 7, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I feel that Wiley is a bit more ethical.
Don't really understand why societies would publish their society journal(s) with Elsevier or NatureSpringer.
Examples: Phytochemistry (Phytochemical Society of North America), J. Biological Chemistry (ASBMB), Molecular Plant ( Chinese Society for Plant Biology)
Examples: Phytochemistry (Phytochemical Society of North America), J. Biological Chemistry (ASBMB), Molecular Plant ( Chinese Society for Plant Biology)
February 7, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Don't really understand why societies would publish their society journal(s) with Elsevier or NatureSpringer.
Examples: Phytochemistry (Phytochemical Society of North America), J. Biological Chemistry (ASBMB), Molecular Plant ( Chinese Society for Plant Biology)
Examples: Phytochemistry (Phytochemical Society of North America), J. Biological Chemistry (ASBMB), Molecular Plant ( Chinese Society for Plant Biology)
Brought with him were 2 to-be-finished manuscripts. His PhD advisor passed away unexpectedly in Aug 2025, and I am stepping up as a co-corresponding author to help Sungkyu push his manuscripts across the finish line. Hope to submit the first manuscript early March.
February 7, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Brought with him were 2 to-be-finished manuscripts. His PhD advisor passed away unexpectedly in Aug 2025, and I am stepping up as a co-corresponding author to help Sungkyu push his manuscripts across the finish line. Hope to submit the first manuscript early March.
Due to circumstances, I'm learning a lot abt thigmomorphogenesis (plant development in response to mechanical stimulation, e.g., touch) in Arabidopsis. My new postdoc Dr. Sungkyu Park joined the lab last month, who did a PhD on plant development in response to leaf removal & mechanical stimulation.
February 7, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Due to circumstances, I'm learning a lot abt thigmomorphogenesis (plant development in response to mechanical stimulation, e.g., touch) in Arabidopsis. My new postdoc Dr. Sungkyu Park joined the lab last month, who did a PhD on plant development in response to leaf removal & mechanical stimulation.
Hot take: Decency is a shared responsibility.
"We got our science budget so we can care less about ICE now" is poor form. As scientists we work to improve the human condition, and guess what, we can improve the human condition right away by abolishing ICE.
"We got our science budget so we can care less about ICE now" is poor form. As scientists we work to improve the human condition, and guess what, we can improve the human condition right away by abolishing ICE.
February 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Hot take: Decency is a shared responsibility.
"We got our science budget so we can care less about ICE now" is poor form. As scientists we work to improve the human condition, and guess what, we can improve the human condition right away by abolishing ICE.
"We got our science budget so we can care less about ICE now" is poor form. As scientists we work to improve the human condition, and guess what, we can improve the human condition right away by abolishing ICE.
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February 7, 2026 at 1:54 PM