Shihui Chen
@shihuichen.bsky.social
Postdoc in @zernickagoetz.bsky.social’s Lab at Caltech | PhD in
@cphil.bsky.social's lab at USC | Mammalian early embryo development, cell fate specification, ZGA
@cphil.bsky.social's lab at USC | Mammalian early embryo development, cell fate specification, ZGA
Reposted by Shihui Chen
AGO–small RNA loading specificity arises from the integration of structural and biochemical features together with the spatiotemporal co-localization of small RNAs and their Argonaute partners bit.ly/48TOrnW
January 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
AGO–small RNA loading specificity arises from the integration of structural and biochemical features together with the spatiotemporal co-localization of small RNAs and their Argonaute partners bit.ly/48TOrnW
New review out! 🧬🪱 How do Argonautes bind the right small RNAs?
We synthesize how small RNA features, Argonaute properties, chaperones, and subcellular organization shape small RNA binding specificity.
rnajournal.cshlp.org/content/earl...
We synthesize how small RNA features, Argonaute properties, chaperones, and subcellular organization shape small RNA binding specificity.
rnajournal.cshlp.org/content/earl...
Decoding Argonaute Specificity: Insights from C. elegans and Beyond
A monthly journal publishing high-quality, peer-reviewed research on all topics related to RNA and its metabolism in all organisms
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December 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New review out! 🧬🪱 How do Argonautes bind the right small RNAs?
We synthesize how small RNA features, Argonaute properties, chaperones, and subcellular organization shape small RNA binding specificity.
rnajournal.cshlp.org/content/earl...
We synthesize how small RNA features, Argonaute properties, chaperones, and subcellular organization shape small RNA binding specificity.
rnajournal.cshlp.org/content/earl...
Reposted by Shihui Chen
Another paper bluetorial! Today: how does the spatial location of genes influence their function? (1/n) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The nuclear periphery confers repression on H3K9me2-marked genes and transposons to shape cell fate - Nature Cell Biology
Marin et al. report the role of lamin proteins and the lamin B receptor (LBR) in chromatin positioning at the nuclear periphery. Knockout of all lamins and LBR in mouse embryonic stem cells leads to h...
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July 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Another paper bluetorial! Today: how does the spatial location of genes influence their function? (1/n) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Shihui Chen
I am thrilled to share our preprint where we take advantage of the unique opportunities offered by human blastoids to uncover a human-specific mechanism potentially playing a role in preimplantation 🧵. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I am thrilled to share our preprint where we take advantage of the unique opportunities offered by human blastoids to uncover a human-specific mechanism potentially playing a role in preimplantation 🧵. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Shihui Chen
Our recent study exploring the mechanisms behind hybrid incompatibility in Caenorhabditis Elegans nematodes is now available at @currentbiology.bsky.social!
Many thanks to my collaborators at UCSD - @odlab.bsky.social @greenbeegreen.bsky.social and the Rifkin Lab!
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Many thanks to my collaborators at UCSD - @odlab.bsky.social @greenbeegreen.bsky.social and the Rifkin Lab!
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Hybrid incompatibility emerges at the one-cell stage in interspecies Caenorhabditis embryos
Bloom et al. show that hybrid incompatibility between Caenorhabditis elegans group
nematode species pairs arises immediately after fertilization, before zygotic gene
expression. Primary defects in spe...
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July 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Our recent study exploring the mechanisms behind hybrid incompatibility in Caenorhabditis Elegans nematodes is now available at @currentbiology.bsky.social!
Many thanks to my collaborators at UCSD - @odlab.bsky.social @greenbeegreen.bsky.social and the Rifkin Lab!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Many thanks to my collaborators at UCSD - @odlab.bsky.social @greenbeegreen.bsky.social and the Rifkin Lab!
www.cell.com/current-biol...
Reposted by Shihui Chen
Finally out! 🥳 Our paper showing how a transposable element (TE) insertion can cause developmental phenotypes is now published @natgenet.nature.com 🧬🦠🐁
Below is a brief description of the major findings. Check the full version of the paper for more details: www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02248-5
Below is a brief description of the major findings. Check the full version of the paper for more details: www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02248-5
Enhancer adoption by an LTR retrotransposon generates viral-like particles, causing developmental limb phenotypes - Nature Genetics
Activation of an LTR retrotransposon inserted upstream of the Fgf8 gene produces viral-like particles in the mouse developing limb, triggering apoptosis and causing limb malformation. This phenotype c...
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July 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Finally out! 🥳 Our paper showing how a transposable element (TE) insertion can cause developmental phenotypes is now published @natgenet.nature.com 🧬🦠🐁
Below is a brief description of the major findings. Check the full version of the paper for more details: www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02248-5
Below is a brief description of the major findings. Check the full version of the paper for more details: www.nature.com/articles/s41588-025-02248-5
Reposted by Shihui Chen
We wrote a review on Transposable Elements (TEs) and almost all aspects of TE silencing and their roles in biological processes & disease.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of transposable elements and their roles in development and disease - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Transposable elements (TEs) comprise nearly half of the human genome. This Review discusses transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms that repress TE activity, how TEs escape this suppressio...
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June 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
We wrote a review on Transposable Elements (TEs) and almost all aspects of TE silencing and their roles in biological processes & disease.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reposted by Shihui Chen
What controls condensate composition and function beyond binding stoichiometry? We show that condensate microenvironments play a key role, and can be probed by a micropeptide killswitch in live cells. www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @nature.com with @yaotianzhang.bsky.social Denes Hnisz & team.
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June 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
What controls condensate composition and function beyond binding stoichiometry? We show that condensate microenvironments play a key role, and can be probed by a micropeptide killswitch in live cells. www.nature.com/articles/s41... in @nature.com with @yaotianzhang.bsky.social Denes Hnisz & team.