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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White-mouth moray - Gymnothorax meleagris
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #giliair #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #morayeel #eel #moray
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #giliair #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #morayeel #eel #moray
January 17, 2026 at 6:22 PM
White-mouth moray - Gymnothorax meleagris
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #giliair #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #morayeel #eel #moray
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #trawangan #diveandstay #giliair #pets #ocean #sealife #marinelife #padi #morayeel #eel #moray
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Happy to share the pre-print on GEMMIFER, a novel ERF required for the initiation of gemma in Marchantia. One of the coolest phenotypes that I have ever seen. Congratulations to Yuki and Go, who led this research. #PlantScience @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
January 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Happy to share the pre-print on GEMMIFER, a novel ERF required for the initiation of gemma in Marchantia. One of the coolest phenotypes that I have ever seen. Congratulations to Yuki and Go, who led this research. #PlantScience @biorxiv-plants.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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NSF needs to hear from you. Among other points, I suggested: keep politics out of science; stop using the threat of cancelling scientific grants to try to control universities; increase NSF funding for fundamental research. Pls send around. Deadline is January 27. Thanks
www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...
www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...
NSF seeks public input on its Fiscal Year (FY) 2026–2030 NSF Strategic Plan
www.nsf.gov
January 17, 2026 at 2:41 AM
NSF needs to hear from you. Among other points, I suggested: keep politics out of science; stop using the threat of cancelling scientific grants to try to control universities; increase NSF funding for fundamental research. Pls send around. Deadline is January 27. Thanks
www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...
www.nsf.gov/od/updates/n...
Wow gross
ICE/CBP is following school busses now.
My husband (a school bus driver) was just in an urgent all-hands meeting about it this afternoon.
My husband (a school bus driver) was just in an urgent all-hands meeting about it this afternoon.
January 17, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Wow gross
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1/ Donald Trump isn't the first person to be given someone else's Nobel Prize medal. The last recipient of an unearned Nobel medal was none other than Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels, at the instigation of Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. ⬇️
January 16, 2026 at 6:35 PM
1/ Donald Trump isn't the first person to be given someone else's Nobel Prize medal. The last recipient of an unearned Nobel medal was none other than Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels, at the instigation of Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. ⬇️
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A new chapter begins! From February, I’ll be joining the @tum.de as an Independent Group Leader in the Chair of Plant Systems Biology. Beyond excited for this next step, while feeling very grateful (and a little sad) to be leaving the @schaedellab.bsky.social 🔬🌱
January 16, 2026 at 3:47 PM
A new chapter begins! From February, I’ll be joining the @tum.de as an Independent Group Leader in the Chair of Plant Systems Biology. Beyond excited for this next step, while feeling very grateful (and a little sad) to be leaving the @schaedellab.bsky.social 🔬🌱
Frieren Friday is back
January 16, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Frieren Friday is back
First petal infiltration in the lab. Lower right corner petal is control.
January 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
First petal infiltration in the lab. Lower right corner petal is control.
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So pleased to share this work on alkaloid biosynthesis.
Great collaboration with @unsworthchem.bsky.social. Well done to all authors. We have found key alkaloid producing enzymes that look like those normally found in bacteria.
www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Great collaboration with @unsworthchem.bsky.social. Well done to all authors. We have found key alkaloid producing enzymes that look like those normally found in bacteria.
www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
January 15, 2026 at 10:10 AM
So pleased to share this work on alkaloid biosynthesis.
Great collaboration with @unsworthchem.bsky.social. Well done to all authors. We have found key alkaloid producing enzymes that look like those normally found in bacteria.
www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
Great collaboration with @unsworthchem.bsky.social. Well done to all authors. We have found key alkaloid producing enzymes that look like those normally found in bacteria.
www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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Baby Squid Kindergarten 🦑🫧 ͛.*
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Baby Squid Kindergarten 🦑🫧 ͛.*
It's only tyrannical if the gov is lead by woke people. You don't see NRA rise up against the kkk.
January 16, 2026 at 1:10 PM
It's only tyrannical if the gov is lead by woke people. You don't see NRA rise up against the kkk.
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These are just the first parts and flowers of OpenFlower, a nonprofit aimed at creating designer flowers for art & education as a community 🧬✨
Stay tuned for exciting announcements!
Stay tuned for exciting announcements!
January 16, 2026 at 9:32 AM
These are just the first parts and flowers of OpenFlower, a nonprofit aimed at creating designer flowers for art & education as a community 🧬✨
Stay tuned for exciting announcements!
Stay tuned for exciting announcements!
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Inspired by the story, I created a petunia with 5 differently colored petals using new genes I made, AMBER & GOLD that I just published here: doi.org/10.64898/202...
Similar to RUBY, these polycistronic genes encode yellow, fluorescent betaxanthins 💛🧡
Similar to RUBY, these polycistronic genes encode yellow, fluorescent betaxanthins 💛🧡
January 16, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Inspired by the story, I created a petunia with 5 differently colored petals using new genes I made, AMBER & GOLD that I just published here: doi.org/10.64898/202...
Similar to RUBY, these polycistronic genes encode yellow, fluorescent betaxanthins 💛🧡
Similar to RUBY, these polycistronic genes encode yellow, fluorescent betaxanthins 💛🧡
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Why I’m genetically engineering a rainbow flower…
And how a Russian fairy tale inspired the idea 🧵
And how a Russian fairy tale inspired the idea 🧵
January 16, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Why I’m genetically engineering a rainbow flower…
And how a Russian fairy tale inspired the idea 🧵
And how a Russian fairy tale inspired the idea 🧵
I’m pretty sure they care more about skin tone than papers.
“Noem: U.S. Citizens Should Be Prepared To Show Proof.”
Did you vote for a “Show Me Your Papers” society?
Did you vote for a “Show Me Your Papers” society?
January 16, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I’m pretty sure they care more about skin tone than papers.
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Ever wondered if diverse plant species respond similarly when infected by the same exact pathogen? Infect different asterids and rosids with the same Botrytis genotypes and teh short answer, quite differently.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
@annajomu.bsky.social @ccaseys.bsky.social
(1/3)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
@annajomu.bsky.social @ccaseys.bsky.social
(1/3)
A multi-plant transcriptomic atlas reveals conserved and lineage specific defense architectures in response to Botrytis cinerea
Generalist pathogens pose a challenge to plant immunity by infecting diverse hosts while harboring extensive intraspecific genetic variation. Whether evolutionary distant plant lineages rely on a shar...
www.biorxiv.org
January 15, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Ever wondered if diverse plant species respond similarly when infected by the same exact pathogen? Infect different asterids and rosids with the same Botrytis genotypes and teh short answer, quite differently.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
@annajomu.bsky.social @ccaseys.bsky.social
(1/3)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
@annajomu.bsky.social @ccaseys.bsky.social
(1/3)
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The circadian clock gates lateral root development https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.14.699582v1
January 15, 2026 at 11:01 PM
The circadian clock gates lateral root development https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.01.14.699582v1
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Scientist Spotted 🦏 Advait Jukar, Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology here at the Museum, quoted in a National Geographic article about woolly rhino tissue recovered from the stomachs of mummified wolf puppies in northeastern Siberia:
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
🐺🐺
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
🐺🐺
Researchers recover a woolly rhino genome from inside a frozen wolf's stomach
The work marks the first time an Ice Age animal’s complete genome has been recovered from tissue preserved inside another ancient animal.
www.nationalgeographic.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Scientist Spotted 🦏 Advait Jukar, Assistant Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology here at the Museum, quoted in a National Geographic article about woolly rhino tissue recovered from the stomachs of mummified wolf puppies in northeastern Siberia:
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
🐺🐺
www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...
🐺🐺
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We had *one* Black president and that was enough to drive a non-inconsequential portion of the American electorate insane enough to go, "Well, there goes the neighborhood. Look what Democracy brought us! Time to pivot to ethno-nationalist authoritarianism!"
Softer than baby shit.
Softer than baby shit.
January 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
We had *one* Black president and that was enough to drive a non-inconsequential portion of the American electorate insane enough to go, "Well, there goes the neighborhood. Look what Democracy brought us! Time to pivot to ethno-nationalist authoritarianism!"
Softer than baby shit.
Softer than baby shit.
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(I continue to think that if we're going to try to de-extinct something, it would be much better to pick something where we as a species are not actively destroying that species' habitat. The American Chestnut, for example, which is basically functionally extinct, would be a great candidate)
January 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM
(I continue to think that if we're going to try to de-extinct something, it would be much better to pick something where we as a species are not actively destroying that species' habitat. The American Chestnut, for example, which is basically functionally extinct, would be a great candidate)
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TF-MINDI is out! A new method to learn cis-regulatory codes through rich embeddings of TF binding sites. TF-MINDI decomposes motif neighbourhoods, and works downstream of any sequence-to-function deep learning model. We deeply study the enhancer code in human neural development, check out the thread
January 15, 2026 at 12:32 PM
TF-MINDI is out! A new method to learn cis-regulatory codes through rich embeddings of TF binding sites. TF-MINDI decomposes motif neighbourhoods, and works downstream of any sequence-to-function deep learning model. We deeply study the enhancer code in human neural development, check out the thread
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This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:31 PM
This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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Were you considering applying to the 2026 GRC on Salt and Water Stress? Do you want to give an oral presentation? We are over 60% full, so apply soon! Consideration for oral presentations from submitted abstracts will occur on March 9, 2026. www.grc.org/salt-and-wat... Please re-post!
2026 Salt and Water Stress in Plants Conference GRC
The 2026 Gordon Research Conference on Salt and Water Stress in Plants will be held in Les Diablerets, Vaud (fr) Switzerland. Apply today to reserve your spot.
www.grc.org
January 14, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Were you considering applying to the 2026 GRC on Salt and Water Stress? Do you want to give an oral presentation? We are over 60% full, so apply soon! Consideration for oral presentations from submitted abstracts will occur on March 9, 2026. www.grc.org/salt-and-wat... Please re-post!
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This position is still open. The Weisberg lab is recruiting a postdoc or Ph.D. student to study horizontal gene transfer in plant-associated microbial communities. Please see the job ad for more information and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!
The Weisberg Lab at Oregon State University is recruiting a postdoctoral scholar in molecular microbiology to study mobile genetic element host range and transmission in microbial communities. Please see the full job description here: files-dev.cqls.oregonstate.edu/Weisberg_Lab...
January 14, 2026 at 11:57 PM
This position is still open. The Weisberg lab is recruiting a postdoc or Ph.D. student to study horizontal gene transfer in plant-associated microbial communities. Please see the job ad for more information and feel free to contact me if you have any questions!
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PhD position open in my team @uuplants.bsky.social !
Join us to investigate how sorghum roots interact with recently discovered Suberin-Inducing Microbes! More details: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Please share!
Join us to investigate how sorghum roots interact with recently discovered Suberin-Inducing Microbes! More details: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Please share!
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 AM
PhD position open in my team @uuplants.bsky.social !
Join us to investigate how sorghum roots interact with recently discovered Suberin-Inducing Microbes! More details: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Please share!
Join us to investigate how sorghum roots interact with recently discovered Suberin-Inducing Microbes! More details: www.uu.nl/en/organisat...
Please share!