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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Plz RP. Come join us at @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk to study effector-targeted plant processes impacting plant cell biology and development.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
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November 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Plz RP. Come join us at @slcuplants.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk to study effector-targeted plant processes impacting plant cell biology and development.
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/post-do...
www.schornacklab.net
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UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
After faculty raise concerns, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor says university will not sign Trump's higher ed compact
Lee Roberts called the "preferential treatment" proposal a clear infringement on academic freedom.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
Some small and cute callus from first batch of tissue culture experiment in the lab.
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Some small and cute callus from first batch of tissue culture experiment in the lab.
Submitted our NSF proposal. It was rated outstanding by the panel last year, but unfortunately there wasn’t enough funding from the NSF to fund it. Trying it again and hoping for the best.
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Submitted our NSF proposal. It was rated outstanding by the panel last year, but unfortunately there wasn’t enough funding from the NSF to fund it. Trying it again and hoping for the best.
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Finally out! We measured mutations in tetraploid potato. Highlights:
- higher mutation rates in L1 than L2
- even higher rates and a distinct oxidative stress signature outside of meristems
- lower mutation rates in genes everywhere we looked
More 👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2514507122
- higher mutation rates in L1 than L2
- even higher rates and a distinct oxidative stress signature outside of meristems
- lower mutation rates in genes everywhere we looked
More 👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2514507122
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November 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Finally out! We measured mutations in tetraploid potato. Highlights:
- higher mutation rates in L1 than L2
- even higher rates and a distinct oxidative stress signature outside of meristems
- lower mutation rates in genes everywhere we looked
More 👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2514507122
- higher mutation rates in L1 than L2
- even higher rates and a distinct oxidative stress signature outside of meristems
- lower mutation rates in genes everywhere we looked
More 👇
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2514507122
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Reposted by Chenxin Li, PhD
Something interesting. I first saw this in a teaching greenhouse, but now confirmed in my lab light shelves! In long days (16L8D), my Kalanchoe grew clones (first pic). In short days (8L16D), no clones. Short day grown plants also lack anthocyanin (red patches under the leaf). #PlantScience
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Something interesting. I first saw this in a teaching greenhouse, but now confirmed in my lab light shelves! In long days (16L8D), my Kalanchoe grew clones (first pic). In short days (8L16D), no clones. Short day grown plants also lack anthocyanin (red patches under the leaf). #PlantScience
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Pre-ACA, I was a postdoc on an NSF fellowship at a university that didn't offer employment benefits to independent fellows. At that time, being a woman meant that my premiums were double that of my male counterparts. The extra cost came out of my grant's budget for benefits, equipment, and travel.
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Pre-ACA, I was a postdoc on an NSF fellowship at a university that didn't offer employment benefits to independent fellows. At that time, being a woman meant that my premiums were double that of my male counterparts. The extra cost came out of my grant's budget for benefits, equipment, and travel.
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this looks very interesting with numerous implications for nuclear biology and gene expression.
Mapping chromatin structure at base-pair resolution unveils a unified model of cis-regulatory element interactions: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Mapping chromatin structure at base-pair resolution unveils a unified model of cis-regulatory element interactions: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Mapping chromatin structure at base-pair resolution unveils a unified model of cis-regulatory element interactions
Li et al. apply base-pair resolution Micro Capture-C ultra to map chromatin contacts
between individual motifs within cis-regulatory elements and reveal a unified model
of biophysically mediated enhan...
www.cell.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
this looks very interesting with numerous implications for nuclear biology and gene expression.
Mapping chromatin structure at base-pair resolution unveils a unified model of cis-regulatory element interactions: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Mapping chromatin structure at base-pair resolution unveils a unified model of cis-regulatory element interactions: Cell www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Just a reminder that the application deadline for the @uncbiology.bsky.social tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology position closes in a week (Nov 17). Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Just a reminder that the application deadline for the @uncbiology.bsky.social tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology position closes in a week (Nov 17). Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
New paper is online! We used single cell RNA-seq & phylogenetics to identify 2 additional cell type specific TFs that control late-stage vinca alkaloid biosynthesis. The key insights originated from Camptotheca, another species that produces alkaloids. doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #PlantScience #SecMet
November 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
New paper is online! We used single cell RNA-seq & phylogenetics to identify 2 additional cell type specific TFs that control late-stage vinca alkaloid biosynthesis. The key insights originated from Camptotheca, another species that produces alkaloids. doi.org/10.1111/nph.... #PlantScience #SecMet
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🧬 Interested in dissecting dose-dependent transcriptional regulation through epigenome editing and synthetic biology for your PhD? Apply by 07.01.2026 to join the lab of @eddaschulz.bsky.social @molgen.mpg.de & #IMPRS-BAC #gradschool.
👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/5099133/schu...
👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/5099133/schu...
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🧬 Interested in dissecting dose-dependent transcriptional regulation through epigenome editing and synthetic biology for your PhD? Apply by 07.01.2026 to join the lab of @eddaschulz.bsky.social @molgen.mpg.de & #IMPRS-BAC #gradschool.
👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/5099133/schu...
👉 www.molgen.mpg.de/5099133/schu...
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There are lots of answers out there that are beautiful because the truth of the system is beautiful. If I find one of these beautiful facts, it doesn’t make me brilliant. Just right place and right time. True scientific heroes acknowledge that fact.
November 9, 2025 at 12:35 AM
There are lots of answers out there that are beautiful because the truth of the system is beautiful. If I find one of these beautiful facts, it doesn’t make me brilliant. Just right place and right time. True scientific heroes acknowledge that fact.
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But Watson became world famous, not because of the quality of his work per se, but because he was the first to grasp the answer and the answer was so beautiful and full of implications.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
But Watson became world famous, not because of the quality of his work per se, but because he was the first to grasp the answer and the answer was so beautiful and full of implications.
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Aaron Klug, a leading crystallographer and a close colleague of Franklin’s working on the structures of viruses, believed that she would have discovered it, but more slowly because she was a careful and methodical scientist as opposed to Watson’s undisciplined rush to the answer.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Aaron Klug, a leading crystallographer and a close colleague of Franklin’s working on the structures of viruses, believed that she would have discovered it, but more slowly because she was a careful and methodical scientist as opposed to Watson’s undisciplined rush to the answer.
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He is focused on winning the race to the structure rather than finding out what the structure is. He objectifies women and treats them quite disrespectfully. He is quick to point out the flaws of many of his colleagues.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
He is focused on winning the race to the structure rather than finding out what the structure is. He objectifies women and treats them quite disrespectfully. He is quick to point out the flaws of many of his colleagues.
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He may not have fully understood this, but Crick did because of his work on helical diffraction. The question of where the bases were remained. According to The Double Helix, Watson was focused on this and eventually figured out the A-T and G-C pairing that proved so important.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
He may not have fully understood this, but Crick did because of his work on helical diffraction. The question of where the bases were remained. According to The Double Helix, Watson was focused on this and eventually figured out the A-T and G-C pairing that proved so important.
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Watson was an opportunist. He took advantage of Crick’s command of crystallography and managed to get access to Franklin’s experimental data including the famous Photography 51 which reveal a simple cross-like diffraction pattern of DNA in high humidity.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Watson was an opportunist. He took advantage of Crick’s command of crystallography and managed to get access to Franklin’s experimental data including the famous Photography 51 which reveal a simple cross-like diffraction pattern of DNA in high humidity.
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I recently moved my lab to Purdue University and am looking for graduate students. We are working at the interface of population genomics, quantitative genetics and functional genomics to understand how plants adapt to extreme environments. Reach out if you would like to discuss potential projects.
November 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I recently moved my lab to Purdue University and am looking for graduate students. We are working at the interface of population genomics, quantitative genetics and functional genomics to understand how plants adapt to extreme environments. Reach out if you would like to discuss potential projects.
#PlantSciences Are there any mutants that are otherwise somewhat normal/healthy but lack endoreduplication?
#PlantSciences Is there a mutation that prevents endoreduplications in plants?
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
#PlantSciences Are there any mutants that are otherwise somewhat normal/healthy but lack endoreduplication?
I was surprised to see the structural similarity btw jasmonic acid and prostaglandin. They are both synthesized from fatty acids, having a 5-member ring with a ketone. They even have functional analogy: JA is a signal for herbivory damage; PG mediates pain, fever, and inflammation.
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I was surprised to see the structural similarity btw jasmonic acid and prostaglandin. They are both synthesized from fatty acids, having a 5-member ring with a ketone. They even have functional analogy: JA is a signal for herbivory damage; PG mediates pain, fever, and inflammation.
#PlantSciences Is there a mutation that prevents endoreduplications in plants?
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
#PlantSciences Is there a mutation that prevents endoreduplications in plants?