Zhikai Liang
@shanwai1234.bsky.social
Assistant professor @NDSU; Computational biologist 🌽🫛🫘🍻❄️🔥☀️🪴🌾 http://zlianglab.github.io
Happy to see my PhD student 𝐅𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧 presenting one of his research projects at @ndepscor.bsky.social annual conference just since he officially started 3 months in the lab!
October 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Happy to see my PhD student 𝐅𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐚𝐧 presenting one of his research projects at @ndepscor.bsky.social annual conference just since he officially started 3 months in the lab!
Our lab’s first field harvest at Prosper ND with our amazing folks!
August 30, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Our lab’s first field harvest at Prosper ND with our amazing folks!
Amazon shipped a box of diaper to my office …
August 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Amazon shipped a box of diaper to my office …
We finally get our brand new LED growth chamber today and have an alternative to waiting in line for the shared equipment!
June 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We finally get our brand new LED growth chamber today and have an alternative to waiting in line for the shared equipment!
Shipped out >120 lb packages today
May 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Shipped out >120 lb packages today
Our first field season is kicking off!
April 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Our first field season is kicking off!
Preparing 50 trays with 4,800 slots for our first large-scale sampling effort
April 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Preparing 50 trays with 4,800 slots for our first large-scale sampling effort
Proud to see my first PhD student, Ced Fernandez, present his first project on heat stress response at the 2025 Maize Genetics Conference just after he joined our lab for 10 months!
March 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Proud to see my first PhD student, Ced Fernandez, present his first project on heat stress response at the 2025 Maize Genetics Conference just after he joined our lab for 10 months!
Eventually, we have our own lab space today!
February 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Eventually, we have our own lab space today!
After intense data collection and exploring research goals, we finally held our first lab meeting in a while. Excited to see where this next phase takes us!
January 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
After intense data collection and exploring research goals, we finally held our first lab meeting in a while. Excited to see where this next phase takes us!
Growing batches of plants for a new experiment on the Christmas Eve
December 24, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Growing batches of plants for a new experiment on the Christmas Eve
Thank you @ndsurca.bsky.social for your support and helping us drive innovation!
December 18, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Thank you @ndsurca.bsky.social for your support and helping us drive innovation!
Leaves on a wild barley are much glossier than those on barley cultivars
November 30, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Leaves on a wild barley are much glossier than those on barley cultivars
Our first emasculation work in spring wheats
November 23, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Our first emasculation work in spring wheats