Xinming Xu
@xinmingxu.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher at Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL)🇳🇱
Plant microbiome👩🏻🔬& Bioinformatics👩🏻💻 specialist
Photographer🎞️
Plant microbiome👩🏻🔬& Bioinformatics👩🏻💻 specialist
Photographer🎞️
what a nice reunion in 🇪🇸🥰
Thank you, Dirk-Jan! We indeed enjoyed it with our Birmingham-Leiden collaboration group!
(Not tapas but restaurant part)
-with @marccamb.bsky.social @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social @xinmingxu.bsky.social and María Negre Rodríguez
(Not tapas but restaurant part)
-with @marccamb.bsky.social @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social @xinmingxu.bsky.social and María Negre Rodríguez
November 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
what a nice reunion in 🇪🇸🥰
Reposted by Xinming Xu
Reposted by Xinming Xu
See our review on SynComs for tree microbiome engineering by @marccamb.bsky.social @xinmingxu.bsky.social @sofiaifgomes.bsky.social @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social
seed grant between @imibirmingham.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social & @unileiden.bsky.social
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seed grant between @imibirmingham.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social & @unileiden.bsky.social
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July 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
See our review on SynComs for tree microbiome engineering by @marccamb.bsky.social @xinmingxu.bsky.social @sofiaifgomes.bsky.social @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social
seed grant between @imibirmingham.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social & @unileiden.bsky.social
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seed grant between @imibirmingham.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social & @unileiden.bsky.social
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New #openaccess opinion piece, the first of our brilliant collaboration with @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social @sofiaifgomes.bsky.social @xinmingxu.bsky.social & @marccamb.bsky.social - thanks to @unibirmingham.bsky.social and @unileiden.bsky.social for funding!
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Synthetic microbial communities for studying and engineering the tree microbiome: challenges and opportunities
Trees are essential to ecosystems in both natural and urban environments, yet they are increasingly threatened by abiotic and biotic stresses linked t…
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July 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New #openaccess opinion piece, the first of our brilliant collaboration with @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social @sofiaifgomes.bsky.social @xinmingxu.bsky.social & @marccamb.bsky.social - thanks to @unibirmingham.bsky.social and @unileiden.bsky.social for funding!
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I needed google translate to read into this blog, but appreciated the honesty of @xinmingxu.bsky.social on her academic path, the @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social cover, and the test of co-authors' friendships while preparing the connected SynCom review
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/QH_TPdhSpk...
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/QH_TPdhSpk...
July 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I needed google translate to read into this blog, but appreciated the honesty of @xinmingxu.bsky.social on her academic path, the @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social cover, and the test of co-authors' friendships while preparing the connected SynCom review
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/QH_TPdhSpk...
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/QH_TPdhSpk...
Closing keynote by Eran Elinava🌙🦠 at #FEMS2025
Eran explained why circadian rhythms matters——Industrial evolution allow us disrupt day-night cycles which highly boost human productivity; we can work night shifts and fly over time zones
It’s time to unlock the power of microbe clock 🌱🕒 #FEMS2025
Eran explained why circadian rhythms matters——Industrial evolution allow us disrupt day-night cycles which highly boost human productivity; we can work night shifts and fly over time zones
It’s time to unlock the power of microbe clock 🌱🕒 #FEMS2025
July 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
FEMS wouldn’t be complete without plant microbes! 🌿🦠
Ines Mandic Mulec hosts today’s plant-microbe interactions session, opening with Tessa Reid from Rothamsted Research.
Did you know the wheat genome is five times bigger than the human genome?!
Ines Mandic Mulec hosts today’s plant-microbe interactions session, opening with Tessa Reid from Rothamsted Research.
Did you know the wheat genome is five times bigger than the human genome?!
July 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
FEMS wouldn’t be complete without plant microbes! 🌿🦠
Ines Mandic Mulec hosts today’s plant-microbe interactions session, opening with Tessa Reid from Rothamsted Research.
Did you know the wheat genome is five times bigger than the human genome?!
Ines Mandic Mulec hosts today’s plant-microbe interactions session, opening with Tessa Reid from Rothamsted Research.
Did you know the wheat genome is five times bigger than the human genome?!
Now at #FEMS2025:
Soil Biotechnology & Agriculture session chaired by Ivica Dimkić.
Kicking off with Maria Elena Antinori’s talk on regenerative agriculture and microbial solutions.
Soil Biotechnology & Agriculture session chaired by Ivica Dimkić.
Kicking off with Maria Elena Antinori’s talk on regenerative agriculture and microbial solutions.
July 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Now at #FEMS2025:
Soil Biotechnology & Agriculture session chaired by Ivica Dimkić.
Kicking off with Maria Elena Antinori’s talk on regenerative agriculture and microbial solutions.
Soil Biotechnology & Agriculture session chaired by Ivica Dimkić.
Kicking off with Maria Elena Antinori’s talk on regenerative agriculture and microbial solutions.
Tuesday morning started from space 🚀🌕!
As a microbiologist, there’s hardly anything cooler than sending soil samples into space for experiments!
Prof. Janet Knutson Jansson opened today’s session on how space environmental factors affects soil microbial communities
#FEMS2025
As a microbiologist, there’s hardly anything cooler than sending soil samples into space for experiments!
Prof. Janet Knutson Jansson opened today’s session on how space environmental factors affects soil microbial communities
#FEMS2025
July 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Tuesday morning started from space 🚀🌕!
As a microbiologist, there’s hardly anything cooler than sending soil samples into space for experiments!
Prof. Janet Knutson Jansson opened today’s session on how space environmental factors affects soil microbial communities
#FEMS2025
As a microbiologist, there’s hardly anything cooler than sending soil samples into space for experiments!
Prof. Janet Knutson Jansson opened today’s session on how space environmental factors affects soil microbial communities
#FEMS2025
Here I come! Milano 🇮🇹
Excited to be here for #FEMS2025 🎉
Come find me and let’s chat about FalconSyn👀(if you wonder what it is! 🌱)
📅 Date: 17 July Thursday
📍 Poster Number: 297.17P
Excited to be here for #FEMS2025 🎉
Come find me and let’s chat about FalconSyn👀(if you wonder what it is! 🌱)
📅 Date: 17 July Thursday
📍 Poster Number: 297.17P
July 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Here I come! Milano 🇮🇹
Excited to be here for #FEMS2025 🎉
Come find me and let’s chat about FalconSyn👀(if you wonder what it is! 🌱)
📅 Date: 17 July Thursday
📍 Poster Number: 297.17P
Excited to be here for #FEMS2025 🎉
Come find me and let’s chat about FalconSyn👀(if you wonder what it is! 🌱)
📅 Date: 17 July Thursday
📍 Poster Number: 297.17P
Just like last year, this was definitely the highlight of my year.
Thanks to all the hard work and fun with my girls 🥰
Thanks to all the hard work and fun with my girls 🥰
July 1, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just like last year, this was definitely the highlight of my year.
Thanks to all the hard work and fun with my girls 🥰
Thanks to all the hard work and fun with my girls 🥰
I absolutely love this illustration for our review!!
My favorite little microbe 🦠 is definitely this one!
What about you?😆
Many many thanks to the great artist 🥰@lizahaart.bsky.social
My favorite little microbe 🦠 is definitely this one!
What about you?😆
Many many thanks to the great artist 🥰@lizahaart.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I absolutely love this illustration for our review!!
My favorite little microbe 🦠 is definitely this one!
What about you?😆
Many many thanks to the great artist 🥰@lizahaart.bsky.social
My favorite little microbe 🦠 is definitely this one!
What about you?😆
Many many thanks to the great artist 🥰@lizahaart.bsky.social
Very much appreciated the hosting by @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social & @marccamb.bsky.social!
I loved all the discussions we had—both scientific and non-scientific 🥰 Looking forward to seeing this collaboration—and even more so, the friendship—continue. Also, amazing work about 🌲🦠
I loved all the discussions we had—both scientific and non-scientific 🥰 Looking forward to seeing this collaboration—and even more so, the friendship—continue. Also, amazing work about 🌲🦠
July 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Very much appreciated the hosting by @jamesemcdonald.bsky.social & @marccamb.bsky.social!
I loved all the discussions we had—both scientific and non-scientific 🥰 Looking forward to seeing this collaboration—and even more so, the friendship—continue. Also, amazing work about 🌲🦠
I loved all the discussions we had—both scientific and non-scientific 🥰 Looking forward to seeing this collaboration—and even more so, the friendship—continue. Also, amazing work about 🌲🦠
Have you ever written a review with your best friends? Let me tell you, it's the ultimate testimony to true friendship! 😱Like a SynCom: if you want to play a symphony and help the plant thrive, you have to collaborate!
Check out our new publication:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kdNr_,2Ci...
Check out our new publication:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kdNr_,2Ci...
February 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Have you ever written a review with your best friends? Let me tell you, it's the ultimate testimony to true friendship! 😱Like a SynCom: if you want to play a symphony and help the plant thrive, you have to collaborate!
Check out our new publication:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kdNr_,2Ci...
Check out our new publication:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1kdNr_,2Ci...
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Join the MicroClock team and work on the discovery of the Bacillus subtilis circadian clock components: #PostDocPosition in Leiden 🇳🇱 via the @microclockerc.bsky.social #ERCSyG project
Deadline: 17 January
www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
please share with your network🙏
Deadline: 17 January
www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
please share with your network🙏
January 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Join the MicroClock team and work on the discovery of the Bacillus subtilis circadian clock components: #PostDocPosition in Leiden 🇳🇱 via the @microclockerc.bsky.social #ERCSyG project
Deadline: 17 January
www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
please share with your network🙏
Deadline: 17 January
www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...
please share with your network🙏
Reposted by Xinming Xu
How to write a grant?
1. The application is for the reviewer, not you, the applicant.
2. Communicate in stories.
3. Make your story cohesive—leave no puzzling gaps.
4. Make your story resonate to keep the reviewer reading.
5. Accept chance and noise in peer-review.
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
November 24, 2024 at 3:38 PM
How to write a grant?
1. The application is for the reviewer, not you, the applicant.
2. Communicate in stories.
3. Make your story cohesive—leave no puzzling gaps.
4. Make your story resonate to keep the reviewer reading.
5. Accept chance and noise in peer-review.
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....
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Our new paper is published in Scientific Data describing the genome sequences of 121 Bacillales isolates from all around the world
-together with @tilmweber.bsky.social
Joint DTU-BGI PhD project and nice collaborative effort providing the isolates
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Bacillus
-together with @tilmweber.bsky.social
Joint DTU-BGI PhD project and nice collaborative effort providing the isolates
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Bacillus
November 21, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Our new paper is published in Scientific Data describing the genome sequences of 121 Bacillales isolates from all around the world
-together with @tilmweber.bsky.social
Joint DTU-BGI PhD project and nice collaborative effort providing the isolates
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Bacillus
-together with @tilmweber.bsky.social
Joint DTU-BGI PhD project and nice collaborative effort providing the isolates
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Bacillus
Me supervising my supervisor， who is only in the lab once per year @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social
November 21, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Me supervising my supervisor， who is only in the lab once per year @evolvedbiofilm.bsky.social