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Neuroscientist studying brain control of homeostasis; Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
Joined August 2017
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Bittersweet to send off @LiLi_Phd2017 as he steps into his new role as a tenure-track Assistant Professor! After his PhD with @JohnSpeakman4, Li became a cornerstone of our lab—leading key projects, setting many “firsts” (postdoc fellowship, Seldin Award, career development award, and more), and inspiring junior fellows like @Baijie_Xu to follow suit. Can’t wait to see the new discoveries from his own lab. Good luck, Li—reach out anytime, and visit often! #ProudMentorMoment
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We’re recruiting postdocs & graduate students at UT Southwestern!
Neural control of metabolism | 3 NIH-funded projects | Mentoring toward independence | Alumni in faculty roles
Build on our projects or bring your own ideas!
Visit: chenliulab.us/
New paper today in @NatureComms with Roger Cone’s group @UMLifeSciences: we identify an MC4R–Kir7.1 pathway contributing to clozapine-induced weight gain, and show it can be targeted without diminishing clozapine’s activity in an antipsychotic assay. bit.ly/4qWH0nk 1/🧵
This work was closely connected to Roger’s group, whose complementary @NatureComms paper, defined the structural basis of the ML418–Kir7.1 interaction. bit.ly/3UTEkL010/
Huge congratulations to co-first authors @LiLi_Phd2017, Ciria Hernandez, and Luis Gimenez, and to everyone on both teams. Thanks also to Frank Christlieb and @UTSWNews for helping share the story. bit.ly/4iKQCiI @UTSWInternalMed @UTSWBrain @UTSWNeurosci /end
Congrats to Joel on election to the National Academy of Sciences!
Deeply grateful for your mentorship, guidance, and support over the years.
Great to see fellow colleagues at UT Southwestern recognized as well—congratulations to all.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Chen, Ph.D., Ralph DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D., and Joel Elmquist, D.V.M., Ph.D., on their election to @theNASciences. UTSW now has 27 NAS members, more than all other institutions in Texas and the most in UT Southwestern history.
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Congrats to @Baijie_Xu on receiving the 2026 AHA Career Development Award! True resilience. Selected last year, but the award was rescinded due to visa timing during the government shutdown. Undeterred, he returned with stronger data and earned it again. #ProudMentorMoment 👏
Excited to share new work by @Baijie_Xu and @LiLi_Phd2017, out today in @NeuroCellPress (shorturl.at/wDEZU). We identify a developmental fate switch in the brain shaping lifelong obesity risk. @UTSWNews @UTSWInternalMed @UTSWBrain @UTSWNeurosci @UTSWScience 1/🧵👇
In today’s high-fat, high-sugar world, this same mechanism backfires, increasing vulnerability to obesity. Blocking the switch blunts hyperphagic responses to high-fat diets, highlighting how developmental programs shape adult metabolic health. 9/
Huge congrats to the whole team, especially @Baijie_Xu on a second major discovery in just two years! So well deserved and wishing you every success as this work adds momentum to your ongoing faculty search. 10/