He/Him
In Dr. Ajo-Franklin’s lab, I am focusing on characterizing and engineering the extracellular electron transfer pathway in probiotic lactic acid bacteria and in microbial community. The long term goal of my project is to create probiotic bioelectronic sensors to assist rapid drug monitoring and disease diagnosis in situ.
Favorite Scientist: Albert Einstein
Education: Ph.D. student, Biochemistry & Cell Biology Program
B.S. Biological Science, Wuhan University, 2019
siliangli at rice dot edu
C. Ajo-Franklin Group Publications:
“Microbial bioelectronic sensors for environmental monitoring.“ S. Li, X. Zuo, M. D. Carpenter, R. Verduzco, C. M. Ajo-Franklin. Nature Reviews Bioengineering (2024).
“Characterizing Mediated Extracellular Electron Transfer in Lactic Acid Bacteria with a Three-electrode, Two-chamber Bioelectrochemical System.” R. A. C. Alba, S. Li, B. B. Kundu, C. M. Ajo-Franklin, R. Cai. Journal of Visualized Experiments (2024).
“Selective bioelectronic sensing of pharmacologically relevant quinones using extracellular electron transfer in Lactiplantibacillus plantarum,” S. Li, C. De Groote Tavares, J. G. Tolar, C. M. Ajo-Franklin, Biosensors and Bioelectronics (2023)
“Extracellular electron uptake from a cathode by the lactic acid bacterium Lactiplantibacillus plantarum,” S. Tejedor-Sanz, S. Li, B. Kundu, C. M. Ajo-Franklin, Frontiers in Microbiology (2023)
“The Differing Roles of Flavins and Quinones in Extracellular Electron Transfer in Lactiplantibacillus plantarum,” J. G. Tolar, Siliang Li, & C. M. Ajo-Franklin, Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2022)
“Extracellular electron transfer increases fermentation in lactic acid bacteria via a hybrid metabolism,” S. Tejedor-Sanz, E. T. Stevens, Siliang Li, P. Finnegan, J. Nelson, A. Knoessen, S. H. Light, C. M. Ajo-Franklin, and M. L. Marco, eLife (2022).