Assist Prof at UIUC Plant Bio #NewPI. NSF Postdoc UConn EEB. PhD Harvard OEB. Erasmus MEME evobio alumna. She/Her. Lover of ALL plants.
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Development; Evolution; Evo-Devo; Microscopy; Meristems.
Lived in 🇨🇳🇯🇵🇸🇪🇫🇷🇩🇪🇺🇸
www.minyaaa.com
闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD
It went so well last year so we decided to offer our graphic design and figure making workshop again at #botany2026!
Happy the first #FluorescentFriday of pride month! 🏳️🌈🔬💐
#plantjoy #microcopy #confocal #mimuluspropaganda #mimulus
I will be starting as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
@umassamherst.bsky.social in Fall 2026!
My lab will study how genetics and tissue mechanics influence one another over space and time to drive the leaf morphogenesis.
HAPPY PRIDE from California Native Plants and the Luong Lab!!!
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This 2026 Flag from our lab features 152 california native plants! Did you know California is a Biodiversity hotspot with over 6000 native plants?
How many plants can you name or spot? 🧐
#CaliforniaNativePlants
Most undergrads only take 1-2 science classes in college (hello, AP & DE) so those GenEds are crucial ways to expand their knowledge of actual science & scientific method. 🙌 to @minyaaa.bsky.social!
Thermo Fisher now has a page up in response to our observations. They flatly deny that images were manipulated or fabricated while repeating that images were "optimized for presentation and clarity on the website", no lie, six times.
www.thermofisher.com/us/en/home/l...
Check out our paper in the @PNASNews Special Feature: bit.ly/PNASpoly. We explore how stress induces polyploidy across fungi, plants, and animals, reshaping genomes, cells, and tissues through cell cycle alterations. Great collaboration with Don Fox and @annaselmecki.bsky.social.
Our beautiful special issue on plant evolution is out @currentbiology.bsky.social !
www.cell.com/issue/S0960-...
Lux operon so pretty
This is an inspirational hands on plant lab in a gen ed class w 100+ students, really cool
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闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD
闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD
www.thermofisher.com
Adrienne Roeder Lab
Reese Richardson
Justin Luong, PhD 🏳️🌈🌾
Meg Mulrooney
Avilash Singh Yadav
Anne Knowlton
Sebastian S. Cocioba
Stuart McDaniel
The Thermo Fisher situation keeps getting worse. We've now collected 450+ problematic images presented as verification data in TF's antibody catalog. This includes:
🖌️ Dozens more images with duplications or painting
🖨️ Hundreds of blots that all share the same background (behold slideshow below)
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Have you registered for #Botany2026 yet? Rates go up after June 15, so don't wait!
There are 13 amazing workshops to choose from this year & several have already sold out, so make sure to fill out your itinerary today!
Learn more about this year's workshops at www.botanyconference.org.
Reese Richardson
Here's the article from the Siebel Center for Design: designcenter.illinois.edu/stories/IB-1... Very proud of my awesome students!
This spring I took over and redesigned the only Gen Ed on plants here #IB103. We walked through every core aspect of plant bio in lectures & labs, but also through art & design. I had a blast, the evaluations are rewarding (4.9/5), the redesign got an award from the college, and a little press too!
