It’s an absolute pleasure and honour to have finally met @nkwhiteman.bsky.social, a pioneer in developing model systems (Arabidopsis & leaf-mining drosophila S. flava). Thank you for an inspiring keynote lecture at #MECS2026 highlighting the unpredictability and resilience in science for us ECRs!
Yan Ma
At the @gmivienna.bsky.social with Junior Group Leader Dr. Yan Ma, who is going pioneering work on molecular mechanisms of gall formation (using the “Swede” midge and Arabidopsis). Swede=rutabaga. Yan is one of the few studying flies that attack above ground Arabdidopsis, so we are kindred spirits!
