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Incoming Assist Prof @UofIllinois @iBioIllinois . @NSF Postdoc @uconneeb . PhD @HarvardOEB . @MEME_evobio alumna. She/Her. Flower Evo-Devo. Lover of ALL plants.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 months

I am thrilled to share that I will join the Plant Biology Department at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign as an Assistant Professor inSpring 2025! Super excited to be a member of a very supportive & productive community and establish a strong plant evo-devo group there!

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Guys I did it!!! I finished a whole roll of parafilm in grad school! Only took 5+ years!! It’s not infinite!!

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

10 months

One of my hobbies in lab is to create perfectly balanced chaos.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

When I just started twitter I saw someone said that they don’t cut bands in gels and do gel purification then PCR - just use a toothpick to poke the correct band and dip it into PCR directly. With lots of doubt, I tried this out today very casually, and…. THIS MAGIC WORKS. 🤯

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Skimmed through my PhD lab notebook one last time this week - almost brought me into tears. My lab notebook is like a diary of grad school, recorded all the raw emotions, and also how often my experiments failed. Like, most of the time actually and it was pretty hard lol. 🥲🥲🥲

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

1 year

This color change triggered by pollinator phenomenon is more common than some may expect - for example Lantana camara too, yellow are newly opened unpollinated flowers, while red ones are older and pollination triggered the production of more anthocyanin. Plants are smart! 🤓

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Forget-me-not fun fact: the yellow ring at the flower’s centre fades to white after pollination, signalling to insects there’s no more nectar. The insects therefore learn to visit the flowers that haven’t yet been pollinated, ensuring no forget-me-not flower is forgotten 🤙

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Hi this is freshly defended Dr. Min from @HarvardOEB ! #PhDone

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

The Japanese maple outside of our house dropped almost all the leaves recently, but I tried to preserve some of its beauty in a frame.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

1 year

Saw this from a post of "Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines" FB group (which doesn't have an equivalent twitter account for me to RT) - look at those amazing flower-life leaf #GALLS omg!!!

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

1 year

Streptocarpus dunnii, a very dramatic plant. Makes only 1 leaf of its entire life, won't bloom for years, then make a lot of very pretty flowers at once, then it dies. #uconnbotanicalconservatory #uconngreenhouse

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

6 months

Always love a good leaf, especially when it’s more than half a meter long!

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

In Jan. I planned to submit a paper by the end of March, it felt very doable. But you know, things happened, so it's pushed to Apr. Then to May. Then to June. Then to July. And finally today, end of Aug: submitted! Tired but relieved. We will see how it goes! @AcademicChatter

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

My mask covered up my excitement of seeing so many jade vine blooming together for the first time. I was totally screaming and losing it inside. Look at these amazing flowers! #Strongylodon #jadevine #iamabotanist

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

I'm extremely grateful to be awarded the Merit Fellowship! My non-US status makes me ineligible to apply for almost all big fellowships that provide stipends in the US, but Merit is not one of them. Thank you!

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Harvard Organismic & Evolutionary Biology

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Congratulations to PhD Candidate Min Ya (Kramer Lab) awarded the GSAS Merit Fellowship in recognition of her academic talent and promise! @0_minyaaa

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

1 year

Just learned my parents secretly ordered many hard copies of my PhD dissertation so that they can 1) give to people to show off and 2) give me some royalties as my bday present. Of course they think I can get royalties from the book I wrote. 😭 I like their version of academia.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Yo I'm defending my phd in 24h and I'm super psyched and ready to gooooooo! 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Somehow I end up with 4k followers and please let me re-intro! My name is Min Ya (or Minya). I'm finishing my PhD at @HarvardOEB , studying how stem cell activity is regulated in the beautiful #Aquilegia flowers. Visit for more details!

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

What you're looking at is the very 1st slide of my #Botany2020 talk. . Intrigued? Agree? Disagree? . Come tell me about it after my talk on #superman vs. #superwomen in the #floralmeristem on Thur. 11:00-11:15AM. . #iamabotanist #Aquilegia .

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

First #PCR in almost 4 months! Almost fainted from the back to lab excitement. #AcademicChatter

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

1 year

Always lovely to see trilliums, but what’s more interesting (sorry trillium!) is to find green stripes in their petals. This is not a pigmentation pattern willingly made by the plant, rather, it’s caused by obligate bacteria parasites called phytoplasmas.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

1 year

When my plants grow taller than me, I practice gymnastics in the greenhouse.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Big personal announcements: 1. My PhD defense date has been scheduled: Aug 26 LET’S GOOOO!! 2. I will be joining @colreeze ’s lab as a postdoc after that: HELLO #Mimulus COMMUNITY!!! Things are happening for real and I’m so excited! ❤️ #evodevo #floralevodevo

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Feeling little homesick. Dad just sent me many photos to show off a new water fountain he made at home - yes he did everything including carving the bamboos etc. Speaking of how did I get into photography and plants? Well, it started when I was very little and it's #becauseofdad .

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

1 year

For the past 6+ years, I had lots of thoughts about how floral meristems terminate to make flowers, esp from an evo-devo viewpoint. Now, these thoughts are distilled into 2000 words and I humbly share them with the community on @NewPhyt . Comments & discussions are very welcome!

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All's well that ends well: the timing of floral meristem termination #TansleyInsight Min et al. @0_minyaaa 📖

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

Got my PhD diploma in mail today yay! #PhDone 🥳

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

My advisor just made this meme for me. OUCH. 😂

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

Just read up some new #PCR master mix products that uses a DNA #polymerase that works at the speed of 5s per kb. Saying I’m impressed is an understatement...

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Today is the 2161-year-old birthday of my high school, IT'S *THE* OLDEST SCHOOL IN THE WORLD! Of course it has a wiki page ! Its name, Shishi, means stone house. I love my beautiful high school and it helped the lost teenager me find passion again.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

I’m so excited to share that I was recommended for funding for my @NSF #PRFB ! Super grateful for my PhD & postdoc mentors and excited to have 2 more fruitful years of #Mimulus flower development!!

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

1 year

I've been having trouble amplifying a 3kb promoter region that's AT-rich (80%!) w. lots of repetitive elements, then I saw this (). Gave it a go w/o much hope. But, dang, lower the extension temp and adding some MgCl2 instantly did the miracle. 🤯

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Optimization of PCR conditions for amplifying an AT-rich amino acid transporter promoter sequence...

Objective The aim of the present study is to optimize the PCR conditions required to amplify the promoter sequence of an amino acid transporter having an AT-rich base composition with a high number...

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Happy Chinese New Year!! My parents view this as the most important day of the year, but this is already the 3rd year that I couldn't be home with them. Missing the family so much and making dumplings today totally make it worse, but at least they are yummy! 😭😋🎆🧧

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

Oops, being asked to confirm #RNAseq results with #qRT -PCR again by a reviewer. Although I have, um (check notes), EIGHT biological replicates per developmental stage. 😬

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Look my #Monstera is unfolding a new leaf. 💚

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

1 year

My transgenic babies, shine in the dark and always look so happy and adorable.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

I really loved seeing how many Asian/AA folks put their names (not just the English spellings) on their twitter now. It's so interesting to see everyone's name and I actually understand what some of your names mean. I felt I got to know you a little better and I appreciate it! 🥂

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

🤩Golden staircase.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Today I ran into an incredibly cute paper! This group made "pipette-like device with bubble-free capture and drop of liquids" that's inspired by the #sporophyte of #Marchantia ! 🥺❤️ (Yes I was procrastinating from thesis writing but look at what I found!)

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

5 years

What you're looking at is a #floral #meristem in the process of terminating and #carpel #primordia are initiating. Or you can think of it as a contemporary style comfy couch that can guarantee you a good sleep. #MeristemMonday #Aquilegia #iamabotonist #SEM #PHDlife

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

Hey guys, I want to show you the biggest project I did since my #selfquarantine : I finally made myself a website! 🎉Please pay a visit when you have time. Cheers! 🌸🌱 #iamabotanist

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Look at these ~stunning~ mountain laurel #Kalmia that we ran into & got obsessed with! If you look closer, you'd be curious about why the stamens are so bent and what are the little nobs on the petals? Well, they are there for a super cool thing: 💥Explosive Pollination💥 (1/2)

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Guess who just submitted her formatted dissertation to her committee for approval???? 💅🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻 Meanwhile, look at these cute paintings that I got during thesis writing for self-encouragement. It always seems impossible, until it’s done. #phdchat

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

The person who went through all my joys and struggles during grad school just did a phenomenon defense and become Dr. Enalls! He's literally a perfect human being doing groundbreaking science! @BrandonEnalls I LOVE YOU AND I AM SO SO PROUD OF YOU!!! 😭❤️

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

I paid more tax to the US government than your #45 and I'm not even an American.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Both my dumpster orchids are blooming beautifully recently and that makes me think their flowering cue is day length? They are called dumpster orchids bc I found them in dumpsters. Many think their orchids are "done" and throw them away when the bloom is gone👈🏼don't be like that.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Look at these colorful berries! Those pics can’t even show how incredible they are irl! #Ampelopsis #fruits #iamabotanist

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

Hey! New tat, who dis? 😉 With my fav tree. #ginkgo #银杏

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

I am over the moon to share that our latest live-imaging of Aquilegia floral meristem paper is now out in @Dev_journal and has been showcased as the research highlight of the issue! #DailyDoesofAquilegia

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Build me up, buttercup A Research Highlight showcasing new work from Ya Min @0_minyaaa , Stephanie Conway @sjconway01 and Elena Kramer.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

10 months

I went down a rabbit hole today and here are three rabbits that I found as examples.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

And the best gene name goes to.... (drumroll🥁 drumroll🥁 drumroll🥁) wtf 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎊 link:

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

I'm thrilled to share my newest publication on @SciReports , in which I conducted the first in-depth #transcriptome profiling ( #RNAseq ) of early floral development in #Aquilegia at four finely-dissected stages. 1/3 Link to paper:

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

Manuscript accepted on the last day of 2021! Thank you very kind reviewers! 🥳🥳🥳

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

Flower doctors? 🌸 Lab twins? 👯‍♀️ Harvard PhD 22? 🎓 Look at us 👀 Say no more 💅🏻💅🏻💅🏻

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Celebrating @HarvardOEB graduation with @0_minyaaa as only lab twins can 🌸👯‍♀️🎓 #PhDone

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

I'm getting a driver's license for the 1st time. This is shocking to many people that how I managed to survive this long, but it's shocking to me that people don't realize there are many places in the world you can totally live a very comfortable & convenient life w/o driving.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

As #Botany2020 ends, I'm also officially retired from my position as student rep of @Botanical_ . It's been a pleasure to serve the #Iamabotanist community for 2 years & I got so much support from many people. Here's my Thank You dance performed by me in a forest with some fronds.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

7 months

Everytime I gave a talk somewhere, it’s follow up emails like this absolutely make my day and make me feel my work is meaningful 🌸

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

Part of my heart died this week when Penny had a sudden heart attack and died on Tu. She made me a cat person. She was beautiful, friendly, loving. She was Nickel’s best friend. She was only 6. The hashtag #PennyandNickel only lasted for 2 years. We miss and love her very much.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

The iridescent beauty Selaginella willdenowii at #UConnGreenhouse . #Selaginella #iamabotanist

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 months

My mutant plants should belong to contemporary art museums. #confocal #thisisart

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

7 months

Got jump scared by my own flower samples on confocal

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

When working in the lab, Sometimes Sometimes I chose peace. I chose chaos. #AcademicChatter #phdchat

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

Aw look at this precious elegant cup from Crassula umbella at the #UConnGreenhouse ! 🍷

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

Back to be with the moutains again this past weekend. More colors this time!

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

I gained some new followers after the fellowship announcement and now it's the best time to bring everyone's attention to #BlackBotanistsWeek which starts tomorrow! Be as excited as this bee, and get ready to know some cool people and cool plants!

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

I am thrilled to share our latest preprint, where we crossed 2 beautiful sister species of #Aquilegia to conduct #QTL mapping on sth we knew very little about: How is the natural variation in the timing of floral meristem termination (FMT) controlled? 1/7

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Cooking dishes with #ginkgo seeds tonight and suddenly thought maybe I should tweet about it: 1) Ginkgo seeds are so yummy and good with so many things! 2) always remember to remove the embryos in seeds, which could be mildly poisonous if eating too much!

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

To knock down gene expression in #Aquilegia , we use Virus-Induced Gene Silencing #VIGS , which is a cool tool but the effect can be very patchy. Here's a good example of how patchy it can be: 2 flowers from the same stem, 1 silenced (white w. phenotype) & 1 normal (red). #SciComm

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

Guess who got black lab gloves and feeling like a badass? 😎

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

1 year

Never thought I would be able to see the bloom in person - stunned by the beauty of Habenaria medusa. #uconnbotanicalconservatory #orchids #habenaria #iamabotanist

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

1 year

I BOOKED MY TICKETS!!! I’M GOING BACK HOME AFTER ALMOSY FIVE YEARS!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Making all my defense slides in Eng & Chinese with some Chinese subtitles bc my parents don't understand any Eng. But I learned everything in Eng so I actually have no idea how most things are called in Chinese. Currently experiencing a deep learning curve in my mother tongue. 🥶

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

I went down a google scholar rabbit hole today and by accident encountered @TengZhang_UH 's PhD thesis. Simming through it I found this amazing panel in a figure, using music to explain the patterning rhythm of meristem initiation. And wow, I can't express how much I love it!

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Speaking of long term, stable, committed relationships, here I am entering the fifth year with my beautiful precious African #violet #saintpaulias , who puts on gorgeous blooms multiple times per year, and we are still growing strong.😘 #iamabotanist

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

1 year

TGIF and I’d like to introduce you to the stupidest tubes I’ve ever used: almost impossible to write on cap bc it’s not flat; doesnt fit any tube racks; sure they looks# kinda cute but they actually can’t stand well, any mild movement in the air will just make them all fall. WHY.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

No I didn’t play with saturation at all. I just looked up and the saturation was already exploded. I’m so obssed with it! #acer #NewEnglandFall #iamabotanist

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

Ceropegia flowers never fail to impress! #ceropegiaampliata #ceropegia #uconngreenhouse #iamabotanist

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

Aw. Myosotis sylvatica (woodland forget-me-not). <3 #iamabotanist

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Had a great morning because #teaching evaluations are out and my students all left very very nice comments! 🥰 Gonna show off three here because I think I might have started a cult lol. 🤣

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

My name 闵 (Min) means having sympathy, 娅 (Ya) has two parts: one part means Asia, the other part indicates I'm a girl. My grandpa gave me this name because he was very happy to find out I'm a girl; I'm the 2nd girl (1st was my aunt) ever born in the family for 4 generations.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

I really loved seeing how many Asian/AA folks put their names (not just the English spellings) on their twitter now. It's so interesting to see everyone's name and I actually understand what some of your names mean. I felt I got to know you a little better and I appreciate it! 🥂

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Haptonasty, a wonderful botanical word describing rapid movements of stamens when touched and Sparrmannia species are very well known for that. From my personal experience, I can also tell you that touching stamens and watching them move is a very enjoyable and addictive thing.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

Thinking about getting a dash cam only because my daily routine drive is getting more and more insanely beautiful everyday! The most magical time of New England is coming 💛🍁🍂

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

Thrilled to share our latest publication on @JXBot on the genetic architecture of natrual variation in floral meristem termination! A fun project combining QTL, histology, in situ hybridization, ~5000 flowers counted, collab w. @science_irl @anjiballerini !

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

It’s called!! I might be able to go home in 2021!! 😭

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

Last time I saw my parents in person was at home in China on Aug. 31st 2018; exactly 2 years ago. I was busy with conference&experiments in the summer of 2019 so I didn't go back home. I thought it’s ok I will just go back in 2020 winter or summer. Now look how wrong was I. 唉。

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 months

It’s time of the year for the impressive King Protea bloom in our Botanical Conservatory again!

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

I got an email about paper rejection early morning and an email about another paper being selected as the highlight of the issue of the journal early afternoon um what kind of roller coaster is this I'm so tired and so done for the day and it's not even 1pm.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Related: My friend (Chinese) got a reviewer asking his paper edited by a native speaker. He happens to be the winner of the oldest/most prestigious writing award at Harvard in 2021 & a writer for a few magazines. We wondered whether things will change if he had an "English" name.

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Adriana, PhD

3 years

Muting because annoying people are creeping in with their "BuT NaTIve EnGlisH sPeAkErS ArE JuSt BeTTeR" and "We'Re sAcRiFiCiNg GoOd ScIEnCE WrItInG" and other nonsense so better to 🤫🤫🤫🤫🤫 This piece has been out for 1.5 years and sadly the convo always moves that way 😑🙄

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

We moved in our new home in CT this week and Ive been very sleep deprived for many reasons, 1 being battling w. a family of mice living with us 🙃 Being exhausted while drinking coffee this morning, realize this is my view from the dining room from now, suddenly felt much better!

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

So I was having breakfast and this happened. 👀

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

This past week has been very quiet for me. I spent prob only 10% of my normal time on twitter and I slept so much. I slept as I would never sleep again and catching up sleep feels so damn good. I hope I'm officially recharged for 2021, and now it's time to get this PhD done. 💃🏻

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

Look at the colors!!! It’s happening soon!!!

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

The #lichens I found on the ground looked like clouds in the sky and coral reefs in the sea.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

This is how the #clovers we casually walk by and step on look like. #trifolium #iamabotanist

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

Thanks to everyone's kind words, I put the video on youtube (with some security measures of course bc it's scary!), and please feel free to share/use. Warning: don't get your hopes up too high because people are being just super nice to me! #Botany2020

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

What you're looking at is the very 1st slide of my #Botany2020 talk. . Intrigued? Agree? Disagree? . Come tell me about it after my talk on #superman vs. #superwomen in the #floralmeristem on Thur. 11:00-11:15AM. . #iamabotanist #Aquilegia .

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Sorry not sorry I made this gif because I love making gifs and I love this figure too much. Please let me present you some dancing #teosinte #chromosomes !

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Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra

3 years

Shared this with someone again today. Love this FISH image of repeats in teosinte. Wonderful visual of genetic diversity. FISH by Patrice Alberts at U. Missouri.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

Look at these chubby cute little Cephalotus follicularis (albany pitcher plant) o.m.g. seriously I died just looking at them. #UConnGreenhouse #cephalotus #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 months

Transformed the same amount of HiFi assembly product of a 20kb plasmid into the same amount of Top10 (left plate) vs. NEB 10 Beta (right plate) competent cells. Same transformation & growth condition too. The efficiency difference is too 👀👀👀

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

Love milkweed seeds!

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Earlier this year we saw the news that Nature is gonna charge €9500 for open access and I thought this decision only applies to *the* Nature. But it turned out that 32 Nature sub journals are doing the same: €9500 for OA. LOL I forgot how shitty this whole thing was/is.

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

Last time I saw my parents in person was at home in China on Aug. 31st 2018; exactly 2 years ago. I was busy with conference&experiments in the summer of 2019 so I didn't go back home. I thought it’s ok I will just go back in 2020 winter or summer. Now look how wrong was I. 唉。

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

3 years

Lol so last year someone came to take some *very* staged photos of my PI, like this one w. me & Prem. Today I got an email asking is it ok for the president of @Harvard to include it in his official holiday card to the Harvard community! I mean, sure, BUT...

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

4 years

Needed to get out for a hot second to pick up something, and my #pine cross-section is here to protect me. Don't forget to appreciate #wood on #PlantsDay & #FoPD ! 🌲🪵🪵🪵🤓 #iamabotanist

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闵娅 (Min Ya | Minya), PhD

2 years

Ok it does feel incredible when you sequenced your plants with some doubts and found out CRISPR editing is actually a real thing.

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