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Min-Yao Jhu

@minyaojhu.bsky.social
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Nodule organogenesis | Parasitic plants | Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Cambridge (Oldroyd Group) | Ph.D. in Plant Biology from Sinha Lab at UC Davis | www.minyaojhu.com

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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Excited to give a talk and serve as a session chair at #PlantBiology2026! I'll be chairing the Genes/Genomes: Regulatory & Transcriptional Networks session. Looking forward to engaging discussions and catching up with friends. If you're attending, let me know—happy to meet up! 🌱
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
1/ Excited to share our new bioRxiv preprint! "4D spatial transcriptomics reveals nodule identity emerges through stacked parallel developmental programs" 📄 doi.org/10.64898/202... Using Xenium, we generated a 4D (3D space + time) atlas of nodule development in Medicago truncatula.
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Join us at #EISingleCell26 in July to hear the latest research and applications from across the #singlecell and #spatial field. 💻🧬 👥 Discover our full programme and talks here: buff.ly/leWF3Kb ✅️ Register by 17 June! @moffittlab.bsky.social | @arnausebe.bsky.social | @minyaojhu.bsky.social
Speaker profile of Jeffrey Moffitt of Harvard Medical School and Boston's Children's Hospital. Talk title is: Mapping the microbe-host interface with genomic-scale microscopy.Speaker profile of Dalia Rosano from the Institute of Cancer Research, London. Talk title is: Epigenetic adaptation shapes dormancy and reveals vulnerabilities in ER+ breast cancerSpeaker profile of Arnau Sebé-Pedrós from the Centre for Genomic Regulation in spain. Talk title@ Earlham metazoan cell type diversity, evolution, and regulation.Speaker profile of Min-Yao Jhu, from the University of Cambridge. Talk title is: Plant-compatible Xenium In-Situ: when and where genes shape nodule organogenesis.
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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
IN BRIEF: Hidden gradients before form: a spatial transcriptomic atlas of wheat spike patterning (Min-Yao Jhu , Travis A Lee) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Hidden gradients before form: a spatial transcriptomic atlas of wheat spike patterning
Few sights are as emblematic of agriculture as the wheat spike—an elegant, lanceolate-shaped inflorescence that determines grain yield. The highly producti
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Great to see Atera in person today at the 10x Genomics World Tour! Really impressive to see the scale and vision for the next generation of spatial biology platforms. It was also wonderful to catch up with colleagues from CRUK and the 10x team, and hear inspiring talks throughout the day. 🌱
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Following our international Spatial Omics in Plants workshop (January 2026), we’re continuing the momentum with a new online seminar series to keep this growing community connected.
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
I had the pleasure of co-organising and participating in an international Spatial Omics Workshop in Japan (7–9 Jan). Really happy to receive such positive feedback—many attendees found it both helpful and enjoyable 🙏
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Be part of a supportive and engaged community of #singlecell and #spatial scientists! 🧬💻🔎 Early-bird registration is open for the Norwich Single-Cell and Spatial Symposium! Discover the latest methods across diverse living systems. 🌱🧠🐟️ buff.ly/2KvQ3Zv @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social #EISingleCell26
Poster advertising the Norwich Single-Cell and Spatial Symposium. Black background with a red microscopy image of plant cells filling the right side. Event subtitle: “Novel applications of single-cell and spatial technologies across plant and microbe, animal, and health and disease research.” Date and venue highlighted in pink: 8–9 July 2026, Earlham Institute, Norwich, UK. Photos of four keynote speakers with names and affiliations: Ang Li (University of Oxford), Arnau Sebé-Pedrós (Centre for Genomic Regulation), Tatsuya Nobori (The Sainsbury Laboratory), and Jeffrey Moffitt (Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital). List of invited speakers follows, Min-Yao Jhu, (University of Cambridge),
Christos Proukakis (UCL & Royal Free NHS Trust), Alina Kurjan (University of Oxford & Entelo Bio), and Ava Khamseh, (Institute of Cancer & Genetics, University of Edinburgh)
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The Plant Cell @theplantcell.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Duplicated genes find their space: Spatial transcriptomics illuminates evolutionary fates (Min-Yao Jhu , Fabian van Beveren , Bruno Guillotin) doi.org/10.1093/plce... #PlantScience @aspbofficial
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Duplicated genes find their space: Spatial transcriptomics illuminates evolutionary fates
Gene and genome duplications are fundamental forces driving plant evolution, leading to relaxed selection and expanding genetic toolkits (Van de Peer et al
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
New In Brief out in The Plant Cell, co-authored with Dr. Travis Lee! We highlight recent work by Katie Long, Ashleigh Lister, and colleagues, who adapt MERFISH–based spatial transcriptomics to the anatomically complex wheat spike. 🧵👇
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
✨ Excited to share our new In Brief article in The Plant Cell! Co-authored with Fabian and Bruno, our piece highlights work by Almeida-Silva and Van de Peer that uses spatial transcriptomics to uncover how gene and genome duplications shape plant evolution.
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Great day at the London Single Cell & Spatial Discovery Symposium! 🌟 So many inspiring talks and success stories in spatial & single-cell biology — and wonderful discussions with the community. Huge thanks to the 10x team for organizing such a great event! 🙌
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
🌟 Excited to be speaking at the London Single Cell & Spatial Discovery Symposium this Thursday. 🧬 Looking forward to connecting with the single cell and spatial biology community and learning from the amazing 10x-perts.
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Weekend Reading Recommendation #1 📚 ✨ Write No Matter What by Joli Jensen Key takeaway: Writing can be frequent, low-stress, and even enjoyable—a daily practice, not just a deadline scramble. 👉 I’d love to hear: What’s a book that’s shaped how you work, learn, or create?
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Nature Plants @natplants.nature.com · 19/09/2025
New OA Article: "A single-cell rice atlas integrates multi-species data to reveal cis-regulatory evolution" rdcu.be/eHce3 Chromatin accessibility in rice & related grasses: how regulatory DNA elements evolve across cell types & species; identifying potential silencers.
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
🌱 Excited to share my new personal academic website! 👉 minyaojhu.com Inspired by the Nature Index article "Build-your-own website for scientists", I wanted to create a hub to present my research & foster collaborations.
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Excited to share our latest In Brief in The Plant Cell! 🌱✨ With Dr. Chai Hao Chiu, we highlight Horta Araújo et al.’s discovery of AeRLCK2, a Receptor-Like Cytoplasmic Kinase that drives Nod-independent nodule formation in Aeschynomene evenia. doi.org/10.1093/plce...
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Excited to be speaking at #PlantBio2025! 🌱 🧬 Session: Transcription to Beyond! 📅 Tue, July 29 | 🕔 5:10 PM | 📍Room 203CD 🎙️ High-Resolution Time-Resolved Spatial Transcriptomes and Gene Regulatory Atlas of Medicago Lateral Root and Nodule Organogenesis
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
New review out in Current Opinion in Plant Biology! “From roots to nodules: regulation of organogenesis in nitrogen-fixing symbiosis” Many thanks to Dr. Katharina Schiessl for inviting me to work on this! 🌟
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
🚀 Excited to share our new review published in Trends in Plant Science, coauthored with Dr. Victor Hugo Moura de Souza & Dr. Katharina Schiessl! 🌱 From hosts to parasites: Hormones driving symbiosis-induced de novo organogenesis 👉 authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
🚀 I’m excited to share our latest In Brief article, co-authored with Dr. Raphael Ledermann, now published in The Plant Cell! Division of Labour in the Nodule: Plant GluTRs Fuel Heme Biosynthesis for Symbiosis doi.org/10.1093/plce...
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Min-Yao Jhu @minyaojhu.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
🌿 Honoured to speak at the Paris Single Cell & Spatial Core Excellence Summit, sharing our work using Xenium in situ on plant tissues! 🌱 Grateful for the fantastic feedback from the vibrant single cell & spatial genomics community. Huge thanks to the team at 10x Genomics.🌟
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