🌱 Excited to share my new personal academic website! 👉 https://t.co/jjIyiOFxEO Inspired by the Nature Index article "Build-your-own website for scientists", I wanted to create a hub to present my research & foster collaborations.

It really feels like living in science fiction turned reality — technologies we could only dream of 10 years ago are now part of our daily research. 🚀 Excited to see how spatial biology continues to shape the future of discovery!

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! 🙌

🌟 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.

IN BRIEF: Division of labor in the nodule: Plant GluTRs fuel heme biosynthesis for symbiosis (Min-Yao Jhu, Raphael Ledermann) https://t.co/Eb8oNwgDwX @minyaojhu @ASPB #PlantSci

Why I recommend it: ➡️ Joli reframes academic writing as a frequent, low-stress practice, rather than something tied only to deadlines. ➡️ It reminded me that writing isn’t just about publishing—it’s also about thinking clearly, clarifying ideas, and enjoying the process.

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?

Thanks to our speakers @XiujuanYang and @minyaojhu for sharing tips on optimisation and showing how @10xGenomics Visium & Xenium spatial transcriptomics can advance plant research. Missed the webinar? DM us for the recording. #SpatialTranscriptomics #PlantResearch #10xGenomics

On my site, you’ll find: 🔬 My research on plant organogenesis 📄 Publications 🎤 Updates on conferences, talks & teaching I hope it grows into a platform not just to showcase my work, but also to engage with the scientific community & beyond. 🌍

✨ “Discovery becomes impact when science is shared and communicated to inspire change.” As scientists, we dedicate years to building knowledge. Having a hub helps communicate that work more widely — connecting with collaborators, students, & anyone curious about plant biology.

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. https://t.co/KEEnXV4mpm

John delivered an inspiring Award talk in the Marc Cohn Seed Biology Plenary Symposium: "Dissecting the Genetic Circuitry Governing the Cellular Architecture and Progression of Seed Development."

A special highlight was hearing Neelima’s plenary talk, "Unraveling the Genetic Networks Shaping Leaf Morphology: Insights from Comparative Transcriptomics Across Model and Wild Plant Species"—a beautiful piece of work led by Siyu.

It was a wonderful experience to present both my talk and poster at the ASPB Plant Biology 2025 conference! 🌱

I'll also be sharing a poster on the same topic: 🧬 Poster #400-56 Come chat if you're interested in spatial transcriptomics, gene regulation, and legume symbiosis! See you here! 🌿 #PlantBio2025 #ASPB

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

We highlight how nodules & lateral roots share regulatory pathways but evolved distinct organ identities. 🌿We also showcase emerging tools — single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, and advanced imaging — that are providing fresh insights into the regulation of nodulation. 🧬

✨ 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! 🌟 https://t.co/XixBKqi9xc

From hosts to parasites: hormones driving symbiosis-induced de novo organogenesis https://t.co/gmj595WD73 #plantscience

We explore how plants adapt their developmental programs to form specialized organs — nodules, galls, haustoria — enabling mutualistic or parasitic symbioses. Despite their differences, these organs share regulatory pathways, showing the amazing plasticity of plant development!