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

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. 🌱

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.

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 🙏

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

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

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. 🧵👇

✨ 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.

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.

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?

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.

🌱 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.

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...

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

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! 🌟

🚀 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...

🚀 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...

🌿 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.🌟