闵娅(Min Ya; Minya) PhD

: Close-up photo of bilobed leaves. Each lobe has a silvery midvein. Between the two midveins are a scattering of yellow spots. Photo by Scott Zona CCBYNC2.

Heliconiini butterfly larvae (Heliconius & kin) have a taste for Passiflora, which has evolved several lines of defense, including this one: Spots on P. boenderi that resemble butterfly eggs & making the leaves appear “occupied” so that gravid females look elsewhere. #Passifloraceae #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

Ah I was fooled!!! At least they are from the same family haha but both have awesome flowers! Enjoy your plant!!

It looks like Stapelia which is an awesome plant with awesome flowers! Flowers of many species are evolved to look AND smell like rotten meat to attract flies to pollinate (but it doesn't smell *that* bad unless you put your nose very close). It's super unique and cool!

Sunflowers are full of secrets 🕵️‍♀️🌻 I had a blast making this for @nybg.bsky.social 's Van Gogh's Flowers exhibit, where you can see all the 🌻🌻🌻 shine through Oct. 26th!

#scicomm 🧪 #nationalsunflowerday #botany

Now the question is when are YOU gonna come visit 🤗 Mason and I have been talking to get you to a Botany conference too, so maybe #Botany2026 at Tucson?! (We will work on it 💪)

that's right! I guess I always knew this syndrome but not how it's called lol

Looool exactly they’d be like: 💪😤👊
I hope the reward is worth it for them 😂

Yes they do! 😝

Marine biodiversity: Gone with the wind? Our dispatch out now in @currentbiology.bsky.social

New research shows that wind and currents act as invisible barriers, reshaping our view of ocean connectivity. 🌊🪼

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@iramaegele.bsky.social @msarscentre.bsky.social

I didn't know what personate flowers are until I heard about @trinitydepatie.bsky.social's Penstemons. My conclusion is that these cute little flowers in fact dial up discrimination to max, and they make the entrance of their corolla tube sooo occluded that only the most buffed bees can enter. 👀🧪

I'm so thrilled that this paper is now out in American Journal of Botany! This paper marks a couple of exciting firsts for me - it is the first chapter of my dissertation and my first first-author publication 🎉. I hope folks enjoy reading it and become fans of personate flowers in Penstemon!

I just had them yesterday in my meal, can confirm they are very yummy

A diagram showing the growth of a Ginkgo biloba long shoot with various stages illustrated in a simplified slightly stylised manner.

I'll be posting a Patreon post later today, but while I was writing it, I realised that I needed to produce an additional diagram because.... not many people seem to know how #Ginkgo actually grows!!!
Anyway, here's that diagram:
Ginkgo long shoot development.

#paleobotany #botany #plants #trees

Quote for a 63x objective. The objective is $12,784. The tariff is $1,661.92

Zeiss 63x objective

We need a new microscope objective. A $1.6k tariff for something that you can hold in your hand and that is only manufactured in Germany

Did I just find Jellyfish in the bush 🤔 Nope it’s #Anthocercis gracilis #Solanaceae. A rare threatened species, listed as vulnerable, known from 9 populations! It’s a slender shrub with few small leaves, and they have some incredible flowers! I wonder what pollinates them 🤔

Oh no I have sore throat too….. getting some tests now 😭

Take care!!! speed recovery!!! 🌸🌸🌸🌸

Good morning #botany2025! Go ahead and put the Belonging in Botany panel on your schedules and come hear from immigrant scientists in our community about their experiences and challenges. 11-12, Ventura.

Excited to showcase my new Open Educational Resource for intro college level Botany. It's a hybrid textbook, lab manual, and workbook. Published and ready for anyone to implement! I'll be showcasing it in the Educational section of #Botany2025 today and handing out copies & stickers!

Not to brag but we did the best workshop #botany2025 💅🏻🎨🧪☘️🥳

In our Design Principle for Figures workshop at #Botany2025, we go hard on our art obsessions!

Packed room for the @soltislab.bsky.social #Botany2025 workshop.

If you cannot make it, all the resources can be found here: github.com/soltislab/Bo...

And you and I and @roseamarks.bsky.social and her student! We def have missed some too :) incredible

It was awesome ran into the group!!! See yall around! 😁

Today too! Felt like half the plane is for #Botany2025, conference vibe since the airport already! #plantpeopleFTW

I tried to look it up but I can't really find the info! Why do you think it might be red oak? :)

Hibiscus plant with two different coloured flowers

For all plant developmental biologists out there - has been orange flowered for 20 years. Will be tracking the pink branch from now on!

See you in two days!!!!

Martinez-Gomez Lab Plant Evo-Devo

A little belated but I've started a faculty position at Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology department at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social. I'm absolutely stoked! I'll be recruiting at all levels and will be at #Botany2025

Reach out!

www.martinezgomezlab.com

A fantastic cohort of students!! Proud of my student Sam already winning awards about his PhD project before his PhD officially starts haha 🎉