Publications

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* co-first authors

Peer-reviewed:

15. Min, Y., & Kramer, E. M. (2022) All’s Well that Ends Well: The Timing of Floral Meristem Termination. Invited Tansley Insight; accepted by New Phytologist.

* Popular science summary: plantae.org/review-how-floral-meristem-termination-shapes-flowers/

14. Min, Y., Ballerini, E. S., Edwards, M. B., Hodges, S. A., Kramer, E. M. (2022) Genetic architecture underlying variation in floral meristem termination in Aquilegia. The Journal of Experimental Botany. erac277, doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erac277

13. Min, Y.*, Conway, S. J.*, & Kramer, E. M. (2022) Quantitative live-imaging in Aquilegia floral meristems. Bio-protocol. 12(12): e4449. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.4449.

12. Min, Y.*, Conway, S. J.*, & Kramer, E. M. (2022) Quantitative live-imaging of floral organ initiation and floral meristem termination in Aquilegia. Development 149 (4): dev200256. doi.org/10.1242/dev.200256

* Selected as Research Highlight of the issue: Build me up, buttercup.

* Interviewed by The people behind the papers.

* Interviewed by No Time To Read podcast (S1E5)

11. Edwards, M. B., Choi, G. P., Derieg, N. J., Min, Y., Diana, A. C., Hodges, S. A., ... & Ballerini, E. S. (2021). Genetic architecture of floral traits in bee-and hummingbird-pollinated sister species of Aquilegia (columbine). Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14313

10. Min, Y., & Kramer, E. M. (2020). Transcriptome profiling and weighted gene co-expression network analysis of early floral development in Aquilegia coerulea. Scientific Reports. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-76750-7

9. Ballerini, E. S., Min, Y., Edwards, M. B., Kramer, E. M., & Hodges, S. A. (2020). POPOVICH, a C2H2 transcription factor, plays a central role in the development of a key innovation, floral nectar spurs, in Aquilegia. PNAS. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2006912117

* Read the press release from Harvard University and University of California Santa Barbara.

8. Henkhaus, N. A., Bartlett, M. E., Gang, D. R., Grumet, R., Haswell, E. S., Jordon-Thaden, I., Lorence, A.,  Lyons, E., Miller, S. S., Murray, S. C., Nelson, A. D. L., Specht, C. D., Tyler, B. M., Wentworth, T. R., Ackerly, D. D., Baltensperger, D. D., Benfey, P. N., Birchler, J. A., Chellamma, S., Crowder, R. N., Donoghue, M., Dundore-Arias, J. P., Fletcher, J., Fraser, V. N., Gillespie, K. M., Guralnick, L. J., Hunter, M. C., Kaeppler, S. M., Kepinski, S., Li, F-W., Mackenzie, S. A., McDade, L. A., Min, Y.,  Nemhauser, J., Pearson, B. J.,  Petracek, P. D., Rogers, K. L., Sakai, A., Sickler, D. B., Spady, T. C., Taylor, C. B.,Wayne, L. L., Wendroth, O., Zapata, F., & Stern, D. B. (2020) Plant Science Decadal Vision 2020–2030: Reimagining the Potential of Plants for a Healthy and Sustainable Future. Plant Direct. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.252

* to learn more about the Plant Summit 3 and Plant Science Decadal Vision, visit this webinar.

7. Zhang, R., Min, Y., Holappa, L. D., Walcher-Chevillet, C. L., Duan, X. S., Donaldson, E., Kong, H. Z., & Kramer, E. M. (2020). A role for the Auxin Response Factors ARF6 and ARF8 homologs in petal spur elongation and nectary maturation in Aquilegia. New Phytologist. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16633

6. Ickert-Bond, S. M., Sousa, A., Min, Y., Loera, I., Metzgar, J., Pellicer, J., Hidalgo, O., & Leitch, I. J. (2020). Polyploidy in gymnosperms – Insights into the genomic, ecological and evolutionary consequences of polyploidy in Ephedra. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106786

5. Meaders, C., Min, Y., Freedberg. K., & Kramer, E. M. (2020). Developmental and molecular characterization of novel staminodes in Aquilegia. Annals of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa029

4. Min, Y., Bunn, J. I., & Kramer, E. M. (2019). Homologs of the STYLISH gene family control nectary development in Aquilegia. New Phytologist. 221(2), 1090-1100.

* Imani was the first student I mentored and her senior thesis became part of this paper. Super proud!

* Commentary: How to be STYLISH: columbine study sheds new light on the obscure mechanisms of nectary formation.

3. Min, Y., & Kramer, E. M. (2017). The Aquilegia JAGGED homolog promotes proliferation of adaxial cell types in both leaves and stems. New Phytologist. 216(2), 536-548.

* My proud first first-author publication! JAG is one of my fav genes because of this.

2. Wang, H., Talavera, M., Min, Y., Flaven, E., & Imbert, E. (2016). Neutral processes contribute to patterns of spatial variation for flower color in the Mediterranean Iris lutescens (Iridaceae). Annals of Botany, 117(6), 995-1007.

1. Huang, S., ... Min, Y., ... & Yu, J. (2013). Draft genome of the kiwifruit Actinidia chinensis. Nature Communications, 4:2640.

Invited Talks & Seminars 

9.  Departmental seminar, Department of Horticulture, Huazhong Agricultural University (2023)

8.  Departmental seminar, Department of Biology, Queen’s University (2023)

7.  Guest lecturer for Plant Evolution and Development, SUNY Cortland (2023)

6. Plant Biology Seminar Series, University of Pennsylvania ( 2022)

5. SRC Early Career Symposia: Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Stowers Institute for Medical Research (2021)

4. Guest lecturer for BIOL 304 Integrative Biology of Plants, College of William and Mary (2021)

3. Departmental seminar, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut (2021)

2. Departmental seminar at Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, University of Montreal (2021)

1. Departmental seminar, Laboratoire Reproduction et Développement des Plantes, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (2020).

Selected Presentations

14. Min, Y., Ballerini., E. S., Edwards., M., Hodges., S., Kramer, E. M. (2021). Understanding floral meristem termination by exploring genetic architecture underlying stamen whorl numbers in Aquilegia. Botany 2021 (Virtual).

13. Min, Y., & Bunn., I., Kramer, E. M. (2021). Sweet genes are made of STYLISH. SICB 2021 (Virtual). Oral presentation.

12. Min, Y., Kramer, E. M. (2020) I do not need a superman when I have a superwoman. Botany2020 (Virtual). Oral presentation. Watch the presentation video here.

11. Min, Y., Ballerini., E. S., Edwards, M., Hodges, S., Kramer, E. M. (2020). Botany2020 (Virtual). Understanding floral meristem termination by exploring genetic architecture underlying stamen whorl numbers in Aquilegia. Poster presentation.

10. Min, Y., Ballerini., E. S., Kramer, E. M. (2020). Understanding floral meristem termination by exploring genetic architecture underlying stamen whorl numbers in Aquilegia. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology 2020 meeting, Austin, USA. Selected for oral presentation.

9. Min, Y., Conway., S. J., Kramer, E. M. (2019). Live confocal imaging of Aquilegia floral meristem. 14th Annual Plant Biology Initiative Symposium, Boston, USA. Abstract and poster presentation

8. Min, Y., & Bunn., I., Kramer, E. M. (2018). Sweet genes are made of STYLISH. Evolution 2018, Montpellier, France. Abstract and poster presentation

7. Min, Y., & Bunn., I., Kramer, E. M. (2018). Sweet genes are made of STYLISH. Botany 2018, Rochester, USA. Oral presentation.

6. Min, Y., & Bunn., I., Kramer, E. M. (2017). Sweet genes are made of STYLISH. 2nd Biennial Meeting of Pan-American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Calgary, Canada. Selected for oral presentation.

5. Min, Y., & Kramer, E. M. (2017). JAGGED regulates lateral organ development and leaf adaxial identity in Aquilegia. Botany 2017, Fort Worth, USA. Oral presentation.

4. Wang, H., Talavera, M., Min, Y., Flaven, E., & Imbert, E. (2016). Neutral processes contribute to patterns of spatial variation for flower colour in the Mediterranean Iris lutescens (Iridaceae). International Biogeography Society Special Meeting, Beijing, China. Abstract and poster presentation.

3. Min, Y., & Kramer, E. M. (2015). JAGGED regulates lateral organ development and leaf adaxial identity in Aquilegia. Inaugural Meeting of Pan-American Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Berkeley, USA. Abstract and poster presentation.

2. Ickert-Bond, S., Sousa, A., Min, Y., Leitch, I. J., Pellicer, J. (2014) The evolution of genome size in the gymnosperm genus Ephedra: flow cytometry and new chromosome counts support high levels of polyploidy. Botany 2014, Boise, USA. Abstract and poster presentation.

1. Min, Y. (2013). Do colors matter? – Evolutionary paths underlying flower color transitions. Harvard University Herbaria Seminar Series, Cambridge, USA. Selected talk.