Eric G. Yee, PhD (He/Him)
@leafpolish.bsky.social
Urban Plant Ecologist 🌱 | Botanist ❇️| Gaymer 🎲 | Postdoc (UPitt)
Co-Author of Unbreakable: Pathways. Sensitivity Reader.
Co-Author of Unbreakable: Pathways. Sensitivity Reader.
I'm at #ESA2025 if folks want to meet up and chat! Or come swing by my poster on Thursday (LB 06-071)! I'm also giving a non-research talk (INS 11-02) about gaming as a tool for ecologists!
August 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I'm at #ESA2025 if folks want to meet up and chat! Or come swing by my poster on Thursday (LB 06-071)! I'm also giving a non-research talk (INS 11-02) about gaming as a tool for ecologists!
Fantastic talk right now by Jill Anderson about maladaptive plasticity in Boechera phenology! #Botany2025
It's really giving some good perspective for LTER data!
It's really giving some good perspective for LTER data!
July 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Fantastic talk right now by Jill Anderson about maladaptive plasticity in Boechera phenology! #Botany2025
It's really giving some good perspective for LTER data!
It's really giving some good perspective for LTER data!
The #Botany2025 poster session was so much fun! I had a blast chatting with students and seeing the excitement and wonder is really inspiring! BUT I'd love some PI feedback too!
July 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The #Botany2025 poster session was so much fun! I had a blast chatting with students and seeing the excitement and wonder is really inspiring! BUT I'd love some PI feedback too!
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Great talks and discussions happening at #Botany2025. Check out the starter pack to follow along (and let me know if you're attending so I can add you):
go.bsky.app/Gu9T4st
go.bsky.app/Gu9T4st
July 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Great talks and discussions happening at #Botany2025. Check out the starter pack to follow along (and let me know if you're attending so I can add you):
go.bsky.app/Gu9T4st
go.bsky.app/Gu9T4st
I'm so excited for #Botany2025! Come check out my poster on polyploidy, duckweed, and metabolomics at P222!
PS: I'm also on the hunt for the next postdoc gig 🌸
PS: I'm also on the hunt for the next postdoc gig 🌸
July 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I'm so excited for #Botany2025! Come check out my poster on polyploidy, duckweed, and metabolomics at P222!
PS: I'm also on the hunt for the next postdoc gig 🌸
PS: I'm also on the hunt for the next postdoc gig 🌸
Woo! Just received a travel award from #BSA! I'll see you all at #Botany2025 to talk about #duckweed #metabolomics! #spirodela
April 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Woo! Just received a travel award from #BSA! I'll see you all at #Botany2025 to talk about #duckweed #metabolomics! #spirodela
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Over 1,000 people, including community members, students, faculty, and staff, united today for a #MarchForScience event at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. It was inspiring to see us advocating for #science, #research and educational opportunities for all! #AcademicSky #MarchForScience2025
March 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Over 1,000 people, including community members, students, faculty, and staff, united today for a #MarchForScience event at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. It was inspiring to see us advocating for #science, #research and educational opportunities for all! #AcademicSky #MarchForScience2025
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Some of my postdoc work has been "exposed" today in @theplantjournal.bsky.social! 😁🎉🔬 We developed ExPOSE - a method to perform expansion microscopy in plant protoplast systems. Here's a quick🧵of the details: @meter76.bsky.social @lily-oconnor.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
ExPOSE: a comprehensive toolkit to perform expansion microscopy in plant protoplast systems
This method provides a robust approach for performing expansion microscopy in plant protoplasts for imaging single-cell and subcellular compartments at greatly enhanced resolution.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Some of my postdoc work has been "exposed" today in @theplantjournal.bsky.social! 😁🎉🔬 We developed ExPOSE - a method to perform expansion microscopy in plant protoplast systems. Here's a quick🧵of the details: @meter76.bsky.social @lily-oconnor.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Reposted by Eric G. Yee, PhD (He/Him)
Every time I read about spider mite genome is ~90 Mb I am surprised. That's like half the size of a fruit fly genome.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A chromosome-level genome assembly of the spider mite Tetranychus piercei McGregor - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A chromosome-level genome assembly of the spider mite Tetranychus piercei McGregor
www.nature.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Every time I read about spider mite genome is ~90 Mb I am surprised. That's like half the size of a fruit fly genome.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Had my first TT interview ever yesterday! It felt good to talk about new avenues for my urban plant research, despite the imposter syndrome worm in my ear 🌸
February 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Had my first TT interview ever yesterday! It felt good to talk about new avenues for my urban plant research, despite the imposter syndrome worm in my ear 🌸
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Hey, that’s me! Looking forward to chatting about why we need biodiversity (and more than just ‘green’) for healthier cities.
(Also thank you to whoever edited this photo. I’m getting a *lot* of joy from the idea that I’m just hanging out with my binos in the middle of this courtyard!)
(Also thank you to whoever edited this photo. I’m getting a *lot* of joy from the idea that I’m just hanging out with my binos in the middle of this courtyard!)
✅ WEBINAR coming up!
📆 February 6th 12pm-1pm EST
🙂Topic: Why is urban biodiversity essential for well-being?
📖Speaker: Carly Ziter, Associate Professor, Concordia Biology Dept
✍ To register: umontreal.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#urbanbiodiversity
#environment
#UrbanEnvironmental
#HealthResearch
📆 February 6th 12pm-1pm EST
🙂Topic: Why is urban biodiversity essential for well-being?
📖Speaker: Carly Ziter, Associate Professor, Concordia Biology Dept
✍ To register: umontreal.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#urbanbiodiversity
#environment
#UrbanEnvironmental
#HealthResearch
February 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Hey, that’s me! Looking forward to chatting about why we need biodiversity (and more than just ‘green’) for healthier cities.
(Also thank you to whoever edited this photo. I’m getting a *lot* of joy from the idea that I’m just hanging out with my binos in the middle of this courtyard!)
(Also thank you to whoever edited this photo. I’m getting a *lot* of joy from the idea that I’m just hanging out with my binos in the middle of this courtyard!)
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This is what leadership from a scientific society looks like. Bravo @amornith.bsky.social
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February 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is what leadership from a scientific society looks like. Bravo @amornith.bsky.social
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🎉🆕📰🎉: Allopolyploidy enhances survival advantages for urban environments in the native plant genus Commelina
doi.org
January 31, 2025 at 8:05 AM
🎉🆕📰🎉: Allopolyploidy enhances survival advantages for urban environments in the native plant genus Commelina
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So much for promoting American excellence when some of the brightest early career scientists can't get their salary through the grants that they have already won.
An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills
National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills
An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills
buff.ly
January 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
So much for promoting American excellence when some of the brightest early career scientists can't get their salary through the grants that they have already won.
The #NSF Polyploid BII has started its own starter pack!
Please let me or @drtialynn.bsky.social know if you would be interested in joining this starter pack! We are prioritizing current members first, but all levels are welcome!
#biology #starterpacks #polyploidy #cellbiology #ecology #evolution
Please let me or @drtialynn.bsky.social know if you would be interested in joining this starter pack! We are prioritizing current members first, but all levels are welcome!
#biology #starterpacks #polyploidy #cellbiology #ecology #evolution
go.bsky.app/FLhCPMT let’s get this conversation started!
January 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The #NSF Polyploid BII has started its own starter pack!
Please let me or @drtialynn.bsky.social know if you would be interested in joining this starter pack! We are prioritizing current members first, but all levels are welcome!
#biology #starterpacks #polyploidy #cellbiology #ecology #evolution
Please let me or @drtialynn.bsky.social know if you would be interested in joining this starter pack! We are prioritizing current members first, but all levels are welcome!
#biology #starterpacks #polyploidy #cellbiology #ecology #evolution
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My first PhD chapter is OUT (for free for 44 days, Elsevier 😔)! See what's up in urban plant ecological response to metals and their soil critter communities! 🌱🐜🌆
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#urbanecology #postdoc #phdlife #gradschool #plantbiology #urbansystems #soilmesofauna
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#urbanecology #postdoc #phdlife #gradschool #plantbiology #urbansystems #soilmesofauna
Urban weedy plantains (Plantago spp.) do not hyperaccumulate heavy metals nor shelter their soil microarthropod communities from these metals
Heavy metal hyperaccumulation by plants is a powerful tool in phytoremediation, where plants store heavy metals in large amounts in their aboveground …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 17, 2024 at 4:36 PM
My first PhD chapter is OUT (for free for 44 days, Elsevier 😔)! See what's up in urban plant ecological response to metals and their soil critter communities! 🌱🐜🌆
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#urbanecology #postdoc #phdlife #gradschool #plantbiology #urbansystems #soilmesofauna
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#urbanecology #postdoc #phdlife #gradschool #plantbiology #urbansystems #soilmesofauna
Back from PAX Unplugged! Keeping in touch with the analog gaming community ✌️
PS: We're exhausted.
PS: We're exhausted.
December 11, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Back from PAX Unplugged! Keeping in touch with the analog gaming community ✌️
PS: We're exhausted.
PS: We're exhausted.
Final metabolomics resuspensions!
I'm really hoping the data is usable 🤞
I'm really hoping the data is usable 🤞
December 2, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Final metabolomics resuspensions!
I'm really hoping the data is usable 🤞
I'm really hoping the data is usable 🤞
Ah yes, all those lab hours to produce four of 28 tubes of dust. Is there even any analyte in there?? I hope so!
November 27, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Ah yes, all those lab hours to produce four of 28 tubes of dust. Is there even any analyte in there?? I hope so!
Plant metabolite extractions are go!
1) Start of Extraction
2) Almost final product
3) Dry samples (top) and their pellets after each extraction
1) Start of Extraction
2) Almost final product
3) Dry samples (top) and their pellets after each extraction
November 26, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Plant metabolite extractions are go!
1) Start of Extraction
2) Almost final product
3) Dry samples (top) and their pellets after each extraction
1) Start of Extraction
2) Almost final product
3) Dry samples (top) and their pellets after each extraction
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I want to follow more Asian EEB scientists but I’m drawing blanks. I know there are so many more us out there. Please repost (re-skeet?), make suggestions, or proudly ask to be added!!
🧪 🐟 🦎
go.bsky.app/E1ppJra
🧪 🐟 🦎
go.bsky.app/E1ppJra
November 25, 2024 at 5:11 PM
I want to follow more Asian EEB scientists but I’m drawing blanks. I know there are so many more us out there. Please repost (re-skeet?), make suggestions, or proudly ask to be added!!
🧪 🐟 🦎
go.bsky.app/E1ppJra
🧪 🐟 🦎
go.bsky.app/E1ppJra
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Real true facts about T. rex this morning. This is the statue of Big Mike outside of #museumoftherockies.
November 22, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Real true facts about T. rex this morning. This is the statue of Big Mike outside of #museumoftherockies.
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Who should you nominate as reviewers for your manuscript? After a long chat with a post-grad it appears that there's a lot of misguided advice out there. Thread 👇
November 22, 2024 at 11:05 AM
Who should you nominate as reviewers for your manuscript? After a long chat with a post-grad it appears that there's a lot of misguided advice out there. Thread 👇