The Yang Lab fall 2017 (mising Yinyin): Rebekah, Ya, Diego, Zacky (honorary member from the Weiblen Lab), and Chen.
Principal Investigator
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Assistant professor of Plant and Microbial Biology
Curator, University of Minnesota Herbarium 2012–2016 Postdoc University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2012 Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2005 B.S. Peking University Google Scholar 
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Postdoctoral Researchers
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Chen joined the lab May 2017 from Wuhan Botanical Garden in China. He is working on phylogenomic and co-expression network related to betalain pigmentation and associated metabolites. He is also working on sequencing whole genomes in Caryophyllales.
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Diego joined the lab October 2017 from University of Idaho. He is working on phylogenomics of Amaranthaceae.
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Graduate Students
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Rebekah joined the lab Fall 2017 from Miami University, Oxford. She is working on systematics and evolution of the sundews (Drosera, Droseraceae).
Awards: 2018 Triarch Botanical Photos Award, 1st Place, Botanical Society of America 2018 Zoological Society Fund, Bell Museum 2018 J.S. Karling Graduate Student Research Award, Botanical Society of America 2018 Charles Peter Sigerfoos Graduate Fellowship, U of Minnesota 2017 Dayton Fellowship, Bell Museum 2017 Plant Biological Sciences Recruitment Fellowship, U of Minnesota
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Lab Openings
Graduate Students: We are recruiting Ph.D. students for Fall 2019! Students in the lab are expected to be independent and develop their own dissertation projects on topics related to plant evolution.
Ya is affiliated with these two graduate programs:
Plant and Microbial Biological Graduate Program Application deadline: December 1 each year
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Graduate Program Application deadline: December 1 each year
Internal funds are available for herbarium curatorial assistantship, summer/academic year fellowships, and research awards. Please contact Ya to discuss your interests.
In addition, Ya is happy to assist perspective graduate students with applying for external fellowships such as the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Deadline: October each year.
Also see General info on applying for graduate school from Casey Dunn
Undergraduate students: the lab has many opportunities for motivated undergraduate students, including, but not limited to, field collections, basic molecular lab techniques, phylogenetic analyses, and programing projects. Please contact Ya with your CV and a brief description of your interests to discuss potential projects!
Postdoc: Currently all funded postdoc positions are filled. Ya is happy to assist perspective postdocs with applying for fellowships such as:
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) Deadline: November each year
University of Minnesota Grand Challenges in Biology Postdoctoral Program Deadline: February each year
University of Minnesota President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Deadline: November each year
Comprehensive list for postdoc fellowships
Graduate Students: We are recruiting Ph.D. students for Fall 2019! Students in the lab are expected to be independent and develop their own dissertation projects on topics related to plant evolution.
Ya is affiliated with these two graduate programs:
Plant and Microbial Biological Graduate Program Application deadline: December 1 each year
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Graduate Program Application deadline: December 1 each year
Internal funds are available for herbarium curatorial assistantship, summer/academic year fellowships, and research awards. Please contact Ya to discuss your interests.
In addition, Ya is happy to assist perspective graduate students with applying for external fellowships such as the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Deadline: October each year.
Also see General info on applying for graduate school from Casey Dunn
Undergraduate students: the lab has many opportunities for motivated undergraduate students, including, but not limited to, field collections, basic molecular lab techniques, phylogenetic analyses, and programing projects. Please contact Ya with your CV and a brief description of your interests to discuss potential projects!
Postdoc: Currently all funded postdoc positions are filled. Ya is happy to assist perspective postdocs with applying for fellowships such as:
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology (PRFB) Deadline: November each year
University of Minnesota Grand Challenges in Biology Postdoctoral Program Deadline: February each year
University of Minnesota President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Deadline: November each year
Comprehensive list for postdoc fellowships
Lab Alumni
Yinyin Huang (lab manager Mar 2017 – Aug 2018) Yinyin helped with setting up the new lab, kept the lab running, generated RNA-seq data for the lab, and trained several lab members. She is now a PharmD student at University of Minnesota.