Group Leader at Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen https://www.bio.mpg.de/476698/insect-sex-determination-and-development-qiaowei-miya-pan EvoDevo, Sex determination, Haplodiploidy 🐜 🐝 🐞 and occasionally, sex chromosomes🐡 🦎https://bsky.app/profile/miyapan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/miyapan.bsky.social/post/3mj5fn4oqes2p🐜 "Ant larvae release a pheromone that prevents their parents from reproducing again. This ensures that the parents devote themselves fully to their offspring's development before laying more eggs." 🤩 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:a44ylu2kdtyk4qyjokjr2udv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5fn4oqes2phttps://bsky.app/profile/miyapan.bsky.social/post/3mbq7aqusxk2j🚨New paper from our team on our favorite sex locus ANTSR! 🚨New collaboration with @hugodarras.bsky.social , led by our talented @chuanxinyu.bsky.social, we show that ants, bees and stinging wasps share an ancient sex locus, a suspicion we had when we first found the locus in the Argentine ants! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jan 2026 05:18 +0000at://did:plc:a44ylu2kdtyk4qyjokjr2udv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbq7aqusxk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/miyapan.bsky.social/post/3macls3e27c2l🚨Interested in selfish elements🧬? non-canonical patterns of inheritance🧬? Then don't miss out on this EMBO workshop in Bern! Amazing lineup of speakers, covering evolution, genomics, molecular mechanisms, and more! Deadline extended! Travel grants and registration fee waivers still available! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Dec 2025 02:00 +0000at://did:plc:a44ylu2kdtyk4qyjokjr2udv/app.bsky.feed.post/3macls3e27c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/miyapan.bsky.social/post/3m6x5uwzmlc2aExcited to share that I’m starting a research group at MPI for Biology Tübingen — and we’re recruiting PhD students! We are offering two fully funded PhD positions on sex determination and development in Hymenoptera 🐜🐝. Please share with prospective students who might be interested. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Dec 2025 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:a44ylu2kdtyk4qyjokjr2udv/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6x5uwzmlc2a