Sunil Kenchanmane Raju
@kenchanmane.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside, Duplication, Epigenomics, Comparative Single-cell Omics.
https://kenchanmanelab.com/
https://kenchanmanelab.com/
🎉 Congratulations @szintri.bsky.social
Beyond excited to see my guru, James Schnable, University of Nebraska, awarded the NAS Prize in Food and Agricultural Sciences!!
www.nasonline.org/award/nas-pr...
Beyond excited to see my guru, James Schnable, University of Nebraska, awarded the NAS Prize in Food and Agricultural Sciences!!
www.nasonline.org/award/nas-pr...
January 22, 2026 at 5:17 PM
🎉 Congratulations @szintri.bsky.social
Beyond excited to see my guru, James Schnable, University of Nebraska, awarded the NAS Prize in Food and Agricultural Sciences!!
www.nasonline.org/award/nas-pr...
Beyond excited to see my guru, James Schnable, University of Nebraska, awarded the NAS Prize in Food and Agricultural Sciences!!
www.nasonline.org/award/nas-pr...
Conversations that started with science, somehow leading to people management, careers, friendship, mangoes & everything under the sun🥭
Conversations like this are worth at least a few college degrees. So grateful for these #mentors & #moments
@szintri.bsky.social @rebeccaroston.bsky.social #PAG33
Conversations like this are worth at least a few college degrees. So grateful for these #mentors & #moments
@szintri.bsky.social @rebeccaroston.bsky.social #PAG33
January 20, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Conversations that started with science, somehow leading to people management, careers, friendship, mangoes & everything under the sun🥭
Conversations like this are worth at least a few college degrees. So grateful for these #mentors & #moments
@szintri.bsky.social @rebeccaroston.bsky.social #PAG33
Conversations like this are worth at least a few college degrees. So grateful for these #mentors & #moments
@szintri.bsky.social @rebeccaroston.bsky.social #PAG33
Heading to #PAG33 to present 'regulation of environment responses' in 'Plant Epigenetics for Crop Improvement' session on Mon, 01/12. Shout-out to Yuvraj & Minnie for driving comparative genomics, epigenomics & single-cell work!
We are also looking for a postdoc to join our group!
Details below 👇
We are also looking for a postdoc to join our group!
Details below 👇
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Heading to #PAG33 to present 'regulation of environment responses' in 'Plant Epigenetics for Crop Improvement' session on Mon, 01/12. Shout-out to Yuvraj & Minnie for driving comparative genomics, epigenomics & single-cell work!
We are also looking for a postdoc to join our group!
Details below 👇
We are also looking for a postdoc to join our group!
Details below 👇
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paper is out now in Nature Plants, here is a link: Imputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development. Nat. Plants (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Imputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development - Nature Plants
Spatially resolved gene expression during barley development was done by integrating an scRNA-seq dataset from cells with unknown position with spatial transcriptomics. This dataset is publicly availa...
doi.org
January 8, 2026 at 12:49 AM
paper is out now in Nature Plants, here is a link: Imputation integrates single-cell and spatial gene expression data to resolve transcriptional networks in barley shoot meristem development. Nat. Plants (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Reposted by Sunil Kenchanmane Raju
Our paper on the newest version of the Registry of candidate cis-Regulatory Elements (cCREs) is out 🧬
Huge thanks to the many collaborators, experimentalists, analysts and software developers who made this work possible — truly a team effort!
A "meme-torial" of the science is coming soon 👀
Huge thanks to the many collaborators, experimentalists, analysts and software developers who made this work possible — truly a team effort!
A "meme-torial" of the science is coming soon 👀
An expanded registry of candidate cis-regulatory elements - Nature
The existing ENCODE registry of candidate human and mouse cis-regulatory elements is expanded with the addition of new ENCODE data, integrating new functional data as well as new cell and tissue types...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Our paper on the newest version of the Registry of candidate cis-Regulatory Elements (cCREs) is out 🧬
Huge thanks to the many collaborators, experimentalists, analysts and software developers who made this work possible — truly a team effort!
A "meme-torial" of the science is coming soon 👀
Huge thanks to the many collaborators, experimentalists, analysts and software developers who made this work possible — truly a team effort!
A "meme-torial" of the science is coming soon 👀
Thanks @maddyseale.bsky.social for the thematic curation. Love a good year-end plant science roundup!
Perfect for catching impactful work we may have missed @science.org
Found several overlooked gems that's going on my must-read list! 🌱
Perfect for catching impactful work we may have missed @science.org
Found several overlooked gems that's going on my must-read list! 🌱
At the end of 2024 I did a chronological round up of all the #plantscience in @science.org that year.
So how did 2025 pan out? This year, I’m grouping papers thematically instead of chronologically so read on to find out what exciting plant science came out over the last 12 months. (1/22)
So how did 2025 pan out? This year, I’m grouping papers thematically instead of chronologically so read on to find out what exciting plant science came out over the last 12 months. (1/22)
January 2, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Thanks @maddyseale.bsky.social for the thematic curation. Love a good year-end plant science roundup!
Perfect for catching impactful work we may have missed @science.org
Found several overlooked gems that's going on my must-read list! 🌱
Perfect for catching impactful work we may have missed @science.org
Found several overlooked gems that's going on my must-read list! 🌱
Reposted by Sunil Kenchanmane Raju
it was great to collaborate with @lmueller.bsky.social to help characterize the Medicago crn mutant!
🌱 EDITOR'S CHOICE 🌱
Plant interactions with beneficial AM fungi are regulated by complex signaling pathways. The pseudokinase CORYNE negatively regulates the symbiosis by integrating plant responses to multiple abiotic and biotic cues - Orosz et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
Plant interactions with beneficial AM fungi are regulated by complex signaling pathways. The pseudokinase CORYNE negatively regulates the symbiosis by integrating plant responses to multiple abiotic and biotic cues - Orosz et al.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
December 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
it was great to collaborate with @lmueller.bsky.social to help characterize the Medicago crn mutant!
Happy New Year 2026 from the Kenchanmane-Raju Lab🎊 @ucriverside.bsky.social
Wishing everyone peace, prosperity, and plenty of exciting discoveries ahead🌽🖥️🌱
Huge thanks to our incredible team for making 2025 an unforgettable year! #Plant #Science #Discoveries #HappyNewYear2026
Wishing everyone peace, prosperity, and plenty of exciting discoveries ahead🌽🖥️🌱
Huge thanks to our incredible team for making 2025 an unforgettable year! #Plant #Science #Discoveries #HappyNewYear2026
January 1, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Happy New Year 2026 from the Kenchanmane-Raju Lab🎊 @ucriverside.bsky.social
Wishing everyone peace, prosperity, and plenty of exciting discoveries ahead🌽🖥️🌱
Huge thanks to our incredible team for making 2025 an unforgettable year! #Plant #Science #Discoveries #HappyNewYear2026
Wishing everyone peace, prosperity, and plenty of exciting discoveries ahead🌽🖥️🌱
Huge thanks to our incredible team for making 2025 an unforgettable year! #Plant #Science #Discoveries #HappyNewYear2026
Reposted by Sunil Kenchanmane Raju
Coping with stress: Transcriptional regulators linking cell wall integrity maintenance with primary-wall metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Coping with stress: Transcriptional regulators linking cell wall integrity maintenance with primary-wall metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana
Cell wall damage (CWD) and hyperosmotic stress elicit both distinct and overlapping transcriptional programs in plants. Responses to these stresses involve cell wall integrity (CWI) maintenance, which...
www.biorxiv.org
December 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Coping with stress: Transcriptional regulators linking cell wall integrity maintenance with primary-wall metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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We are also featuring developmental biologist K. Vijayraghavan, a @dev-journal.bsky.social Advisory Board member and a Development and @biologyopen.bsky.social author, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists
@kvijayraghavan.bsky.social
@kvijayraghavan.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
We are also featuring developmental biologist K. Vijayraghavan, a @dev-journal.bsky.social Advisory Board member and a Development and @biologyopen.bsky.social author, as an extraordinary biologist this week. #100biologists
@kvijayraghavan.bsky.social
@kvijayraghavan.bsky.social
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As a member of the Leadership Team, I’m proud to share what makes the #PlantPostdoc Slack special. 🌿 It’s a vibrant community for postdocs in plant-related fields. A safe space to review materials, share opportunities, and support each other as we navigate our paths in academia and industry.
December 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
As a member of the Leadership Team, I’m proud to share what makes the #PlantPostdoc Slack special. 🌿 It’s a vibrant community for postdocs in plant-related fields. A safe space to review materials, share opportunities, and support each other as we navigate our paths in academia and industry.
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We’re seeking support to keep the Sahyadri Award and mentorship program thriving. As part of the Leadership Team, I invite you to help us build a stronger, more connected #plantscience #postdoc community. Every contribution directly nurtures the next generation of plant scientists. 🌿🤝
Donate to Support Plant Postdocs Activities, organized by Aimee Uyehara
Plant Postdoc Slack is a vibrant community created for postdoctoral researchers workin… Aimee Uyehara needs your support for Support Plant Postdocs Activities
www.gofundme.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
We’re seeking support to keep the Sahyadri Award and mentorship program thriving. As part of the Leadership Team, I invite you to help us build a stronger, more connected #plantscience #postdoc community. Every contribution directly nurtures the next generation of plant scientists. 🌿🤝
Looking forward to three excellent talks from #Sahyadri #OutstandingPostdoc 2025 awardees -
@penlindsay.bsky.social @ehlawrence-paul.bsky.social and Elena Perry
Date: December 12, 2025
Time: 12 pm PT/ 2 pm CT / 3 pm ET
Register Here: tinyurl.com/sahyadri2025
@penlindsay.bsky.social @ehlawrence-paul.bsky.social and Elena Perry
Date: December 12, 2025
Time: 12 pm PT/ 2 pm CT / 3 pm ET
Register Here: tinyurl.com/sahyadri2025
Hi Folks! Hope you had a great weekend.
We are back again with the Sahyadri Symposium 2025 featuring Drs. Penelope Lindsay, Elena Perry, and Erica Lawrence-Paul, this Friday, December 12 (12 PM PT / 2 PM CT / 3 PM ET)
Don't forget to Register :)
forms.gle/XciuCZ1FP62H...
We are back again with the Sahyadri Symposium 2025 featuring Drs. Penelope Lindsay, Elena Perry, and Erica Lawrence-Paul, this Friday, December 12 (12 PM PT / 2 PM CT / 3 PM ET)
Don't forget to Register :)
forms.gle/XciuCZ1FP62H...
December 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Looking forward to three excellent talks from #Sahyadri #OutstandingPostdoc 2025 awardees -
@penlindsay.bsky.social @ehlawrence-paul.bsky.social and Elena Perry
Date: December 12, 2025
Time: 12 pm PT/ 2 pm CT / 3 pm ET
Register Here: tinyurl.com/sahyadri2025
@penlindsay.bsky.social @ehlawrence-paul.bsky.social and Elena Perry
Date: December 12, 2025
Time: 12 pm PT/ 2 pm CT / 3 pm ET
Register Here: tinyurl.com/sahyadri2025
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Aaah! New preprint from the Sethuraman Lab has dropped! Tamsen and I have been working on this for a while, and we can’t wait for your feedback. Short thread on our swanky new polyploid genome simulator, DemographiKs, and its functionality.
Hidden in Plain Sight. How Ks histogram dynamics can reveal and obscure ancient whole genome duplications. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.19.689290v1
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Aaah! New preprint from the Sethuraman Lab has dropped! Tamsen and I have been working on this for a while, and we can’t wait for your feedback. Short thread on our swanky new polyploid genome simulator, DemographiKs, and its functionality.
Reposted by Sunil Kenchanmane Raju
There are a couple of empty chairs at our table — want to sit with us?
Reach out to me or any lab member www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/research... We’ll be hiring two postdocs in 2026.
We’re excited about ambitious and creative ideas and are committed to supporting future group leaders 1/2
Reach out to me or any lab member www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/research... We’ll be hiring two postdocs in 2026.
We’re excited about ambitious and creative ideas and are committed to supporting future group leaders 1/2
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
There are a couple of empty chairs at our table — want to sit with us?
Reach out to me or any lab member www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/research... We’ll be hiring two postdocs in 2026.
We’re excited about ambitious and creative ideas and are committed to supporting future group leaders 1/2
Reach out to me or any lab member www.oeaw.ac.at/gmi/research... We’ll be hiring two postdocs in 2026.
We’re excited about ambitious and creative ideas and are committed to supporting future group leaders 1/2
Just in time for my holiday reading 😍
Nothing compares to the joy of reading a beautiful print edition, it really slows the world down!
Thank you @worksinprogress.bsky.social
Nothing compares to the joy of reading a beautiful print edition, it really slows the world down!
Thank you @worksinprogress.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Just in time for my holiday reading 😍
Nothing compares to the joy of reading a beautiful print edition, it really slows the world down!
Thank you @worksinprogress.bsky.social
Nothing compares to the joy of reading a beautiful print edition, it really slows the world down!
Thank you @worksinprogress.bsky.social
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Super proud of @alyssa-phillips.bsky.social 's paper, now out on biorxiv! She resolves the origin(s) of polyploid big blue-stem, a dominant species in the midwest tall-grass prairie. Her common garden analysis also informs on environmental adaptation and hints at the impacts of polyploidy.
The origins and adaptive consequences of polyploidy in a dominant prairie grass
Polyploidy is ubiquitous across North American prairies, which provide essential ecosystem services and rich soil for agriculture. Yet the mechanism driving polyploid abundance is unclear. Multiple hy...
www.biorxiv.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Super proud of @alyssa-phillips.bsky.social 's paper, now out on biorxiv! She resolves the origin(s) of polyploid big blue-stem, a dominant species in the midwest tall-grass prairie. Her common garden analysis also informs on environmental adaptation and hints at the impacts of polyploidy.
Reposted by Sunil Kenchanmane Raju
Happy #NativeNovember!
This year feels especially meaningful as I’m graduating with my #PhD. Indigenous people are still here: thriving, dreaming, and making those dreams a reality. This month, we honor resilience, heritage, and determination. #IndigenousinSTEM
This year feels especially meaningful as I’m graduating with my #PhD. Indigenous people are still here: thriving, dreaming, and making those dreams a reality. This month, we honor resilience, heritage, and determination. #IndigenousinSTEM
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Happy #NativeNovember!
This year feels especially meaningful as I’m graduating with my #PhD. Indigenous people are still here: thriving, dreaming, and making those dreams a reality. This month, we honor resilience, heritage, and determination. #IndigenousinSTEM
This year feels especially meaningful as I’m graduating with my #PhD. Indigenous people are still here: thriving, dreaming, and making those dreams a reality. This month, we honor resilience, heritage, and determination. #IndigenousinSTEM
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Which Arabidopsis gene discoveries have informed crop trait improvements? Here are just a few...
Are you aware of others? 🧪
#plantbiology #plantscience #scisky #cropscience
Are you aware of others? 🧪
#plantbiology #plantscience #scisky #cropscience
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Which Arabidopsis gene discoveries have informed crop trait improvements? Here are just a few...
Are you aware of others? 🧪
#plantbiology #plantscience #scisky #cropscience
Are you aware of others? 🧪
#plantbiology #plantscience #scisky #cropscience
Reposted by Sunil Kenchanmane Raju
Thanks for hosting me! UCR has such an awesome group of plant folks. Full house at my talk - such an honor ❤️
Thoroughly enjoyed @arunsethuraman.bsky.social's talk at the @ucriverside.bsky.social BPSC seminar today, "Exploring angiosperm polyploidy continuum at the species and population levels" 🌱 🌱
@jrossibarra.bsky.social made an appearance in one of the slides!!
@jrossibarra.bsky.social made an appearance in one of the slides!!
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Thanks for hosting me! UCR has such an awesome group of plant folks. Full house at my talk - such an honor ❤️
Thoroughly enjoyed @arunsethuraman.bsky.social's talk at the @ucriverside.bsky.social BPSC seminar today, "Exploring angiosperm polyploidy continuum at the species and population levels" 🌱 🌱
@jrossibarra.bsky.social made an appearance in one of the slides!!
@jrossibarra.bsky.social made an appearance in one of the slides!!
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Thoroughly enjoyed @arunsethuraman.bsky.social's talk at the @ucriverside.bsky.social BPSC seminar today, "Exploring angiosperm polyploidy continuum at the species and population levels" 🌱 🌱
@jrossibarra.bsky.social made an appearance in one of the slides!!
@jrossibarra.bsky.social made an appearance in one of the slides!!
Reposted by Sunil Kenchanmane Raju
Looking forward to my lecture on Wednesday @ucriverside.bsky.social in the Botany & Plant Sciences seminar series! I’ll present some of our recent work on forward time whole genome sims & demographic inference in the polyploid continuum. See y’all there? plantbiology.ucr.edu/seminars
Seminars
BPSC 250 Seminar Series Fall 2025 Organizer: Louis Santiago Winter 2026 Organizer:
plantbiology.ucr.edu
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Looking forward to my lecture on Wednesday @ucriverside.bsky.social in the Botany & Plant Sciences seminar series! I’ll present some of our recent work on forward time whole genome sims & demographic inference in the polyploid continuum. See y’all there? plantbiology.ucr.edu/seminars
Reposted by Sunil Kenchanmane Raju
I was fortunate to listen a great talk by Sherry Flint-Garcia this morning in the Zeavolution seminar series.
The pigmentation imaging of maize kernel at cellular level is gorgeous! 🌽🔬
The pigmentation imaging of maize kernel at cellular level is gorgeous! 🌽🔬
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I was fortunate to listen a great talk by Sherry Flint-Garcia this morning in the Zeavolution seminar series.
The pigmentation imaging of maize kernel at cellular level is gorgeous! 🌽🔬
The pigmentation imaging of maize kernel at cellular level is gorgeous! 🌽🔬
Fantastic seminar on 'chromatin regulation and evolution' by @hitenmadhani.bsky.social at @ucriverside.bsky.social
Loved how he started with the classic Linaria vulgaris epigenetics example 🌱
Loved how he started with the classic Linaria vulgaris epigenetics example 🌱
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Fantastic seminar on 'chromatin regulation and evolution' by @hitenmadhani.bsky.social at @ucriverside.bsky.social
Loved how he started with the classic Linaria vulgaris epigenetics example 🌱
Loved how he started with the classic Linaria vulgaris epigenetics example 🌱