Kenchanmane-Raju Lab

The @KenchanmaneLab is #hiring a #postdoc @UCRCNAS🌽💻 Work on cis-regulatory evolution, gene family diversification, and cell-type-specific climate responses using single-cell and comparative genomics -kenchanmanelab.com/research/ Deadline: Feb 5, 2026 Apply: aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF02058

The first time I had enough alumni at PAG for a proper reunion. Heard several of their talks, great science. Got to catch up; they sound happy. Feels good. L->R @Sunil_KumarKR 2017-'18 (now at UCR), @shanwai1234 15-19 (NDSU), @ravi_mural 19-23 (SDSU), @vla_torres 21-25.

#PAG33 was incredible! Conversations that started with science somehow leading to people management, careers, friendship, mangoes & everything under the sun🌱🥭 Pretty sure conversations like this are worth at least a few college degrees. So grateful for these #mentors & #moments

Happy New Year 2026 from the @KenchanmaneLab🎊 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

Looking forward to three excellent talks from @plantpostdocs #Sahyadri #OutstandingPostdoc 2025 awardees. Date: December 12, 2025 Time: 12 pm PT/ 2 pm CT / 3 pm ET Register Here: tinyurl.com/sahyadri2025

José Dinneny @Dinnenylab @Stanford delivered an outstanding Noel Keen Lecture @UCRiverside Center for Plant Cell Biology Annual Symposium last Friday! Always a joy to catch up and exchange ideas with him!

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/XciuCZ1FP62H94…

The inland empire wild donkeys made it to the @nytimes "Welcome to the Donkey Country" tinyurl.com/Riverside-burr…

Inspired after hearing about Joanne Chory’s transformative legacy at the 'SoCal Science with Purpose' symposium last week. Her work is a testament to how vision, perseverance, and purpose-driven work can reshape science and its impact on the world👩‍🔬

#ShankarNag wasn’t just a filmmaker, he was a once-in-a-millennium visionary who inspires us to dream bigger & live with purpose! He taught us that fearlessness fuels creation! In @KenchanmaneLab, we carry that same spirit, daring to ask bold questions and breaking barriers🌱🌽

Can’t believe it’s been a year already! Time really does fly when you’re having fun. 🎉Celebrating the 1st anniversary of @KenchanmaneLab @UCRCNAS, grateful to my brilliant team for the energy and fun you bring every day and to my mentors for their continued guidance 🙏

Excited to officially welcome @YuvrajChopra100 as a PhD student in my group @UCRCNAS He has already been central in setting up the lab and now begins his grad journey in our Plant Biology program, working on cell-type specific responses to environmental stress in grasses🌽🔬🖥️

🌱📚Excited to share my journey and experiences in academia, the ups, downs, and everything in between! Hope it sparks good conversations! @plantpostdocs @PlantGrads

Perfect timing to announce @plantpostdocs #Sahyadri Outstanding Postdoc Award 2025 during National Postdoc Appreciation Week #NPAW2025 🎉Congratulations!! Erica Lawerence-Paul, PSU Penelope Lindsay, OSU Elena K. Perry, LBNL

Check out our latest review article on DNA methylation dynamics: patterns, regulation, and function sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Glad to see their findings support our previous results on genic DNA methylation across Arabidopsis accessions. We further demonstrated that duplicate paralogs with contrasting methylation states show different evolutionary trends within the population! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Congratulations to the 2025 Sahyadri Outstanding Postdoc Awardees:

🌱 Excited to welcome Bridget Bickner to @KenchanmaneLab @UCRCNAS Bridget joins us from the Kramer and Hopkins lab @HarvardOEB, she’ll focus on developing new model systems to study evolution and plant resilience 🌿

UC Riverside is the No. 27 public university in a 2025-26 college ranking from @Forbes magazine – up 10 spots among public universities since last year. GO HIGHLANDERS! 🐻✨ Read more ➡️➡️ news.ucr.edu/articles/2025/…

PMEX Morphogenic Regulator Assisted Plant Transformation with Jianqiang Shen, Juan Debernardi and Greg Goralogia youtu.be/ppInj8080yE