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Rajarshi Sanyal

@rajarshisanyal.bsky.social
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PhD Scholar at National Institute of Plant Genome Research, India Photosynthesis and Development Lab ASPB Plantae Editor 2024-2025 ASPB Plantae Fellow 2023 Loves photography, music, and science

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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Honored to join the ASPB International Committee as an Early Career Representative! @aspbofficial.bsky.social Grateful to continue my journey from @plantaeofficial.bsky.social to this new opportunity to contribute to global plant science.
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 05/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel “for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics.”
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The 2026 Dirac Medal recognizes physicists whose work has significantly advanced the understanding of statistical mechanics, the branch of physics that studies how systems with a very large number of particles behave collectively. www.ictp.it/news/2026/8/... #India #France #Italy #Israel/USA
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🌡️🌱 How does temperature shape plant growth? Our latest review explores how plants integrate thermal signals with the cell cycle to coordinate growth, development, and climate adaptation. Congratulations to Vasundara and Ritesh!! Read more: portlandpress.com/biochemsoctr... #PlantScience
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Temperature regulation of cell cycle and growth dynamics in Arabidopsis
Abstract. The plant cell cycle is a highly coordinated and regulated process that integrates endogenous and environmental signals to control cell division, meristem maintenance, and cell fate specific...
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
What if thousands of birdsongs are built from just 8 acoustic motifs? 🎶🐦 A study of 116,000+ songs from 3,160 species found that birds create astonishing diversity by recombining a small set of sound patterns. Habitat then shapes the melody. #Nature at its best. #Birdsong #Science #Evolution
Eight distinct acoustic motifs structure the global passerine song repertoire.
(A) Song feature extraction: soundwave, spectrogram, and modulation power spectrum (MPS) (see materials and methods). The MPS quantifies spectro-temporal modulations encoding information such as species identity, individual identity, and singer’s quality. Two of the three species shown as examples exhibit songs with similar spectro-temporal patterns (colored in purple) that contrast with the pattern found in the vocalization of the third species (colored in green). (B) Global acoustic space derived from 116,792 passerine vocalizations (3160 bird species). Visualization uses a three-dimensional uniform manifold approximation and projection (UMAP) of the 37-dimensional MPS space (materials and methods). Colors represent acoustic motifs. (C) The eight acoustic motifs. Dendrogram shows acoustic similarities (Euclidean distances between MPS profiles). Bar plots indicate the proportion of each motif across all passerine songs. Representative MPSs (song bout with probability = 1 for that motif) and spectrograms exemplify each acoustic motif. See also fig. S8 and the interactive web application in the supplementary materials, which visualize and play the global vocal repertoire of passerines.
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Protein repair is more than cellular housekeeping. It strengthens plant immunity. A new @natcomms.nature.com study from NIPGR shows that rice #PIMT repairs damaged proteins, enhancing resistance to sheath blight and offering new avenues for disease-resilient crops. 🌾🔬 Read: shorturl.at/8HEqG
A working model depicting the role of PIMT in rice sheath blight disease tolerance. 
R. solani infection induces the expression of PIMT to restrict the isoAsp and ROS accumulation by maintaining the enzymatic activity of different antioxidant enzymes as well as OsALDH and OsPBZ1 (Left panel). In contrast, R. solani infection in OsPIMT mutant plants leads to the conversion of asparagine (Asn) and aspartic acid (Asp) residues in antioxidant proteins, OsALDH, and OsPBZ1 into isoaspartates (isoAsp),
thereby reducing their enzymatic activities and compromised tolerance.
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🌱 The 2026 Journal Citation Reports are out. Trends: 📈 India's author representation increased by 12% 🌍 Global South participation continues to rise 🔓 Gold Open Access journals reached 6,703 🧬 Plant science journals showed strong growth Remember: Impact Factors measure journals, not scientists.
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
bHLH duo regulates nodule vascular strands Srivastava et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/RCF5U4...
Schematic representation of the proposed signaling pathway controlled by Nodule Vascular bundle Development leading to legume-type nodule development in Medicago.
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
This paper basically asked: “What if mammalian cells could borrow photosynthesis?” And somehow… it worked!! Genuinely one of the most unexpected cross-kingdom biology papers I’ve read recently. cell.com/cell/fulltex... @cellpress.bsky.social @nuspress.bsky.social
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Glad to see our work featured among the most viewed articles in New Phytologist. Grateful for the interest from the plant science community and for the discussions the study has generated. 🌱 @wiley.com @newphyt.bsky.social Read the Article: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
What happens when pollinators disappear? 🐝 Not just fewer flowers. Less nutrition. Less income. Less food security. A new Nature study shows pollinator-dependent crops provide >40% of household income in vulnerable communities www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Pollinators support the nutrition and income of vulnerable communities - Nature
Quantification of links among insect pollinators, crop plants, nutrient intake and income of smallholder communities in Nepal show that pollinators substantially contribute to their income and micronu...
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
What if the “non-coding” genome isn’t actually non-coding? 🧬 A Nature study analyzing 95,520 proteomics experiments found thousands of hidden microproteins encoded in supposedly “silent” regions of our genome. The human proteome may be far larger than we thought. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Most cited ≠ most reliable. A Science Advances study shows: ❗ Nonreplicable papers get MORE citations ❗ Even after failing replication Only ~12% of citations acknowledge failure. Science rewards novelty—but at what cost? #AcademicTwitter #OpenScience #PhDLife #Research
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Plant genetics just got a major upgrade 🌱 A new Nature Biotechnology study introduces PIVOT, a single-cell screening platform for plants. High-throughput. Functional. Scalable. Finally, a way to tackle redundancy in plant signaling. Read: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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A single-cell screening platform accelerates functional genetics in plants - Nature Biotechnology
A pooled, cell-based, genetic screening platform in plants is used for the functional analysis of cytokinin signaling proteins.
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
India’s genomic map reveals ~130M variants—many previously unknown. Strong population structure + rare, population-specific variants expose limits of Eurocentric datasets. Precision medicine needs diversity, not assumptions. #Genomics #PrecisionMedicine #HumanDiversity tinyurl.com/3mverx3p
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India’s DNA map uncovers millions of missing genetic variants
A vast study reveals deep diversity, hidden disease risks and exposes the limits of Eurocentric medicine.
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Crossed 100 citations recently.📊 Small milestone, but encouraging as a PhD student to see the work being read and built upon. Thankful for the journey so far, and excited for what lies ahead. GS: scholar.google.com/citations?us... RG: www.researchgate.net/profile/Raja...
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Check out our latest review, where we discuss how photomorphogenesis-associated transcription factors shape photosynthesis and its optimization under changing environments.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Congratulations to Canadian Peter Howitt on his Nobel Prize in Economics!
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Sup on Pennsylvania Avenue this morning?
Image of Seinfeld Soup Nazi

Caption: 

"NOBEL PEACE PRIZE COMMITTEE TO TO TRUMP

'NO PRIZE FOR YOU!'"
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
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Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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NPR @npr.org · 09/10/2025
Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. He joins the ranks of Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck and Toni Morrison.
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László Krasznahorkai wins 2025 Nobel Prize in literature
Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. He joins the ranks of Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck and Toni Morrison.
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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 08/10/2025
Congratulations to #NASmember Omar M. Yaghi, who shares the 2025 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robson for the development of metal–organic frameworks! Their discoveries may contribute to solving some of humankind’s greatest challenges. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemi...
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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 07/10/2025
The 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics has been awarded to #NASmembers John Clarke and Michel H. Devoret, alongside John M. Martinis! Congratulations on this esteemed recognition of their experiments on a chip that revealed quantum physics in action. Read more: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Announcing the Jane Silverthorne Postdoctoral Fellowship Program plantae.org?p=144727 Application deadline: January 15, 2026 @btiscience.bsky.social is an independent nonprofit research institute affiliated with @cornelluniversity.bsky.social Learn more: spf.btiscience.org
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Announcing the Jane Silverthorne Postdoctoral Fellowship Program | Plantae
A message from Silvia Restrepo, President, Boyce Thompson Institute As the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) embarks on our second century of plant science innovation, I’m deeply honored to announce the…
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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 06/10/2025
Congratulations to NAS international member Shimon Sakaguchi on receiving the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine! He is honored alongside Mary E. Brunkow & Fred Ramsdell "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance." Read more: www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medic... #NASmember
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
🌱 New preprint from our lab! We uncover how a cytokinin–auxin module regulates nitrogen-driven tiller outgrowth in rice. Read here 👉 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... We’d love to hear your thoughts 🌿 #plantbiology #rice #development #hormone #preprint #scicomm #thephotodevolab #openscience
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A cytokinin-auxin antagonistic module regulates nitrogen-triggered tiller outgrowth in rice
Tillering is a key trait that shapes aboveground architecture and directly contributes to rice yield. However, integration of environmental cues to genetic regulators for controlling tiller outgrowth ...
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
📝 Our new @jxbotany.bsky.social review is out! ☀️ Light = energy for #photosynthesis 🌱 Light = signal for plant development 🤔 How do light-signaling TFs connect developmental responses with photosynthetic control? Find out here 👉 academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-... #publication #research #PhD
Optimizing photosynthesis by targeting light signaling transcriptional networks
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
🌱In this latest piece (co-written with fellow Plantae editor, Dennis Baffour-Awuah), we explore how curiosity shapes discoveries and drives progress in #plantscience 💭What’s the one BIG question you’d love to see answered in plant biology? @plantaeofficial.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🌱Excited for #PlantBio2025, happening in Milwaukee, USA! Grateful to #JaysonPadilla for organizing a virtual meetup with #PlantaeFellows attending the conference. Always a delight to connect with the amazing Plantae community! @plantaeofficial.bsky.social @aspbofficial.bsky.social
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
🚨 Applications closing soon! Become a #PlantaeFellow and grow your skills in #SciComm, leadership & community building🌱 🗓️ Deadline: August 31, 2025 Join a global network of plant scientists! 🌍 @aspbofficial.bsky.social @plantaeofficial.bsky.social #PlantScience #PhDLife #postdoc #networking
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Meet the 2025 Top Agri-food Pioneers (TAP) cohort, comprising 39 visionary scientists, farmers, policy advisors, entrepreneurs, and humanitarians from 27 countries, who are driving change in agriculture and global food security. 🌽🌍 #WorldFoodPrizeFoundation Learn more: tinyurl.com/ys74kxtt
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
We had an insightful workshop at #PlantBiologyGlobal on RNA-Seq analysis using the Integrated Genome Browser 💻 Grateful to the amazing speakers for sharing their expertise and making it so accessible! 🙌 @ Paige Kulzer, Nowlan Freese, and Prof. Ann Loraine @aspbofficial.bsky.social
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🇮🇳 Proud moment for Indian science! Indian institutions, including NIPGR, ICGEB, IISc, UAS, IIT, InStem, IIST, and KAU, join #Ax4, sending seven space experiments aboard with astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station. India’s research is going orbital! 🚀 #ScienceandTechnology
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
📎Announcing the 2025 #RoyalSociety Fellows! Over 90 trailblazing scientists from around the 🌍 have been elected to the world’s oldest scientific academy, celebrating 360 years of discovery. A special shoutout to their students and teams — your hard work is part of this honour!!
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🇮🇳 India approves its 1st genome-edited rice using CRISPR-Cas: 🌾 DRR Rice 100 (Kamla) 🌾 Pusa DST Rice 1 🚫Not GMOs — no foreign DNA. 🌿Boosts yield, climate resilience, and low water requirement. Developed by @icar_iirr & @Icar_iari. #CRISPR #Rice
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Rajarshi Sanyal @rajarshisanyal.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Honored to be selected as a Fellow in the ASM Future Leaders Mentorship Fellowship! Grateful to @asm.org for this opportunity to grow, connect & contribute to the scientific community. Looking forward to the journey ahead! 🌱🔬 #ASMFLMF #leadership #mentorship #ScienceCommunication
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