Team
Team Lead
Sunil Kenchanmane-Raju
Education
- PhD in Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
- Master of Science in Biotechnology
- Institution: Kuvempu University, Shankarghatta, Karnataka, India.
- Bachelor of Science
- Institution: Sahyadri Science College, Shivamogga, Karnataka, India.
Experience
- Postdoctoral Researcher – Ken Birnbaum lab
- Institution: New York University
- Focus: Comparative single-cell omics to understand cell type evolution and function.
- Postdoctoral Research Associate – Chad Niederhuth lab
- Institution: Michigan State University
- Focus: Comparative epigenomics to understand gene expression and evolution across angiosperms.
- Graduate Research Assistant
- Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Sally Mackenzie lab (PhD):
- Focus: Epigenetic variation in crop improvement
- James Schnable lab (Bridge Postdoc):
- Focus: Comparative genomics to understand the evolution of chilling stress tolerance in panicoid grasses.
- Sally Mackenzie lab (PhD):
- Institution: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Sunil Kenchanmane-Raju
Members
Yuvraj Chopra (Lab Assistant)
Education
Master of Science (Agronomy)
Institution: University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Bachelor of Science (Hons.) Agriculture
Institution: Punjab Agricultural University, Punjab, India
Experience
Graduate Research Assistant
Institution: University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
Harkamal Walia Lab & Scott Sattler lab (MS):
Focus: Transcriptomic, metabolomic, and spectral response of cereal crops to abiotic stresses
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Institution: University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
PLAS 324 (Plant Physiology) at the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture
Publications:
Saini, D.K., Chopra, Y., Singh, J., Sandhu, K.S., Kumar, A., Bazzer, S. and Srivastava,P., 2022.
Comprehensive evaluation of mapping complex traits in wheat using genome- wide association studies. Molecular Breeding, 42(1), pp.1-52
Gill, T., Gill, S.K., Saini, D.K., Chopra, Y., de Koff, J.P. and Sandhu, K.S., 2022.
A Comprehensive Review of High Throughput Phenotyping and Machine Learning for Plant Stress Phenotyping. Phenomics, pp.1-28
Saini, D.K., Chopra, Y., Pal, N., Chahal, A., Srivastava, P. and Gupta, P.K., 2021.
Meta-QTLs, ortho-MQTLs and candidate genes for nitrogen use efficiency and root system architecture in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 27(10), pp.2245-2267
Yuvraj Chopra (Lab Assistant)
Rotation Students
Nicole Au (Winter 2025)
Education
Experience
Nicole Au (Winter 2025)
Adia Tajima
Education
Bachelor of Science: Molecular and Environmental Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Experience
Lab Technician Assistant: Caltech
Mentor: Gözde S. Demirer
Lab Technician (HHMI): UC Berkeley
Mentor: Nicole King
Publication :
Maxwell C. Coyle, Adia M. Tajima, Fredrick Leon, Semil P. Choksi, Ally Yang, Sarah
Espinoza, Timothy R. Hughes, Jeremy F. Reiter, David S. Booth, Nicole King. An RFX transcription
factor regulated ciliogenesis in the progenitors of choanoflagellates and animals. Current Biology (2023).