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Rajarshi Sanyal
@rajarshisanyal.bsky.social
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
Check out our latest review, where we discuss how photomorphogenesis-associated transcription factors shape photosynthesis and its optimization under changing environments.
☀️ REVIEW ☀️

Sanyal and Ranjan review the transcriptional underpinnings of photomorphogenesis, photosynthesis, and their crosstalk, along with the strategies to identify and manipulate transcription regulators to optimize photosynthetic efficiency 🌿

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
#PlantScience 🧪
January 15, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Reposted by Rajarshi Sanyal
Congratulations to Canadian Peter Howitt on his Nobel Prize in Economics!
October 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Sup on Pennsylvania Avenue this morning?
October 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.
Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
www.nytimes.com
October 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Reposted by Rajarshi Sanyal
Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature. He joins the ranks of Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck and Toni Morrison.
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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October 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Reposted by Rajarshi Sanyal
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...
October 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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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...
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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
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…
plantae.org
October 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Reposted by Rajarshi Sanyal
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
October 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🌱 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
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 ...
www.biorxiv.org
September 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM
📝 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
September 2, 2025 at 6:59 AM
🌱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?
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#JustIn on Plantae — Embracing Curiosity: Advancing in Plant Science by Asking Questions
In this recent piece, ASPB Plantae Editors Dennis Baffour-Awuah and Rajarshi Sanyal discuss how curiosity and the practice of asking meaningful questions drive progress in #plantscience.
Embracing Curiosity: Advancing in Plant Science by Asking Questions | Plantae
In the rapidly changing field of plant science, where new technologies and interdisciplinary methods are transforming our understanding of plant biology, one timeless driver of progress remains…
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August 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🌱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!
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July 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🚨 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! 🌍
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#PlantScience #PhDLife #postdoc #networking
📣 Are you a creative and articulate plant scientist looking to connect with other like-minded folks? Application is now open for the 2025-2026 Plantae Fellows program!🌱

👉 Learn more and apply by August 31! buff.ly/JqoDSHq

#plantscience
July 23, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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
July 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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
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July 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🇮🇳 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
June 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📎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!!
May 21, 2025 at 5:40 AM
🇮🇳 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
May 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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
April 21, 2025 at 6:58 AM