Schnable Lab
@SchnableLab
A collective account of the Schnable Lab@UNL. Phenotyping, genetics, and genomics in maize, sorghum and their relatives. #cornhuskercorn Logo by @SciOfCarvalho
It's out! Whole genome resequencing and structural variation of 400 sorghum varieties from around the globe. Nicely done Lucas, @seerzan & @HongyuJin5. And thank you @ThePlantJournal.
I loved this essay on scientific writing in @NatureBiotech (rdcu.be/edUCp). It highlights a key lesson I’ve applied throughout my career: the power of reading, thinking, and keeping a notebook with your ideas. Let me explain why this matters… 🧵👇
Great turnout at this year's ARPA-E Energy Innovation Showcase! Good to catch up with both old friends (thanks for stopping by Prof. Kim!) and a lot of engineers, programmers and investors what corn was doing at an energy conference.
Hey #Botany2025 folks @KenchanmaneLab @UCRCNAS is going to its first conference together 🎉 Yuvraj & Minnie are presenting posters on regulation & cell-type specific gene expression during environment adaptation🌽🧬 Curious about our work? Let’s connect! kenchanmanelab.com
Back to Lincoln, NE collecting data on 2000+ plots of sorghum diversity panel. Thank you team @SchnableLab @szintri for hosting us. I am sure this collaboration between @SDState @SDStateCAFES and @UNLincoln @unlagrohort will lead to fruitful results.
Good news. It’s 61 and sunny…. ***AND*** pollen is shedding
Heavy sigh. Tomorrow will be worse. Cloudy and not likely to break 70°F until noon with a high of 74°
Graduate student @WaqarAli325 setting up one of the first crosses of the field season in our corn genetics nursery on UNL's East Campus. Photo by @vla_torres.
3D reconstructions enable accurate phyllotaxy measurements in sorghum. Automated methods show promise for genetic studies and breeding. #PlantScience #3DReconstruction #Sorghum Detail: doi.org/10.1016/j.plap…
It's starting! Pollinating season in our corn nursery is just a few days away at this point. (Photo by @WaqarAli325)
Excited to see the first preprint from my first student, 𝗖𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘇, one year after he joined the lab! We uncovered spatial heterogeneity along the axis of a single barley leaf, characterized by heritable and region-specific stress response patterns.
Spatial Coordination between Leaf Gradient and Temperature Response in Barley biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #biorxiv_plants
Planting of the @SchnableLab SbDiv 2025 sorghum field is completed! This 2,438 plot field was the toughest field I worked with due the small plot size (1-row wide and 7.5ft long). However, @Chidu_ullagaddi, @Kyle__Linders, the UNL AgHort farm crew, and I succeeded!
Whatever else the coming weeks and months bring: our corn (some of it) is planted and growing.
That feeling when your chromatogram reveals something unexpected. #chromeleon #peanutresearch #HPLC #PhD
Plant Com Apr 2025 issue online🎉The cover image is inspired by the Chinese idiom “珠联璧合 (Zhu Lian Bi He)”, symbolizing the synergistic integration of complex multi-omics data through AI to drive biological discovery and innovation in plant breeding. cell.com/plant-communic…
Scientists used genome editing to tweak regulatory regions of 2 photosynthesis genes in #sorghum. The result? New insights into how small DNA changes can impact plant performance. doi.org/10.1002/csc2.7… #CRISPR #GeneEditing #OpenAccess
Fig. 8 The morphogenetic initiation processes of organs in maize developmental life history. From: Novel insights into maize (Zea mays) development and organogenesis for agricultural optimization researchgate.net/publication/36… link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Great talk on this morning on phenomics and sustainable water use for agriculture from Prof. Deniz Istipliler of @UniversiteEge! Glad he could travel the 10,000 kilometers and 36 hours speak here in Nebraska.
