Publications

Postdoc

1. Adventures through wonderland: the wild world of histone gene organization, evolution, and regulation in over 250 species

   Sisi Falcone, Pravrutha Raman, William Marzluff, and Leila Rieder

   Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2026
2. Dynamic evolution of EZHIP, an inhibitor of the Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 in mammals

   Pravrutha Raman^{^}, Hana Khan^#, Janet M. Young, Toshio Tsukiyama, and Harmit S. Malik

   bioRxiv, 2025

   ^Corresponding author, # = mentee
3. Recurrent but short-lived duplications of centromeric proteins in holocentric Caenorhabditis species

   Lews Caro^*, Pravrutha Raman^*, Florian A. Steiner, Michael Ailion, and Harmit S. Malik

   Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2022

   * = Equal contribution
4. Novel classes and evolutionary turnover of histone H2B variants in the mammalian germline

   Pravrutha Raman, Callie M. Rominger^#, Janet M. Young, Antoine Molaro, Toshio Tsukiyama, and Harmit S. Malik

   Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2022

   # = mentee
5. How to build (and diversify) a new histone variant

   Pravrutha Raman and Harmit S. Malik

   preLights, 2021
6. Strength is in engagement: the rise of an online scientific community during the COVID-19 pandemic

   Christine E. Cucinotta^*, Benjamin J.E. Martin^*, Melvin Noé González^*, Pravrutha Raman^*, Vladimir B. Teif^*, and Hanneke Vlaming^*

   EMBO reports, 2021

   * = Equal contribution

Graduate Training

1. Target-specific requirements for RNA interference can arise through restricted RNA amplification despite the lack of specialized pathways

   Daphne R. Knudsen-Palmer, Pravrutha Raman, Farida Ettefa^#, Laura De Ravin, and Antony M. Jose

   eLife, 2024

   # = mentee
2. Evidence for multiple forms of heritable RNA silencing

   Mary Chey, Pravrutha Raman, Farida Ettefa^#, and Antony M. Jose

   bioRxiv, 2024
3. Mating can initiate stable RNA silencing that overcomes epigenetic recovery

   Sindhuja Devanapally^*, Pravrutha Raman^*, Mary Chey, Samuel Allgood, Farida Ettefa^#, Maïgane Diop, Yixin Lin^#, Yongyi E. Cho, and Antony M. Jose

   Nature Communications, 2021

   * = Equal contribution, # = mentee
4. The double-stranded RNA binding protein RDE-4 can act autonomously during feeding RNAi in C. elegans

   Pravrutha Raman, Soriayah M. Zaghab, Edward C. Traver, and Antony M. Jose

   Nucleic Acids Research, 2017
5. Late-onset respiratory failure due to TK2 mutations causing multiple mtDNA deletions

   Charlotte L. Alston, Andrew M. Schaefer, Pravrutha Raman, Nicola Solaroli, Kim J. Krishnan, and others

   Neurology, 2013
6. RRM2B mutations are frequent in familial PEO with multiple mtDNA deletions

   Carl Fratter, Pravrutha Raman, Charlotte L. Alston, Emma L. Blakely, Kate Craig, and others

   Neurology, 2011