Congratulations to all the graduate students whose abstracts were selected for the ASGCT meeting in May 2026.

1. Mounika Pathuri- Oral presentation
2. Ruchi- Poster Presentation
3. Angana De- Poster Presentation
4. Sai Pallavi Pradeep- Poster Presentation

Congratulations to graduate student Sai Pallavi Pradeep, on receiving the Richardson-Vicks/A. Francis Summa Memorial Award 2026.

Congratulations to graduate student Angana De, on being the recipient of the Karl A. Herzog Fellowship Award 2026.

Congratulations to postdoctoral researcher Dr. Vikas Kumar and graduate student Hamayal Sharma for receiving the UConn RNA Salon Travel Award 2025.

We’re delighted to share that BioRender has recognized the work from Bahal’s Lab. Congratulations to Dr. Raman Bahal and Dr. Vikas Kumar for being selected as recipients of the BioRender Grant Support Initiative.

Sai Pallavi Pradeep is the recipient of the Oligonucleotide Therapeutic Society (OTS) Travel Award and has been invited to present her DNA-targeted work at the OTS conference in Budapest. Congratulations Sai!

Congratulations to Dr. Vishal Kasina on the successful defense of his thesis. He performed commendably, and we extend our best wishes for his future endeavors.

Congratulations to Dr. Bahal on being selected as an Emerging Leader in Health and Medicine by the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) for 2025 — a prestigious recognition of his impactful contributions to the field. https://nam.edu/news-and-insights/nam-announces-10-emerging-leaders-in-health-and-medicine-2025/

Congratulation Angana De on receiving first place for Academic Research Award at AAPS Northeastern Regional Discussion Group (NERDG), 2025.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Raman Bahal has been selected as the 2025 “Faculty Research Advising Award” recipient in recognition of his exceptional undergraduate/Pharm.D. research mentorship. He will receive the award at the UConn commencement ceremony, 2025.