Congratulations to graduate students Angana De and Sai Pallavi Pradeep for receiving the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Best Abstract Award 2026.

Congratulations to graduate student Ruchi for receiving first prize in RNA society infographic contest 2026, organized by the RNA society. Please check out the selected infographic attached below.

Congratulations, Dr. Raman Bahal, on promotion to the rank of full professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UConn, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Dr. Bahal received the 2026 American Association of Indian Scientists in Cancer Research (AAISCR)-PR Vijayalaxmi Award for Innovation in Cancer Research.

 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!