Congratulations to graduate student Angana De for receiving the Meritorious Abstract Travel Award from the American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT). Angana will present her work at the ASGCT meeting poster session in May 2026.
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Congratulations to Dr. Vikas Kumar on receiving the ASGCT Excellence in Research Award and selected for oral presentation at ASGCT 2026
Congratulations to postdoc, Dr. Vikas Kumar, who has been selected for the Excellence in Research Award from the American Society for Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT), one of the most prestigious meetings in gene therapy. Dr. Vikas will also present his work orally at the ASGCT in May 2026.
Graduate student Sai Pallavi Pradeep received Best Poster award at Oligonucleotide Therapeutic Society
Congratulations to graduate student Sai Pallavi Pradeep for receiving the Best Poster Award at the Oligonucleotide Therapeutic Society (OTS) 2025 Annual Meeting held in Budapest, Hungary.
Zeal Therapeutics, our lab startup, has been covered in media for our recent Molecular Therapy publication, “Efficient and Selective Kidney Targeting by Chemically Modified Carbohydrate Conjugates,” highlighting the innovative approaches behind our research.
Our recently published work in Molecular Therapy has been covered media news outlet.
Please check these out:
School of Pharmacy Startup Develops Promising Kidney-Targeting Drug Delivery System – UConn Today
Graduate student Sai Pallavi Pradeep received third prize at AAPS-NERDG!
Congratulations to graduate student Sai Pallavi Pradeep who won the third prize for Academic Research Award at AAPS-NERDG 2023 annual meeting.
Aniket Wahane is a recipient of Gerald J. Jackson Memorial Fellowship Award
Congratulations to graduate student Aniket Wahane who is recipient of the Gerald J. Jackson Memorial Fellowship Award.
Karishma Dhuri is a recipient of Karl. A. Herzog Memorial Fellowship Award.
Congratulations to graduate student Karishma Dhuri who is the recipient of Karl. A. Herzog Memorial Fellowship Award.
Our recent work published in Science Advances covered in multiple news sources
Our recently published work in Science Advances has been covered in a number of news outlets.
Please check these out:
https://today.uconn.edu/2023/02/pharmacy-researchers-develop-treatment-for-glioblastoma/
https://news.yale.edu/2023/02/08/new-treatment-merges-two-technologies-fight-brain-cancer
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-pharmacy-nanoparticle-based-treatment-glioblastoma.html
Our fibrosis collaboration covered in Yale Medicine news
Our work with our collaborators, Drs. Naftali and Farida got published in JCI insight on treating fibrosis.
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Congratulations to Dr. Shipra Malik on becoming a featured member of the Oligonucleotide Society
Congratulation to our first lab alumni, Dr. Shipra Malik, on becoming a featured member of the prestigious Oligonucleotide Therapeutic Society (OTS). You can read her interview below: