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.

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.

 Congratulations to all the graduate students whose abstracts were selected for the ASGCT meeting in May 2026. Mounika Pathuri- Oral presentation Ruchi- Poster Presentation Angana De- Poster Presentation 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.

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.

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.