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Welcoming Our First Ph.D. Student, Ms. Udvashika Puri

We’re delighted to share that Ms. Udvashika Puri, our first graduate student, has completed her coursework for the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters at Texas A&M University and has now joined the Gadhave Lab full-time to begin her Ph.D. research. Ms. Puri will be working on our FFAR-funded iRNA project (see the Research page for more details). She holds…

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Dr Singh joins the lab

We’re excited to welcome Dr. Rahul Singh, who joined our lab in March 2025. Dr. Singh comes to us from the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Kentucky. He earned his Ph.D. from the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India, and brings with him extensive experience in virology and molecular biology, with…

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PI Gadhave Receives William Dugas Early Career Award for Research Excellence

I am deeply honored and humbled to receive the 2024 William Dugas Early Career Award for Research Excellence. The award was presented by Dr. Cliff Lamb, Director of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, and Dr. William Dugas, Former Vice Chancellor and Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University. The ceremony…

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Lab renovated!

We are thrilled to announce that after months of renovations, our fully renovated lab is better than ever, with expanded workspaces, and enhanced capabilities to drive innovative research. We appreciate Texas A&M AgriLife Research’s commitment to upgrade critically needed infrastructure across the state of Texas.

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