| Oct 10, 2025 | Our paper, “Chromosome scale genomes of two invasive Adelges species enable virtual screening for selective adelgicides” has been accepted in G3. This work describes the genomes of two adelgids, Adelges abietis and Adelges tsugae, and potential targets for selective adelgicides. |
| Aug 22, 2025 | I started working as a post-doctoral scholar at the Plant Computational Genomics lab at the University of Connecticut! |
| Jul 14, 2025 | I defended my PhD! It’s Dr. Vuruputoor now ;) |
| Apr 10, 2025 | Our paper, “Immediate premeiotic transcriptomic effects following non-chemically induced whole genome duplication in the moss Funaria hygrometrica” has been accepted as a Letter to New Phytologist!!! This work highlights the changes in methylation, repeats, and gene expression after inducing whole genome duplication in a new system- Funaria hygrometrica. This was co-authored by Nikisha Patel, Peter Szövenyi, Jill Wegrzyn, and Bernard Goffinet. |
| Mar 26, 2025 | I was invited to present my updates on my work with the eastern hemlocks at Harvard Forest for their Spring seminar series! Updates included metrics on our chromosome-scale eastern hemlock genome (16.5Gbp!!) and the introduced pest, the hemlock woolly adelgid! I also presented updates on our work comparing transcriptomic and metabolomic profiles of putative susceptible and putative lingering (i.e, the “Bulletproof” Stand) individuals from samples taken monthly for a year! Thank you so much for the opportunity, to meet with researchers at Harvard Forest, and to see the hemlock woodlot area- where hemlock trees are studied from 10,000 years ago to the present was very inspiring! 🌲 |
| Sep 26, 2024 | My poster won the best poster award at the Institute of Systems Genomics (ISG) networking event at UConn! |
| Sep 23, 2024 | I was invited to discuss my research progress on conserving the Eastern hemlock at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University today! It marked my very first seminar talk, and I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to share it at my favorite arboretum :) I got to walk around and get a tour of the collections afterwards too. In all, a great start to my week! The talk is at this link. |