June 2023

• Dr. Nadakuduti presenting at the SIVB 2023: In Vitro Biology Meeting, Norfolk, Virginia

• Dr. Nadakuduti and team, Douches lab at Michigan State University were awarded Outstanding Paper of the Year 2022 by the American Journal of Potato Research. The award was presented at The Potato Association of America annual meeting in 2023, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

March 2023

• Masters student Blake’s thesis was selected for the UF/IFAS Award of Excellence for Graduate Research Best Thesis in Agricultural Systems. This award will be presented at the 16^th Annual Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Research Awards Ceremony which will be held on Thursday, May 25, 2023, at 5:30 pm at the Samuel P. Harn Museum on campus. Hearty congratulations to Blake!!

Feb 2023

• PhD student Larissa’s research is published in ACS – Journal of Natural Products. Hearty congratulations!!

Dec 2022

• Blake Costine’s second paper from his Masters thesis got published.

Oct 2022

• Dr. Nadakuduti gave a talk on “Heritage food and Indian medicinal plants for Florida” in Santa Fe college as a part of “Florida Heritage Foods Initiative: Connecting Local Food with Local Culture in Florida Farmers Markets,”. As a part of three-year grant from USDA, Florida Organic Growers and Consumers (FOG) will help farmers and farmers markets host eight local food and culture events with a theme of “Opportunities and Benefits of Heritage Foods”.

• Larissa Laforest successfully completed her PhD qualifying exam and is now a PhD candidate in the Plant Molecular and Cell Biology program.
• Congratulations to Carlos, the recipient of a Grinter Graduate School Fellowship for the academic year 2022. 
• Our lab once again co-hosted a bright group of @UFHonors (https://twitter.com/UFHonors) class along with Begcy lab. Larissa and Carlos planned lab activities for these students!!

July 2022

• Congratulations to Blake Costine for his first manuscript published on his Master's work!!!
• Welcome to Carlos Montaya, a Fulbright PhD student in the lab.

June 2022

Larissa Laforest was invited to speak as an Alumni for the Annual Scholar Career Coaching Luncheon.

June 2022

Hearty congratulations to Blake Costine, the first graduate student in the lab who successfully defended his Master’s thesis in June 2022. He is also embarking on a new journey as Horticulture scientist at Kennedy Space Center where he will work in collaboration with NASA to support plant production in controlled environments for space exploration missions. We wish him good luck!!

May 2022

Larissa received award as runner-up for “Best Presentation” at Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology 2022 Symposium for her presentation titled “Mitragyna speciosa : Back to the future of medicinal natural products” 

April 2022

Hearty congratulations to Megan, undergraduate student in the lab, for getting selected in the “University Scholars Program” 2022 at the University of Florida. Megan will be studying the impact of temperature stress on fatty acid profiles of camelina sativa seed oil.

Welcome to Brooke Hall, a freshman from biology major (CLAS) joins our lab.

Mar 2022

Hearty congratulations to Trisha, undergraduate student in the lab, for getting selected in “Cornell AgriTech's Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology” Summer Research Scholars Program for Summer 2022. Trisha will be studying the molecular mechanisms of virus-host interactions with Grapevine Fanleaf virus and host plant Nicotiana benthamiana. 

April 2022

Hearty congratulations to Megan, undergraduate student in the lab, for getting selected in the “University Scholars Program” 2022 at the University of Florida. Megan will be studying the impact of temperature stress on fatty acid profiles of camelina sativa seed oil.

Welcome to Brooke Hall, a freshman from biology major (CLAS) joins our lab.

Mar 2022

Hearty congratulations to Trisha, undergraduate student in the lab, for getting selected in “Cornell AgriTech's Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology” Summer Research Scholars Program for Summer 2022. Trisha will be studying the molecular mechanisms of virus-host interactions with Grapevine Fanleaf virus and host plant Nicotiana benthamiana. 

Jan 2022

Larissa Laforest, PhD student in our lab got her first manuscript published, Advances in Delivery Mechanisms of CRISPR Gene-Editing Reagents in Plants.

Spring 2022

Dr. Nadakuduti is co-teaching a new intercollege graduate course with Dr. Brian Pearson and Dr. Chris McCurdy (College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and College of Pharmacy) HOS6932: Cultivation, extraction, and application of medicinal plants and their bioactive compounds

Oct 2021

We hosted a bright group of @UFHonors (https://twitter.com/UFHonors) class. Larissa planned lab activities for these students who enjoyed science in the lab!!

Mar 2021

Welcome to Nadia Murad and Larissa Laforest – PhD rotation students from Plant Molecular and Cell Biology program (PMCB).

Spring 2021

Dr. Nadakuduti begins teaching graduate course, 

Jan 2021

Dr. Keun Cho, biological scientist, joins our lab

Dec 2020

Our publication on genome editing for DNA manipulation accepted

July 2020

Welcome to our first graduate student, Blake Costine, starting in Fall 2020.

April 2020

Support for Emerging Enterprise Development Integration Teams (SEEDIT) proposal to work on Scutellaria species has been selected for funding.

Feb 2020

Welcome to our first lab member, Megan Tachev an undergraduate student interested in plant research.

Jan 2020

The Nadakuduti lab begins to operate

Jan 2020

The Nadakuduti lab begins to operate 

Feb 2020

Welcome to our first lab member, Megan Tachev an undergraduate student interested in plant research.

April 2020

Support for Emerging Enterprise Development Integration Teams (SEEDIT) proposal to work on Scutellaria species has been selected for funding.

July 2020

Welcome to our first graduate student, Blake Costine, starting in Fall 2020.