Three University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff students won top awards at the Association of 1890 Research Directors Research Symposium Nashville, Tenn., recently.
The UAPB School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences participants attended the 21st Research Symposium of the Association of 1890 Research Directors Inc.
Two students earned first-place honors and one received a third-place award, according to a news release.
In the poster competition, Sujan Bhattari, a graduate student of aquaculture and fisheries, was awarded first place in the animal health and production and animal products category for his project titled “Identification and Characterization of Vasa and Nanos-2 Genes in the Ovary of White Crappie and Black Crappie.”
In the undergraduate competition for the same category, Jacqueline Twumaah, a student of aquaculture and fisheries, was awarded first place for her paper “Peptidoglycan Hydrolases to Treat Streptococcus iniae Infections.”
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In the undergraduate oral presentation competition of the plant health and production of plant products category, Morgan White, an undergraduate student of regulatory sciences, won the third-place award.
This year’s conference theme was “Climate, Health and Cultivating the Next Generation of Agriculture Leaders: Creating Solutions in Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources.”
The first ARD Research Symposium was held in 1976 to commemorate the U.S. Bicentennial and to showcase the varied accomplishments of research scientists and students at the 1890 Institutions, according to a press release.
The ARD Research Symposium in 2024 provided opportunities for scientists and students to present research papers and posters that share innovative and practical research findings in the food and agricultural sciences.