Three students of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences won awards at the 21st Research Symposium of the Association of 1890 Research Directors, Inc. (ARD), which was recently held in Nashville, Tennessee.
In the poster competition, Sujan Bhattari, 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, student of aquaculture and fisheries, was awarded first place for her paper “Peptidoglycan Hydrolases to Treat Streptococcus iniae Infections.”
In the undergraduate oral presentation competition of the plant health and production of plant products category, Morgan White, 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.”
According to a press release, 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. 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.
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