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Heshini (left) and Ikechukwu (right) with their awards.
Students win awards! Ikechukwu Opara (M.S.) and Heshini Weerakkody (Ph.D.) won 2nd and 3rd place for best oral presentation at the 87th American Society of Plant Biologists -Southern Section annual conference held on March 13 - 15 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Both students are in Dr. Nihal Dharmasiri's lab where they conduct research on the regulating role of auxin in plant biochemical pathways. Congratulations to Ikechukwu and Heshini. (Posted 3-26-2026)
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