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Published Work and Presentations

Years of Research

January, 2925

Blueprints for Brine: How Extremophytes Converge to Combat High Salinity

Oral and Poster Presentation: Plant and Animal Genome 32 (PAG 32) conference 2025, San Diego, USA

August, 2024

Oral and poster presentation on “Convergent Evolution in Brassicaceae Extremophytes Associated with Salt Stress Tolerance”

Oral and Poster Presentation: Gorden Research Conference (GRC), water and salt stress in plants 2024, Newry, Maine, USA

July, 2024

Oral and poster presentation on “Convergent Evolution in Brassicaceae Extremophytes Associated with Salt Stress Tolerance”

Oral and Poster Presentation: International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR) 2024, San Diego

April, 2024

Adaptations and tradeoffs to survive and grow amidst extreme salt stress in the extremophyte model Schrenkiella parvula

Poster Presentation: Graduate Research Conference 2024, Louisiana State University, USA

April, 2024

Convergent Evolution of Genes and Gene Networks in Extremophytes Associated with Salt Stress Tolerance

Oral and Poster Presentation: BioGrads Symposium 2024, Louisiana State University, USA

August, 2023

Balancing growth amidst salt stress – lifestyle perspectives from the extremophyte model Schrenkiella parvula

Research Article: The plant journal

August, 2023

Convergent Evolution of Genes Associated with Salt Stress Tolerance in Extremophytes

Oral and Poster Presentation: ASPB Annual conference -Plant Biology 2023

May, 2023

Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis reveals important hub proteins and sub-network modules for root development in rice (Oryza sativa)

Research Article: Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

April, 2023

Convergent Evolution in Plants Adapted to Salt Stress

Oral Presentation: Graduate Research Conference, Louisiana State University, USA

June, 6th 2022

Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis reveals important hub proteins and sub-network modules for root development in rice (Oryza sativa)

BioRxiv preprint

November, 27th 2021

Abstract publication and Oral Presentation: International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches in Science (ICMAS) -University of Colombo. Sri Lanka

September, 24th 2020

Abstract publication and Oral Presentation: 40th Annual Session of the Institute of the Biology, Sri Lanka

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