Twenty four (24) undergraduate students, accompanied by their teacher Dr. Alvin Tang, from Hongkong Baptist University visited the center to learn more about its current mycological researches. A short lecture about the center’s background and its mandate was presented by Dr. Ruvishika Jayawardena. Three senior PhD students (Shi-Ke Huang, Nimali Indeewari de Silva and Milan C. Samarakoon) shared their experiences and their research works, and discussed the importance of obtaining PhD degree especially in mycology. After these, students were divided into three groups and simultaneously visit the different laboratories in the center.
Thank you very much students and Dr. Tang for the visit! We hope that even for a short period of time, the center inspires these students to become mycologists in the future!