Miss. Dhanushika Thavakumaran

Temporary Demonstrator (2018-2019).

Department of Chemistry
University of Colombo
Colombo 00300
Sri Lanka

Email: dhanu_07@outlook.com

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • BSc

    B. Sc in and Biochemistry & Molecular biology (Special)

    Faculty of science, University of Colombo

    Research Interest

    • Immunology, Cancer biology, Genetics, Infectious and autoimmune diseases

    Research

    • Final Year Research project: Analysis of the association between papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and chronic autoimmune thyroiditis by studying the mutations in BRAF and NRAS genes by PCR-RFLP and also measuring the level of expression of TSHR (thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor), MnSOD (manganese superoxide dismutase) and c-RET (a receptor tyrosine kinase) cDNA by realtime PCR in suspicious areas for PTC of thyroid tissue samples from patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.
      Supervisors: Prof. R. S. Dassanayake

    Publications

    • Analysis of papillary thyroid carcinoma associated biomarkers and genetic abnormalities to determine the risk of developing cancer in patients diagnosed with different thyroid disorders, abstract published at 3rd International Conference on Bioscience and Biotechnology-2018.
    • Pending: “A Closer Look at NIFTP”