{"id":55,"date":"2018-11-06T23:44:23","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T05:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/chamari-hettiarachchi\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2020-10-07T21:32:40","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T03:02:40","slug":"awards-and-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/chemistry\/chamari-hettiarachchi\/awards-and-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards and Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Faculty award for excellence in academic outreach<\/p>\r\n

2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Presidential awards for scientific research, Sri Lanka<\/p>\r\n

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2013<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SUSRED award, National Science Foundation for supervision of postgraduate research degree<\/p>\r\n

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2008\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Presidential awards for scientific research, Sri Lanka<\/p>\r\n

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2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Post-Doctoral research fellowship, Carl Tryggers fellowship program, Sweden<\/p>\r\n

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2003<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The best poster presentation award, Indian Photobiology Society, India.<\/p>\r\n

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2000<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PhD fellowship award, (ICGEB) Trieste, Italy<\/p>\r\n

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1996<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Prof B.L.T.de Silva memorial prize in Botany 1996 (prize for the best perfor- mance in special degree program), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p>\r\n

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1994<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Department of Botany staff prize (The highest score in Botany in the first two years examinations among those reading for a special degree programme), University of \u00a0Colombo, Sri Lanka<\/p>\r\n

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Grants<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

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1.University of Colombo Research Grants (2018)<\/p>\r\n

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itle: Over-expression of Salt Tolerance Homolog 2 (STH2) gene in Bg 250 Sri Lankan rice variety to develop salinity and drought resistance rice<\/p>\r\n

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2. Swedish Research Link collaborative research Grant (2018)<\/p>\r\n

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Title: Biodiversity and chemodiversity of Sri Lankan marine sponge:an opportunity to explore new pharmaceutical applications<\/p>\r\n

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3. NSF grant RG\/2014\/BT\/02 (2014)<\/p>\r\n

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Title: Screening, isolation and characterization of type II restriction enzymes from bacteria isolated from different regions of Sri Lanka<\/p>\r\n

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4. Swedish Research Link collaborative research Grant (2014)<\/p>\r\n

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Title: Discovery of bioactive compunds with potential pharmaceutical applications from Sri Lankan medicinal plants<\/p>\r\n

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5. University of Colombo Research Grants (2012)<\/p>\r\n

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Title: Development of RNA guided gene expression regulation assay in transgenic tomato plants to Interfere root knot nematode parasitism gene<\/p>\r\n

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6.NSF grant RG\/ 2007\/ BT09 (2007)<\/p>\r\n

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Titel: Light regulated development in plant- translational research in Rice (Oryza sativa<\/em>)<\/p>\r\n

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7. SASNET planning Grant \u2013Sweden (2006)<\/p>\r\n

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