(The name of the presenter is underlined)

• GPCR Retreat 2018, Annual meeting, Detroit, Michigan, USA, October 25-27, 2018.

Poster title: “Short pre-CaaX regions in Gγ are uniquely evolved switches of heterotrimeric G protein signaling”,

Kanishka Senarath, Mithila Tennakoon, Deborah N. Chadee, and Ajith Karunarathne.

• 18th International Conference on Retinal Proteins (ICRP) 2018, Ontario, Canada, September 24-29, 2018.

Poster title: “Cone opsin based chimeric receptors are equally efficient as ligand binding GPCRs”,

Kanishka Senarath and Ajith Karunarathne.

• GRC Meeting on Protein Phosphorylation and G-Protein Mediated Signaling Networks, University of New England, NE, USA, June 3 – 8, 2018.

Talk title: Identity matters: Ggamma-type dictates efficacy of Gbetagamma signaling and cellular decisions,

Kanishka Senarath, John L. Payton, Dinesh Kankanamge, Praneeth Siripurapu, Mithila Tennakoon, Ajith Karunarathne.

• American Society for Photobiology ASP 2018 Biennial Meeting, Tampa-FL, USA, May 12-15, 2018.

Talk title: Opsins in action-light directed subcellular signaling and cell behaviors, Ratnayake K, Kanishka Senarath, Siripurapu P, Kankanamge D, Karunarathne A.

• 2017-ACS-Central Regional Meeting (CERM), Dearborn, MI, USA, June 7, 2017.

Talk title: Subcellular optogenetics: the search light for hidden treasures,

Ajith Karunarathne, D. Kankanamge, P. Siripurapu, K. Ratnayake, Kanishka Senarath.

• PITTCON 2017, Chicago, Illinois, USA, March 5-9, 2017.

Talk title: “Reversible Distribution of G Protein βγ9 Based Assay for Real-Time Quantification of GPCR and G Protein Function in Living Cells”,

Kanishka Senarath, Kasun Ratnayake, Praneeth Siripurapu, John L. Payton, Ajith Karunarathne.

• International Research Sessions (iPURSE), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, July 2014.

Talk title: “A noval molecular assay for diagnosis of Tuberculosis: Problems in establishment”,

K. D. Senarath, V. Navaratne, C. D. Wijayarathna, A. Nagahawatte, J. Elvitigala, C. L. Goonasekara.