Teaching

Teaching History

  • Course units conducted as a visiting lecturer (2010 – Present)
    IBMBB, University of Colombo
    – DNA repair- MLS 5070 (M.Sc in Molecular Life Sciences-2019 & 2020 intakes)
    – Computer based drug design – MLS 6020 (M.Sc in Molecular Life Sciences-2019 intake)
    – Cell Biology & Biochemistry (MB 5040) – Biomolecules-Protein, Biological membranes and transport, Signal reception and transduction – M.Sc in Bioinformatics-2019 intake)
    – Proteomics -MB 5080 (3 credits) – M.Sc in Bioinformatics-2019 intake
    – Lipid extraction/ separation practical- M.Sc in Molecular ife science-2013-2020 intakes
    – PCR optimization practical – M.Sc in Molecular Life sciences-2019 intake
  • Management & Science University, Malaysia-Management & Science Institute, Colombo
    -Physical chemistry -SGS-1024- Bachelor of Biomedical science-2018/2019 intakes
  • Open University of Sri Lanka
    -Medicinal Chemistry – BPU3233 – (Bachelor of Pharmacy Hon.)- 2014 intake
  • Spectrum Institute of Science and Technology
    -First year Biochemistry practical course – B.Sc in Microbiology and Biotechnology-2010

Trainings and Workshops

  • Training course in laboratory animal handling for research purposes – Medical research institute, Sri Lanka – 2018
  • Certificate Course in Laboratory Animal Science- Faculty of Medicine, Colombo – 2018
  • First CSCB training course on mouse genetics and phenotyping- Nanjing University – China- 2018
  • Workshop on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Mass Spectrometry in elucidating structures of organic compounds – Institute of Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo – 2014

Student Supervision

M.Sc. in Molecular Life Sciences final year projects- IBMBB, University of Colombo
– KKDN Perera – Thesis title – Development of in vitro transgenic model for anticancer drug discovery – 2018
– Toupe Sailu Peter -Thesis title – Discovery of small molecule inhibitors of the Wnt/beta catenin signaling pathway by virtual screening- 2018
– Piyumi Silva – Discovery of small molecule inhibitors of the Notch signaling pathway by virtual screening- 2020
– Amali Jayasinghe – Thesis title – Development of in vitro transgenic model for anticancer drug discovery – 2020