Others

Strengthening Research Capacity

  • Contribution towards improvement of cell culture lab in the department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
  • Contribution towards development of CeDARC Cancer Diagnostic and Research Center of University of Colombo, specially in the area of cell culture and molecular biology, to set up a state of the art molecular laboratory catering for clinical samples and develop the lab structure.
  • Member of organizing committee the Annual research symposium faculty of Medicine, Colombo and University of Colombo (2015 & 2018)
  • Member of the Organizing committee in RHDC Postgraduate Research Communication Day (Bus stop talk) 2018
  • Member of the organizing committee of the international Medical Congress 2020 (12-15 February 2020)
  • Establishment of the Molecular laboratory in Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University (JVWU) 2017- 2020
  • Contributed to the development of the 2021-2030 IFS Strategy and represented Sri Lanka, Czech University of Life Science in Prague, Czech Republic on 27-28 August 2019
  • Contributed in the Annual Young Scientist Conference, South Africa on the 19th July 2017
  • contributed in Health –Heath and Development in the context of an urbanizing planet and implications for science policy held on the 20-21 July 2017 in Johannesburg , South Africa at the 3rd Worldwide meeting of National Young Academics of Science , co-organized by Global Young Academy (GYA)
  • Participated and contributed in the life sciences training week organized by the GGL , International Giessen Graduate centre for Life Sciences from 02.07.2017-08.07.2017
  • contributed in the Asia Pacific health Promotion Capacity Building Workshop on the 28th October -3rd November at the Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public health (APACPH), Taipe , Taiwan

Organizing National and International Seminars and Conferences

  • Chairing the Sri Lanka Academy of Young Scientists (SLAYS) international conference The Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 2019

  • Chairing a Workshop on ‘Improving Presentation and Communication Skills for the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) Finalists’ organized by the Sri Lankan Academy of Young Scientists (SLAYS) on 25th September 2019.
  • Annual Open Forum, The Sri Lanka Academy of Young Scientists’ (SLAYS), Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 2018
  • 3-MT (3 minute thesis competition, The Sri Lanka Academy of Young Scientists (SLAYS),February 2017, October 2018, October 2019
  • Annual Open Forum, The Sri Lanka Academy of Young Scientists’ (SLAYS), Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 2017
  • The Sri Lanka Academy of Young Scientists’ (SLAYS)Public Engagement and Outreach Programme for School children: Towards society-Inspiring young minds, January 2017
  • Seminar on Basic Techniques in Molecular Biology, Organized by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, September 2016
  • Workshop on Practical in Molecular Techniques, Organized Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS), 2016
  • Organising Committee-Annual Research Symposium, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, 2016
  • Resource person and organizing, In collaboration with the Central Environmental Authority of Sri Lanka and Access Engeneering PLC, which was the first outreach programme conducted for School children by SLAYS on waste management and recycling. ( 2016)

National and International Collaborations

  • Research collaboration with the Faculty of Science, University of Jayawardenepura
  • Research collaboration with faculty of Science, University of Colombo
  • Collaboration with Open University Sri Lanka
  • Collaboration with University of Ruhuna
  • Research collaboration with the Department of Genetics, University of Giessen (Justus Liebig University), Giessen, Germany( 2018- up to date)
  • Collaborations with International Giessen Graduate Centre for the Life Sciences (GGL), Germany
  • Collaborations with Global Young Academy (GYA)
  • Collaborations with Jayoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University India 2018
  • Collaborations with CARIS, Life Science, Faculty of Medicine University of Stanford, USA 2018
  • Collaborations with Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA -2012
  • Collaboration with University of Sabaragamuwa

Other Conferences and Training Programmes Attended

  • Global Health Forum,Taipei, Taiwan, Oct 2017
  • International Conference of the Giessen Graduate Centre (GGL), Giessen, Germany, July 2017
  • Cell Culture Training Department of Genetics, Giessen University, Germany, July Germany 2017
  • Third Worldwide Meeting of National Young Academics of Science, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 2017