{"id":87,"date":"2016-12-09T05:56:56","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T05:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/clinmed\/senaka.rajapakse\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2023-10-10T17:16:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:16:20","slug":"research-and-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/sharmila-jayasena\/research-and-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Research &amp; Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-header-row&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;zoomIn&#8221; el_class=&#8221;fom-header-row&#8221;]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Research &amp; Grants<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10&#8243;][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Research Interests<\/h3>\n[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Genetic variations related to obesity &amp; cardiovascular disease<\/li><li class=\"\">Inhibition of MicroRNAs by antisense technology <\/li><li class=\"\">Formulatin adn nutritional analysis of health snacks<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10&#8243;][vc_column]<h3 class=\"fac-title text-left\" style=\"color:#4b4b4b\">Research Grants<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">2019 &#8211; Present\u00a0 Analysis of cell protein profiles of plasma cells in patients with multiple myeloma and investigating the effects of plant extracts on multiple myeloma cells\u201d \u2013 <em>Co-investigator<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Financial support &#8211; World Bank AHEAD grant #\u00a0\u00a0 (LKR ~30,000,000)<\/li><li class=\"\">2014-2020\u00a0 Isolation and cloning of genes encoding polythene biodegradation: towards the development of an enhanced biosystem \u2013 <em>Principle Invest <\/em>Financial Support &#8211; University Research GrantAP\/3\/2\/2014\/RG\/12 (LKR. 3,000,000)<\/li><li class=\"\">2015-2016\u00a0 Towards the development of an antisense oligonucleotide against a microRNA elevated in diabetes Mellitus \u2013 a pilot project\u201d \u2013 <em>Principle Investigator<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Financial Support &#8211; University of Colombo\u00a0 small grant AP\/3\/2\/2015\/ SG 19 (LKR 500,000)<\/li><li class=\"\">2007\u00a0 \u00a0Evaluation of inflammatory markers and Methylene-tetrahydrofolate reductase 677C-T genotype in women with, or without CAD &#8211; <em>Co-Investigator.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Financial Support &#8211; National Science Foundation Grant RG\/2007\/HS\/06<\/li><li class=\"\">2004-2005\u00a0 \u00a0 Isolation of a gene encoding a nematode- specific fatty acid and retinol binding protein (far-1) from the filarial parasite Setaria digitata.- Principle investigator<\/p>\n<p>Financial support &#8211;\u00a0 National Science Foundation grant SIDA\/2004\/BT\/03 (LKR 1,147,500)<\/li><li class=\"\">2004-2005\u00a0 \u00a0Cloning of the rice glutelin B-1 promoter: towards the development of a rice endosperms specific expression vector \u2013 co-investigator<\/p>\n<p>Financial support \u2013 National Science Foundation grant SIDA \/2004\/BT\/06 (LKR 545,040)<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-header-row&#8221;][vc_column css_animation=&#8221;zoomIn&#8221; el_class=&#8221;fom-header-row&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10&#8243;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;fom-padding-10&#8243;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":116,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-pagebuilder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/sharmila-jayasena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/sharmila-jayasena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/sharmila-jayasena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/sharmila-jayasena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/116"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/sharmila-jayasena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/sharmila-jayasena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":740,"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/sharmila-jayasena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions\/740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.res.cmb.ac.lk\/medicine\/sharmila-jayasena\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}