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Geneticists and archaeologists studying ancient DNA should engage with stakeholders in the places where they conduct research, minimize damage to human remains and share their data, according to new guidelines outlined in a paper co-authored by Senior Prof. Surangi Yasawardene ;Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura  and published in Nature. DNA research has exploded in scale over the last decade, according to Prof. Surangi Yasawardene and...Read More

The 5th International Conference on Real Estate Management and Valuation (ICREMV 2021) organized by the Center for Real Estate Studies (CRES), the research arm of the Department of Estate Management and Valuation, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura was successfully held on 7th and 8th of October 2021 via Zoom as a virtual conference, under the theme of “SMART Real Estate: Towards Unmet Socio-Economic Needs”. The...Read More

Researchers from Science, Management, Medical, Technology, Engineering and Graduate Studies Faculties published twenty research papers in Journals indexed by Elsevier Scopus during the last month. The web publishing team of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura acknowledges their contribution to upgrading the research standards of the University and expanding the knowledge base in the relevant subject areas. 1. Antimony contamination and its risk management in complex environmental settings: A review Open Access Bolan, N.,...Read More

Pavements represent a high fraction of the urban land use and contribute to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect in cities. This effect leads to microclimatic variations in urban areas, where ambient temperatures become relatively high compared to their outskirts. ”Terracotta pavers have significantly lower surface temperature levels for both daytime and night time compared to Grass and  Cement Pavers”, says Dr. Varuni Jayasooriya, Senior Lecturer at Department of Forestry and...Read More

The Sinopharm is an inactivated COVID-19 vaccine, which is currently given emergency use authorization by the WHO and is the main vaccine used in many Asian and Middle East Countries. A new study was carried out to determine the kinetics and persistence of immune responses following the Sinopharm/BBIBP-CorV, by investigating the immune responses in a cohort of Sri Lankan individuals. “Antibody responses declined in all age groups, especially in those...Read More