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
Researchers at the Faculty of Technology, USJ successfully produced Bio Ethanol using waste Banana collected from the vegetable market. “Total amount of 8% of ethanol was generated by waste banana after the fermentation process. After completing the multiple distillations to remove the moisture, we were able to produce 98% pure bioethanol.” said Dr. Udara Arachchige, Department of Civil and Environmental Technology, Faculty of Technology, USJ The research was carried out by Dr. Udara...Read More
Applications are invited from those who are qualified to follow the Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) conducted by the Staff Development Centre of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura (SDC/USJP). Application closing date: 30th November, 2021. Syllabus Content of CTHE Program Application form of CTHE Program Please visit the link below for more information and to apply online. http://staffdev.sjp.ac.lk/cthe-program/ Read More
A ceremony to confer “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” award on Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunge; former vice chancellor of University of Sri Jayewardenepura and the Chairman of the University Grants Commission, was held on 14th of October 2021, at the official residence of Ambassador SUGIYAMA Akira. Snr. Prof. Sampath Amaratunge has long been an advocate to the Japanese Culture having lived many of his...Read More
Marine xenobiotics (chemical substances that are foreign to animal life) pose a serious threat to marine biodiversity due to their endocrine disrupting effects. Researchers at Centre for Water Quality and Algae Research have detected and quantified, Endocrine disruptor Tributyltin TBT in water, sediment, and biota. “This was the first time TBT contamination in Sri Lankan water, soil, and crustaceans has been discovered along the down-south costal belt.” says Prof. M. M....Read More
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