The report of Whole genomic sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 variants in Sri Lanka was issued by the Allergy, Immunology and Cell Biology Unit of the Department of Immunology Molecular and Molecular Medicine of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. The study was carried out by USJ researchers including Prof. Neelika Malavige and Dr. Chandima Jeewandara. Out of the 150 samples that were sequenced from the last week of August to the first...Read More
Medical Equipment sponsored by USJ Canada Alumni were donated to Base Hospital Homagama by Senior Professor Sudantha Liyanage; Vice Chancellor of University of Sri Jayewardenepura on 8th of September 2021. Mr. Maxwell Ranasinghe participated on behalf of Alumni Association of Canada Division. This is the first part of the medical Equipment that they are going to donate to the Homagama hospital for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The support of...Read More
After investigating the prevalence of different SARS-CoV-2 variants in different provinces in Sri Lanka, USJ researchers found out the Delta variant was responsible for 95.8% of Covid-19 infections in Sri Lanka. It is important to find out the prevalence of different SARS-CoV-2 variants in different provinces in Sri Lanka, to take relevant policy decisions regarding control of COVID-19. A study carried out by USJ researchers including Prof. Neelika Malavige, Dr. Chandima Jeewandara...Read More
The State Literary Festival 2020 has awarded the Prize for the Best Translation (Novel) from Sinhala to English to Madhubhashini Disanayaka Ratnayake, for her work The Sowing Festival, the translation of Somaratne Balasuriya’s novel Wap Magula. She is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English Language Teaching, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura.Read More
Extracting every possible detail of the spread and mitigation of COVID-19 is a timely requirement. Research team lead by Dr. Naleen Ganegoda of the Department of Mathematics proposed a mechanism to investigate frequency of enhancing PCR testing for Sri Lanka, as PCR testing is constrained by healthcare and socio-economic factors. “We investigated a mathematical model on timing of enhancing testing capacity of COVID-19 as a part of an MPhil research...Read More
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