DoCM researchers has published two new papers in leading international peer reviewed, indexed journals this week. The first paper is on the household food insecurity (HFI). The team or researchers led by Pro.Thilini Agampodi has validated a simple self applied […]
Dr.Dinesha Jayasundara received the Tissa Vitarana Gold Medal for Microbiology
Consistent performance… Dr.Dinesha Jayasundara, MPhil trainee of the DoCM and lecturer, department of Microbiology, FMAS, RUSL has received the prestigious Tissa Vitarana Gold Medal for Post Graduate Diploma in Medical Microbiology. Previously, she scored the highest aggregate in the selection […]
DoCM,RUSL Researchers won best paper awards in SLMA 133rd Anniversary Medical Congress
The SLMA is the oldest professional medical association in Asia and Australasia, with a proud history that dates back to 1887. The 133rd Anniversary International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical Association was held on 24th-26th July as a virtual […]
Rajarata University Researchers make History with Leptospira Reference Genome
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Genome database (part of the United States National Library of Medicine [NLM], a branch of the National Institutes of Health [NIH])has listed the Leptospira interrogates strain FMAS_AW1, the first complete, circularized genome of […]
RUSL Researchers mapped the first complete genome of Leptospira from Sri Lanka
For the first time in scientific literature, researchers from the Leptospirosis Research laboratory of DoCM were able to map the complete genome of three Leptospira isolates from Sri Lanka. The fully circularized genome of three Leptospira strains: FMAS_KW1, FMAS_KW2 and […]
New insights into leptospirosis (Mee Una) in Sri Lanka
Researchers from Rajarata Leptospirosis Research Laboratory confirms multiple species of Leptospira causing human leptospirosis in Sri lanka. The leptospirosis research team from the Leptospirosis research laboratory, DoCM, FMAS revealed the presence of at least five different species of organisms causing […]
Yale University Subaward for Leptospirosis Research…
Leptospirosis research group and the Leptospirosis Research laboratory of the DoCM received a major sub award from Yale University to continue the collaboration on leptospirosis research work. This is the fifth year of NIH funded ICIDR (International Collaborations in Infectious […]