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CONTACT DETAILS |
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Department of Plant Sciences
University of Colombo
P.O.Box 1490, Colombo 03
Sri Lanka
Phone : +94(0)11 2585038
Fax : +94(0)11 2585038
Email: office@pts.cmb.ac.lk |
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Dr. G. Anil U. Jayasekera - Senior Lecturer
B.Sc (Colombo), Ph.D (Calgary) |
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Address:Department of Plant Sciences, University of Colombo, P.O.Box 1490, Colombo 03.
E-Mail: jayasekeraanil@yahoo.com
Phone:+94 (0)11 2583105 (office) Extension (80 – 47) |
| AREA OF SPECDIALIZATION |
- Plant molecular Biology & Plant Physiology
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| RESEARCH INTERESTS |
- Plant transformation technology
- Proteomics
- Transgenic plants -
- Characterization and Transfer of DREB genes to rice and evolution of their effects on drought tolerence
- Marker assisted breeding -
- Breeding of sub 1 rice in Sri Lanka
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| CURRENT REASEARCH |
- Production of transgenic rice plants from some Sri Lankan rice varieties mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens gene transfer
- Investigation of erythrocyte membrane proteins in leukemia patients using SDS- PAGE and MALDI- TOF mass spectroscopy.
- Development of Insect Resistance in Sri Lankan Rice Varieties by introducing Bt(Cry) genes.
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| EXECUTIVE AND OTHER POSITIONS AT NATIONAL LEVLE |
- Chairman of the National Committee on Biotechnology at National Science Foundation
- Committee member of National Plant Breeding Committee of CARP
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| GRADUATE SUPERVISION |
- Ms. Manisha Gunasekara - PhD
- Production of transgenic rice plants from some Sri Lankan rice varieties mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens gene transfer
- Mr. Imesh de Silva - M Phil
- Characterization and Transfer of Drought Responsive Elements Binding genes to rice and evaluation of their effects on drought tolerance
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| ORGANISATION OF CONFERENCES |
- Organizing and Resource person of workshop on Plant Genetic Modification held in Genetch, Colombo from September 27 to October 05, 2010.
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