Heshika Hematilake
Heshika Hematilake
Lecturer - Grade II
Faculty of Science
Profile
Heshika has been working at ICBT since 2021, in the field of Biomedical Science. After completing her degree in Biotechnology/Genetics/Biochemistry, she worked in the research and teaching field and was employed for about four years before joining ICBT.
Heshika is currently a lecturer and has taught a number of Higher Diploma and Foundation modules at ICBT in various programs. She is currently teaching,
- Cell Biology & Genetics
- Molecular Biology & Applied Genetics
- Clinical Immunology
- Key Concepts of Biology.
Heshika’s research interests are in the field of
- Cancer Human Genetics
- Molecular Genetics
- Molecular Biology
- Plant Tissue Culture
- Immunology
- Molecular Cell Biology
- Bioinformatics
- Protein Chemistry
- Biochemistry
- Recombinant DNA Technology
- Animal and Plant Biotechnology
- Genome Editing
- CRISPR-Cas9.
She is currently undertaking a M.Sc. in Experimental Biotechnology at the University of Peradeniya.
Publications
Conference Proceedings
~ Hematilake H.M. and Peiris S.E. (2020) Review on methods of explant surface sterilization for efficient Micropropagation. Proceedings of SLIIT International Conference on Advancement
in Sciences and Humanities, 76-82, 26th March, 2021
~ Peiris S.E., Hemathilake H.M., Peiris Colin., Wijeratne A.W., (2021) Effects of Silver Nitrate in In vitro Establishment of Cordyline fruticosa (L.) CV ‘Purple Compacta Tri Colour’ with CSUP Media Sterilization. Proceedings of SLIIT International Conference on Advancement in Sciences and Humanities, 83-88, 26th March, 2021
~ Hematilake H.M., Peiris S.E., Wijeratne A.W., (2020) Comparison of two media components on In vitro Regeneration of Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent through Leaf Explants. Proceedings of National Symposium on Floriculture Research (NaSFloR): 71-76, Colombo, Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy, 11th December 2020
~ Hematilake H. M., (2019) Cryopreservation of Desiccated seeds of Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) with glycerol, mannitol and sucrose. International Conference on Current Research Trends in Engineering, Science & Management, 154-160, (ICCRTESM-2019)
~ Hematilake H.M., Goonathilake P. M., Shilpa B.R., Manjula K.R., (2017) Genetic Responses of Drosophila melanogaster to ultraviolet radiation associated with Human Cancer. Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Advances in Applied Sciences (ICRAAS2017): 174-180, Bangaluru, India
Posters
~ Hematilake H. M., Goonathilake P. M., Shilpa B.R., Manjula K.R., Genetic Responses of Drosophila melanogaster to ultraviolet radiation. Poster Presentation on two-day International Conference on Recent Advances in Applied Sciences, 2017 October (ICRAAS2017), Bangaluru, India
Other research activities
~ Ongoing research in identifying potential microRNAs for Colorectal Cancer diagnosis uses a combination of in silico and molecular approaches.
~ Insights on the Use of Plastid in Forensic Analyses from Whole Plastome Sequences of Two Drug-Type Cannabis.
~ CRISPR gene activation and inhibition (CRISPRai) as a powerful synthetic tool for influencing the expression of native genes for foundational studies, cellular reprograming, and metabolic engineering with the use of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Contact
Call: (+94) 114 777888 / Ext: 1030
Email: heshikaH@icbtcampus.edu.lk
