Dr. U.K. Bandaranayake

Senior Lecturer ( Grade -II )

Department of Animal Science,
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna,
Mapalana, Kamburupitiya,
Sri Lanka 81100

Research Interests

Qualifications

PhD in Science and Engineering | Saitama University, Japan
MSc in Experimental Biotechnology | Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
BSc in Animal Science and Fisheries (2nd Class Upper Division) | University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Biography

Dr. U.K. Bandaranayake is a Senior Lecturer (Grade II) in the Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna. She holds a PhD in Science and Engineering from Saitama University, Japan, an MSc in Experimental Biotechnology from the Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, and a BSc in Animal Science and Fisheries from the University of Peradeniya. Her research interests include molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology and animal biotechnology.

Journal Publications

Total: 3

Bandaranayake, U. K., Sato, H., & Suzuki, M. (2024). Development of molecular sensors based on fluorescent proteins for polarized macrophages identification. Analytical Sciences.

Bogahawaththa, S., Kawamura, T., Bandaranayake, U., Hirakawa, T., Yamada, G., Ishino, H., Hirohashi, T., Kawaguchi, S., Wijesundera, K. K., Wijayagunawardane, M. P. B., Ishimaru, K., Kodithuwakku, S. P., & Tsujita, T. (2023). Identification and mechanistic investigation of ellagitannins from Osbeckia octandra that attenuate liver fibrosis via the TGF-beta/SMAD signaling pathway. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 87(11), 1295-1309.

Suzuki, M., Taguma, K., Bandaranayake, U. K., & Ikeda, W. (2023). Development of Ratiometric Fluorescence Sensing Molecule for Caspase-14, a Key Enzyme of Epidermis Metabolism. Journal of Biomedical Research & Environmental Sciences, 4(4), 793-800.

Conference Publications

Total: 5

Bandaranayake, U. K., & Suzuki, M. (2023). Development of FRET based Theragnostics Compounds with Beta-Cyclodextrin Attached Fluorescent Proteins to Solubilize and Sense Cholesterol Crystals. 46th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan, Kobe Port Island, Japan, 6-8 December 2023.

Bandaranayake, U., & Suzuki, M. (2022). Development of FRET based theragnostic compounds with Beta-Cyclodextrin attached Green Fluorescent Proteins for cholesterol crystal solubilization in atherosclerosis. 45th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan, Chiba, Japan, 30 November - 2 December 2022.

Bandaranayake, B. M. U., & Suzuki, M. (2021). Development of FRET-Based Theragnostic molecule composed of Beta-cyclodextrin modified Green fluorescent protein for Niemann-Pick Type-C Disease. 44th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan, Yokohama, Japan/Online, 1-3 December 2021.

Bandaranayake, B. M. U. K., Bogahawaththa, B. R. S., Wijayagunawardane, M. P. B., Wijesundara, R. R. M. K. K., Siriweera, E. H., & Kodithuwakku, S. P. (2019). Heen Bowitiya (Osbeckia octandra) Leaf Extracts Ameliorate Thioacetamide Induced Chronic Liver Fibrosis in Rats. Peradeniya University International Research Sessions (iPURSE-2019), 22, p. 138.

Bandaranayake, B. M. U. K., Kodithuwakku, S. P., Bogahawaththa, B. R. S., Wijayagunawardane, M. P. B., & Wijesundara, R. R. M. K. K. (2018). Leaf Extract of Heen Bowitiya (Osbeckia octandra) Demonstrates Therapeutic Potential against Thioacetamide Induced Chronic Liver Damage in Rats. Faculty of Agriculture Undergraduate Research Symposium (FAuRS-2017), University of Peradeniya, p. 112.