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January 01, 2023
Started Sample Testing

Testing of sample collecting for the R21-funded study to identify nasopharyngeal signatures for bact...

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November 27, 2022
Started collecting samples and data for two new studies.

After a long pause due to Covid, we are back at sample and data collection for the study - "Respirat...

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November 05, 2022
VARAGUNAM MEMORIAL ORATION 2022

Sri Lanka College of Internal Medicine 6th Annual Academic Sess...

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September 09, 2022
Certificate Awarding Ceremony

The Hubert-Yeargan Center for Global Health at Duke University awarded certificates to  Dr. Thy...

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June 20, 2022
Initiation of our latest study-Covid-19 and dengue cross reactivity

"Determination of biomarkers of disease severity in Covid-19 patients and rates of dengue cross reac...

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April 04, 2022
Donated micro centrifuge and refrigerated micro centrifuge by DGHI

Hettich UNIVERSAL 320/320R Refrigerated Centrifuge & Sorvall Legend Micro 17 Microcentrifuge wer...

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December 30, 2020
Ongoing Covid-19 Testings

The DUKE - Ruhuna collaborative research centre has helped in facilitating the COVID- 19 RT PCR test...

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July 24, 2019
President's Award for Scientific Research 2021

President’s Award for highly-rated scientific research, as evaluated by peers and published in...

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