Monthly Archives: July 2021

The President’s Awards for Scientific Research was held on 06th April 2021 at the Auditorium of Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. The awards were given out for the top-ranked research papers published in prestigious journals that had a substantial contribution from Sri Lankan scientists. The ceremony was held as an online event due to the […]

Evaluation of the immune response to chadox1 ncov-19 vaccine, in a cohort of participants in Colombo Researchers:Dr. T. M. R. R. Jinasena – Colombo South Teaching Hospital, KalubowilaDr. S. A. Gunawardena – National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo 10Dr. Saman Peduruhewa – Colombo South Teaching Hospital, Kalubowila Introduction:In 2019, a novel Corona virus, known as […]

Introduction of a mobile phone-based app  ‘SWARAKSHA’ “ස්වාරක්ෂා (=>ස්ව + ආරක්ෂා )” for mitigation of COVID-19 pandemic Under a COVID19 pandemic prevention Research Grant of  National Research Council under the Ministry of Higher Education, Technology and Inovation, a team of researchers headed by Prof. Chandana Jayaratne of the Astronomy and Space Science Unit, Department of Physics, University of Colombo has developed […]

15 researchers from Sri Lanka have been included in a list of the top 2% of researchers in the world, which was compiled by Stanford University, USA. The full list was published in the journal PLOS Biology. The researchers from Sri Lanka include 5 past Council members of the NRC: Mendis, Shanthi Colombo North Teaching […]

The NRC has funded a Target Oriented Multidisciplinary research project for 2020/2021. The NRC has funded another Target Oriented Multidisciplinary Research project for 2020/2021 (value Rs. 50 million; research to be conducted over a five year period). This project was chosen after a rigorous review process from among 49 proposals that were submitted. “Development of […]