{"id":350,"date":"2015-08-26T04:45:20","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T04:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/?page_id=350"},"modified":"2021-12-12T03:55:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T03:55:53","slug":"prof-pahan-godakumbura","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/science.sjp.ac.lk\/che\/prof-pahan-godakumbura\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Pahan Godakumbura"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senior Lecturer<\/strong>
\nB.Sc. (USJP), Ph.D. (Wayne State University , USA)<\/span><\/p>\n

Biosketch:<\/strong><\/p>\n

B.Sc. – University of Sri Jayewardenepura \/ Sri Lanka \/ 2000<\/p>\n

Ph.D. – Wayne state university, detroit , MI,USA<\/p>\n

Visiting scholar – National university of Singapore\/Singapore\/2009<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral scholar – University of Illinois\/Chicago\/ USA<\/p>\n

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Divisions:<\/span><\/strong>
\nBiochemistry and Organic Chemistry<\/p>\n

Undergraduate Teaching:<\/span><\/strong>
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\n \u2022 CHE 330 1.0 Structure and Function of Biomolecules<\/a>
\n \u2022 CHE 371 1.0 Biochemistry <\/a>
\n \u2022 CHE 460 1.0 Industrial Management<\/a>
\n \u2022 CHE 320 1.0 Food Chemistry<\/a>
\n \u2022 CHE 466 1.0 Industrial Utilization of Plant Products<\/a>\u00a0 \"chemistry-prof-jayaweera-180x180[1]\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Research interest :
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nano-particles conjugating to biomolecules in developing sensors to detect small molecules\/ natural antioxidants and protein isolation\/ traditional medicines.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Selected Publications:<\/span><\/strong>
\nJayeweera, P. M, Godakumbura, P. I., Pathiratne, K. A. S. \u201cPhotocatalytic Oxidation of As(III) to As(V) in Aqueous Solutions; A Low Cost Pre-oxidative Treatment for the Total Removal of Arsenic from Water\u201d Current Science, 2003, 84 (4), 541<\/p>\n

Loo Chien Wang, Leslie K Morgan, Pahan Godakumbura, Linda J Kenney*and Ganesh S Anand * The inner membrane histidine kinase EnvZ senses osmolality via helix-coil transitions in the cytoplasm EMBO, 2012, 31, 2648 \u2013 2659<\/p>\n

Ryan J. Martinie,a Pahan I. Godakumbura, Elizabeth G. Porter, Anand Divakaran,a Brandon J. Burkhart,a John T. Wertzc and David E. Benson Identifying proteins that can form tyrosine-cysteine crosslinks, Metallomics, 2012, 4, 1037-1042<\/p>\n

Godakumbura, P.I., Kariyawasam, T.I., Prashantha, M.A.B., Fernando, N., Premakumara, G.A.S., 2017. In-vitro antibacterial activity of selected Sri Lankan traditional rice (Oryza sativa L.) extracts against bacteria causing skin and soft tissue infections. Journal of Pharmacy Research 11(2), 156-161.<\/p>\n

TI Kariyawasam, PI Godakumbura, MAB Prashantha, GAS Premakumara, Tropical Agricultural Research and Extension 2016, 19 (1), 168-172<\/p>\n

Awards :
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