Visited one of the most advanced research vessels, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen

One of the most advanced research vessels in the world, the Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, arrived in Colombo to conduct surveys on fisheries resources and the marine ecosystem around Sri Lanka on 21.06.2018 and the Aquatic students of the Department of Zoology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura got a chance to visit this research vessel on 23.06.2018.

The research vessel Dr. Fridtjof Nansen is owned by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and is jointly operated by the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) and FAO.

Museum visit, Ananda Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo

Students and staff members of grade 13 (A/L) Biology stream of Ananda Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo visited the museum of the department of Zoology on 27th February, 2018. Interactive session and discussion with students and teachers were conducted by the museum curator Mr. R. Petiyagoda.

The Museum is open to University students, Schools and general public. Anyone can make a reservation by contacting the head of the department (pathmalal@sjp.ac.lk) or Mr. Ravindra Pethiyagoda, Museum Curator (071 443 9367).

Guest Talk on “Sri Lanka’s Prehistoric Life”

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රාග් ඓතිහාසික ජීවීන් ගැන දැනගන්න අගහරුවදා (30th January) හවස 4 ට Zoology A1 එකට එන්න !!

 color_nw

The discussion for future cyanotoxin research on public health

Prof.Sampath Amaratunge, Vice chancellor of University of Sri Jayewardenepura held a special discussion with Cyanotoxin research experts Prof.Linda Lawton and Dr. Christine Edwards and Prof. Pathmalal Manage, director, Centre for water quality and algae research regarding future research initiatives and collaborations with the CyanoSol, Robert Gordon University, UK. This collaboration will lead to high impact research and exchange of postgraduate students between University of Sri Jayewardenepura and the Robert Gordon University, UK.

Furthermore, Prof.Sampath Amaratunge awarded with fellowships Prof.Linda Lawton and Dr. Christine Edwards to continue their service and support to upgrade the research and publication standards of University of Sri Jayewardenepura.dsc_0439 dsc_0443