Fourth International Conference in Frontiers of Molecular Life Sciences: Beyond the Blueprint of life was held on 26th and 27th September 2024 at IBMBB, University of Colombo.  H.E Andrew Patrick, British High Commissioner and Senior professor H. D. Karunaratne, Vice Chancellor of University of Colombo graced this occasion as the chief guest and the guest of honor respectively.  Dr. Sumadee de Silva and Dr. Narmada Fernando, senior lecturers from IBMBB contributed as co-chairpersons. The keynote lecture was delivered by Prof. Erik Bongcam-Rudloff, Professor in Bioinformatics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden. Thirteen symposium lectures were delivered in six symposia sessions. Oral presentations were delivered by 31 participants and 50 poster presentations were done during the two-day sessions.  The event was sponsored by the National Science Foundation, EMBNet and several private institutes.

Two pre-conference workshops were held as satellite events. Workshop on Metagenomics was held on 25th and 26th September 2024 with the presence of Prof. Erik Bongcam-Rudloff, Renaud Van Damme (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences), and Dr. Kanchana Senanayaka (IBMBB, University of Colombo). The aim of this workshop was to provide basic understanding of metagenomics and analysis of metagenomic data. Fourteen participants were present and gained the practical exposure in the field of metagenomics and metagenomic data analysis.

 Lichens as a Spatially Transferable Bioindicaters were held on 25th September 2024. Dr. Gothamie Weerakoon (National History Museum, London, UK) contributed as the resource person for this workshop. Workshop was coordinated by Prof. Nimal Punyasiri and fourteen participants were presented and gained the exposure in the field of lichens.

Post-Conference workshop on Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship (QSAR) Modeling for Drug Discovery was held on 28th September 2024. Dr. Arabinda Ghosh contributed as the resource person. The workshop was targeted to students, academics and researchers in the medicinal chemistry and drug discovery. Twelve participants gained exposure to the Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship modeling. Dr. Kanishka Senathilake coordinated the workshop.

Post-conference workshops on Immunobiotechnology for Diagnostics and Therapeutics was held on 1st October 2024. Prof. Sunil Premawansa (University of Colombo), Prof. Shiroma Handunnetti (IBMBB), Prof. Jayantha Balawardena (Chancellor, Uva Wellassa University), Dr. Nuradh Joseph (District General Hospital, Karapitiya), Dr. Rajiva de Silva (Medical Research Institute) and Dr. Dhanushka Dasanayake (Medical Research Institute) contributed as resource persons. Programme was moderated by Prof. P P S L Pathirana and 31 participants gained exposure in Immunobiotechnology in the context of diagnostics and therapeutics.