{"id":10488,"date":"2025-11-10T06:36:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=10488"},"modified":"2025-11-10T06:39:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:39:30","slug":"three-day-training-session-on-animal-cell-culture-techniques-for-aibs-students-genelabs-medical-pvt-ltd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=10488","title":{"rendered":"13th Annual Scientific Sessions of the IBMBB 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10488\" class=\"elementor elementor-10488\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c0cb7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"2c0cb7d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e42cbf\" data-id=\"3e42cbf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76820ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"76820ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">13th Annual Scientific Sessions of the IBMBB 2025     <\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e6ac9f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"e6ac9f1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a5fcb4\" data-id=\"4a5fcb4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-261389b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"261389b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"erbk1\" data-offset-key=\"1jqb-0-0\"><div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-offset-key=\"1jqb-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1jqb-0-0\">The Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IBMBB), University of Colombo, successfully held its 13th Annual Scientific Sessions on 24th October 2025, bringing together leading researchers, academics, and students in the fields of life sciences, biotechnology, and health sciences. The event, graced by Professor Indika Mahesh Karunatillake, Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, featured 16 oral and 9 poster presentations, showcasing cutting-edge research in health sciences, biotechnology, and natural product innovation. A key highlight was the Professor Stanley Wijesundera Memorial Lecture, delivered by Professor Dileep De Silva, Chair Professor of Community Dentistry at the University of Peradeniya, titled \u201cBrains, Budgets and Beds: Aligning Health HR, Finance and Education for a Healthier Sri Lanka.\u201d The ceremony also included the Best Teacher Awards and IBMBB Research Excellence Awards for 2023\/2024, recognizing exceptional academic and research achievements.<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"erbk1\" data-offset-key=\"9ftka-0-0\"><div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9ftka-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9ftka-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"erbk1\" data-offset-key=\"5q7df-0-0\"><div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align: left;\" data-offset-key=\"5q7df-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5q7df-0-0\">The sessions were organized under the leadership of Professor Prasanna Galhena (Director, IBMBB) and Professor Nimal Punyasiri (Chairperson), with Dr. Visula Abeysuriya serving as Secretary of the Scientific Sessions, whose coordination and commitment played a pivotal role in the event\u2019s success. The 2025 sessions continued IBMBB\u2019s proud legacy of fostering scientific excellence, collaboration, and innovation within Sri Lanka\u2019s research community.<\/span><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92ca3cc elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"92ca3cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel 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Scientific Sessions on 24th October 2025, bringing together leading researchers, academics, and students in the fields of life sciences, biotechnology, and health sciences. The event, graced by Professor Indika Mahesh Karunatillake, Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, featured 16 oral and 9 poster presentations, showcasing cutting-edge research in health sciences, biotechnology, and natural product innovation. A key highlight was the Professor Stanley Wijesundera Memorial Lecture, delivered by Professor Dileep De Silva, Chair Professor of Community Dentistry at the University of Peradeniya, titled \u201cBrains, Budgets and Beds: Aligning Health HR, Finance and Education for a Healthier Sri Lanka.\u201d The ceremony also included the Best Teacher Awards and IBMBB Research Excellence Awards for 2023\/2024, recognizing exceptional academic and research achievements.\u00a0The sessions were organized under the leadership of Professor Prasanna Galhena (Director, IBMBB) and Professor Nimal Punyasiri (Chairperson), with Dr. Visula Abeysuriya serving as Secretary of the Scientific Sessions, whose coordination and commitment played a pivotal role in the event\u2019s success. The 2025 sessions continued IBMBB\u2019s proud legacy of fostering scientific excellence, collaboration, and innovation within Sri Lanka\u2019s research community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":10526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-news-home"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-16 14:17:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10488"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10553,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10488\/revisions\/10553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}