{"id":1350,"date":"2021-03-26T17:12:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T17:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2023-07-25T04:39:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T04:39:17","slug":"9th-biennial-scientific-sessions-of-the-allergy-immunology-society-of-sri-lanka-aissl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=1350","title":{"rendered":"9th Biennial Scientific Sessions of the Allergy &#038; Immunology Society of Sri Lanka (AISSL)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1350\" class=\"elementor elementor-1350\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d523b5e 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=\"d523b5e\" 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-36bd5ab\" data-id=\"36bd5ab\" 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-7cbc1cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7cbc1cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e83e741 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e83e741\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">9th Biennial Scientific Sessions of the Allergy &amp; Immunology Society of Sri Lanka (AISSL)<\/h2>\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-7f36372 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=\"7f36372\" 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-f3cb6bf\" data-id=\"f3cb6bf\" 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-c80b808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c80b808\" 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<p>The 9<sup>th<\/sup> Biennial Scientific Sessions of the Allergy &amp; Immunology Society of Sri Lanka (AISSL) was held at the Conference Hall of the Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology &amp; Biotechnology (IBMBB), University of Colombo on the 26<sup>th<\/sup> March, 2021.<\/p><p>The President-AISSL, Prof Shiroma Handunnetti welcomed the participants on site and on line as it was a hybrid event, and introduced the Chief Guest, Emeritus Professor Kamini Mendis. Following the President\u2019s address by Prof Shiroma Handunnetti, sessions commenced with Free Paper Sessions.<\/p><p>The first Professor Anura Weerasinghe Memorial Oration was delivered by Dr. Rajiva de Silva, Consultant Immunologist, Medical Research Institute &amp; Past President-AISSL. There were six guest lectures delivered by Prof Ashley St. John, Prof. Thsashi Chang, Prof. Suranjith Seneviratne, Prof Gregory Bancroft, Dr. Dinakantha Kumararatne and Dr. Thushan de Silva. Free paper sessions were conducted under the topics Basic Immunology and Clinical Immunology. The 9<sup>th<\/sup> AISSL Scientific Sessions were concluded with the award ceremony for the Best presenters in Basic and Clinical Immunology and Best Poster Presentation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\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-be4ad50 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=\"be4ad50\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-03bd6ee\" data-id=\"03bd6ee\" 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-3042a26 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Sessions of the Allergy &#038; Immunology Society of Sri Lanka (AISSL) The 9th Biennial Scientific Sessions of the Allergy &amp; Immunology Society of Sri Lanka (AISSL) was held at the Conference Hall of the Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology &amp; Biotechnology (IBMBB), University of Colombo on the 26th March, 2021. The President-AISSL, Prof Shiroma Handunnetti welcomed the participants on site and on line as it was a hybrid event, and introduced the Chief Guest, Emeritus Professor Kamini Mendis. Following the President\u2019s address by Prof Shiroma Handunnetti, sessions commenced with Free Paper Sessions. The first Professor Anura Weerasinghe Memorial Oration was delivered by Dr. Rajiva de Silva, Consultant Immunologist, Medical Research Institute &amp; Past President-AISSL. There were six guest lectures delivered by Prof Ashley St. John, Prof. Thsashi Chang, Prof. Suranjith Seneviratne, Prof Gregory Bancroft, Dr. Dinakantha Kumararatne and Dr. Thushan de Silva. Free paper sessions were conducted under the topics Basic Immunology and Clinical Immunology. The 9th AISSL Scientific Sessions were concluded with the award ceremony for the Best presenters in Basic and Clinical Immunology and Best Poster Presentation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_canvas","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-17 20:24:42","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\/1350","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1350"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1360,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1350\/revisions\/1360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}