{"id":9796,"date":"2025-07-30T07:08:57","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=9796"},"modified":"2025-08-01T04:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T04:38:16","slug":"inauguration-of-bachelor-of-science-in-molecular-biology-and-bioentrepreneurship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=9796","title":{"rendered":"Inauguration of Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Bioentrepreneurship"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9796\" class=\"elementor elementor-9796\">\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<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Inauguration of Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Bioentrepreneurship                                                                                       <\/h5>\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<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.3800000000000001; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;\">The Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IBMBB), University of Colombo, ceremonially inaugurated its newly introduced Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Bioentrepreneurship external degree on 24th July 2025 at the IBMBB premises.<br \/><br \/>The event was graced by Prof. Indika Mahesh Karunathilake, Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, as the Chief Guest. A number of distinguished academic and professional dignitaries were present, including Prof. Prasanna Galhena, Director of IBMBB, Prof. Guhan Jeyaraman from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Prof. Sun-Young Lim from Korea Maritime &amp; Ocean University, Prof. Vajira Dissanayake, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and Prof. Nalin De Silva, Head of the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo.<br \/><br \/>Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Bioentrepreneurship is a three-year degree programme offered by IBMBB, University of Colombo focuses on transforming conceptual knowledge in life sciences into application by facilitating novel business start-ups, engagement in industry, research and development, knowledge enhancement and opening vistas for postgraduate opportunities globally.<br \/><br \/>It covers a broad spectrum of disciplines, such as Molecular biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Clinical Chemistry, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Immunology, Bioentrepreneurship and Business Sustainability.<br \/><br \/>The inauguration marked a significant milestone in strengthening interdisciplinary education, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in the field of life sciences.<\/p>\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 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The event was graced by Prof. Indika Mahesh Karunathilake, Vice Chancellor of the University of Colombo, as the Chief Guest. A number of distinguished academic and professional dignitaries were present, including Prof. Prasanna Galhena, Director of IBMBB, Prof. Guhan Jeyaraman from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Prof. Sun-Young Lim from Korea Maritime &amp; Ocean University, Prof. Vajira Dissanayake, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and Prof. Nalin De Silva, Head of the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Colombo. Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Bioentrepreneurship is a three-year degree programme offered by IBMBB, University of Colombo focuses on transforming conceptual knowledge in life sciences into application by facilitating novel business start-ups, engagement in industry, research and development, knowledge enhancement and opening vistas for postgraduate opportunities globally. It covers a broad spectrum of disciplines, such as Molecular biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Clinical Chemistry, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Immunology, Bioentrepreneurship and Business Sustainability. The inauguration marked a significant milestone in strengthening interdisciplinary education, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in the field of life sciences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":9813,"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-9796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive","category-news-home"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-14 20:38:56","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\/9796","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=9796"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9811,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9796\/revisions\/9811"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibmbb.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}