Genelabs Medical ජෛව රසායනය සහ අණුක ජීව විද්යාවෙන් ලංකාවට දෙයක් ගෙනාපු Dr. Chandanamali Punchihewa
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Today’s guest is Dr. Chandanamali Punchihewa. She is a Scientist with extensive experience in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Drug Discovery. Founded Genelabs Medical (Pvt) Ltd in order to perform high-complexity genetic tests that have not been available in Sri Lanka. She was one of the first batches of students who specialized in the Molecular Biology and Biochemistry program at the University of Colombo. She obtained her PhD from the University of Arizona, USA and did her postdoc at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. 00:00 Intro 00:29 Childhood and Family 05:48 First batch of Molecular Biology and Bio Chemistry 08:03 Dr. Maya Gunasekara - GeneTech 10:43 What is Molecular Biology 12:41 Covid-19 and Molecular Biology 14:19 After Bachelors 20:50 PhD Research 22:53 Post Doc at St. Jude's (Patent) 28:39 Next Generation Sequencing & Bio Informatics 31:17 Returning to Sri Lanka 37:16 At Lanka Hospitals 39:46 Getting used to working in Sri Lanka 42:38 Regrets coming back to Sri Lanka? 43:32 Starting GeneLabs Medical 48:58 Advice to the next Generation
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