Ms. Inoka Jayasundara is a Temporary Lecturer attached to the Department of Biomedical Science at the Faculty of Science, NSBM. She is a B.Sc. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology special graduate from Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, and currently reading for her MSc in Applied Statistics at the University of Colombo. Ms. Inoka has served as a Demonstrator in the Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya and she joined NSBM in the year 2021 as a Teaching Assistant. Her research interests include Biostatistics, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Biotechnology. 

Publications 

Books: 

Jayasundara, E.J.M.I.K., Thivya, B., Mahathantrige, H.T., Ranatunga, R.A.S., Rathnayake, P.G.R.G., Warallanda, W.G.A.P., Wijayasinghe, W.M.M.M., Wijesekara, W.W.M.L.N., Salih, R., Senanayaka, S.G.M.S.D. (2020). Biosafety (A book in the Sinhala Language) (Editor: Sooriyapathirana, S.D.S.S.). ISBN 978- 955-41753-6-5. All authors have contributed equally, and their names are indicated according to the order of letters in the Sinhala Alphabet. 

Book Chapters: 

*Athukorala, N.K., *Karunathilaka, K.M.H.L., *Gunatilake, K.S., *Gunawardane, M.H.M.I.M.,   *Chandrasekara, T.M., *Thilakarathne, B.A.A.S., *Piyawardana, M.D.S.D., *Perera, A.Y.P., *Makuldeniya, M.W.M.T.U.G., *Sunilrathne, V.S., *Suriyaarachchi, H., **Ranatunga, R.A.S., **Jayasundara, E.J.M.I.K.,   **Rathnayake, P.G.R.G., **Salih, R., **Thivya, B., Sooriyapathirana, S.D.S.S. (2021). Techniques of genetic engineering – recombinant DNA technology. – Chapter 4. In Sooriyapathirana, S.D.S.S. (Ed.), Genetics, Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology (A textbook in Sinhala Language). ISBN 978-955-41753-7-2. pp. 173-238. *First-eleven authors have contributed equally – Each of them can be considered as the first co-author. **These five authors have contributed equally – Each of them can be considered as the second co-author.  (In Press) 

Athukorala, N.K.,   Chandrasekara, T.M., Gunawardane, M.H.M.I.M., Mahathanthrige, H.T.,   Jayasundara, E.J.M.I.K., Sooriyapathirana, S.D.S.S. (2021). Structure and function of proteins. – Chapter 5. In Sooriyapathirana, S.D.S.S. (Ed.), Genetics, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (A textbook in Sinhala Language). ISBN 978-955-41753-7-2. pp. 239-255. (In Press) 

Suriyaarachchi, H., Perera, A.Y.P., Thilakarathne, B.A.A.S.,   Jayasundara, E.J.M.I.K., Mahathanthrige, H.T.,   Sooriyapathirana, S.D.S.S. (2021). DNA sequencing: methods and applications. – Chapter 8. In Sooriyapathirana, S.D.S.S. (Ed.), Genetics, Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology (A textbook in Sinhala Language). ISBN 978-955-41753-7-2. pp. 321-354. (In Press) 

Piyawardana, M.D.S.D.,    Gunawardane, M.H.M.I.M.,   Karunathilaka, K.M.H.L.,    Jayasundara, E.J.M.I.K., Ranatunga, R.A.S., Sooriyapathirana, S.D.S.S. (2021). Nanotechnology, stem cell therapy and genome projects. – Chapter 13. In Sooriyapathirana, S.D.S.S. (Ed.), Genetics, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (A textbook in Sinhala Language). ISBN 978-955-41753-7-2. pp. 471-508. (In Press) 

*Jayasundara, E.J.M.I.K.,   *Thivya, B., *Mahathanthrige, H.T.,   *Ranatunga, R.A.S.,    *Rathnayake, P.G.R.G., *Warallanda, W.G.A.P., *Nathali, W.W.W.M.L., *Salih, R., *Senanayaka, S.G.M.S.D., Sooriyapathirana, S.D.S.S. (2021). Applications of biotechnology and biosafety. – Chapter 16. In Sooriyapathirana, S.D.S.S. (Ed.), Genetics, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (A textbook in Sinhala Language). ISBN 978-955-41753-7-2. pp. 587-624. *First-nine authors have contributed equally – Each of them can be considered as the first co-author. (In Press)