Prof. Kithsiri Hector Jayawardana holds a B.Sc. (special) degree from the University of Kelaniya. He has studied fish parasites and fish transport methods for his special degree. He joined with Filariasis research project sponsored by the World Health Organization at the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Colombo and earned a Degree of Master of Philosophy. He has completed postgraduate training at the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam. Prof. Kithsiri served in the Department of Microbiology, University of Colombo and obtained his PhD based on studies in immuno- virology. Currently involved in a collaborated research project with the government of Pakistan, He has published several local and international research papers in Hybridoma technology, Parasitology. Virology and Cytochemistry.
Prof. Kithsiri H. Jayawardana
B.Sc. (Kelaniya, SL), M.Phil. (Colombo), Ph.D (Colombo), M.I.Biol (SL)
Professor in Zoology
Department of Zoology
- Central Campus, Ground floor, Science and Technology building, Room No : 014
- Office: +94112881312, Ext: 312 Mobile: +94718328900
- khjay@ou.ac.lk khjay@ou.ac.lk
Parasitology
Tissue culture and in-vitro assays, Biochemicals aspect of medicinal plant extracts on wound healing, Development of detection test
- Head of the Department, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, The Open University of Sri Lanka (June 2020-June 2022)Animal Form and Function ZYU4300Immunology ZLU4182
Animal Form and Function ZYU4300
Immunology ZLU4182
Featured Research:
- Awareness and prevalence of intestinal parasitic diseases among people in Ja Ela Pradeshiya Sabha Area.
- Investigation on the Expression of Proteins and/or Cytokines during Cell Migration Assay conducted with Wound Healing Active Medicinal Plant Extracts and Chemical Constituents using Madin Darby Canine kidney (MDCK) cells
- Preparation pf cost effective synthetic skin grafts for the treatments of burns and chronic ulcer wounds: bioactive directed investigation of angiogenic and cell migration potentials of plant extracts.
- Ranji P.K.V., S.C.Wijeyaratne., K.H. Jayawardana, G.M.K.B. Gunaherath. (2013). Citriquinones A and B, new benzoquinones from Penicillium citrinum. Natural product Communications 8 (10), 1431-1435, 2013.
- Bopege, N.S.. K.H Jayawardana, , S.C Wijeraratne.., A. M Abeyasekera,. G.M.K.B. Gunaherath., 2016., Wound healing activity of some Lupeol derivatives using scratch wound healing assay: a preliminary Structure Activity Relationship(SAR) study. Annual Academic Sessions of the Open University of Sri Lanka- 2016, p 35
- Bopage,N.S., GM., Kamal Bandara Gunaherath, K.H. Jayawardena., S. C. Wijeyaratne . A. M. Abeysekera, S. Somaratne, Dual function of active constituents from bark of Ficus racemosa L in wound healing. 2018. BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine 2018 (DOI: 10.1186/512906-018 2089-9, 18 (1), 1-13
- Bopege, N.S.. K.H Jayawardana, , S.C Wijeraratne.., A. M Abeyasekera,. G.M.K.B. Gunaherath., 2016., Wound healing activity of some Lupeol derivatives using scratch wound healing assay: a priliminary Structure Activity Relationship(SAR) study. Annual Academic Sessions of The Open University of Sri Lanka- 2016 p 35
- Jayawardana, K.H., U.N.Premaratne, 1998, Production of Monoclonal Antibodies against microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti , Association for the Advancement of Science. 54th Annual sessions.1998. p 43
- Jayawardana, K.H., L. Mendis, 1998, Group A Rotavirus subgroups and group C Rotavirus in Stools of in Sri Lankan children with diarrhea, 6th Annual academic sessions -College of Microbiogists -1998 p 47
- Jayawardana, K.H., U.N Premaratne, 1999, Effect of Monoclonal Antibodies on Development of Infective larvae of Wuchereria bancrofti , Association for the Advancement of Science 55th Annual session,1999. P 36
- Jayawardana, K.H., L. Mendis, 1998, Detection of Rotavirus with Monoclonal Antibodies: 7th Annual academic sessions -College of Microbiogists-1999. p 38
- Jayawardana, K.H., L. Mendis, 2002, Rotavirus Prevalent in Colombo from 1988 to 1992: 21st Annual academic sessions -College of Microbiogists-2001. p 39
- Jayawardana, K.H., L. Mendis, 2002, Detection of Rotavirus in Stools: 22nd Annual Academic sessions-College of Microbiologists – 2002. p 56
- Jayawardana, K.H., 2002, Development of Rotavirus Detection Tests and Study of Rotavirus Subgroups and Serotype, Epidemiology in Sri Lanka: 2001 Thesis submitted to the University of Colombo- 2002.
- Ranji, P.K.V., K.H., Jayawardana, A. M. Abeyasekera, G.M.K.B. Gunaherath, S.C. Wijeraratne. 2011, A Potential Anticancer Active Metabolite from Soil Fungus Peniciilum Citrinum 19th Annual Academic Sessions of the Open University of Sri Lanka-2011. p 290-293
- Kulathunge, D.R., K.H Jayawardana, S.C. Wijeraratne, A. M Abeyasekera, G.M.K.B. Gunaherath, Wound healing active constituent from Cryptolepis buchanani 19th Annual Academic Sessions of the Open University of Sri Lanka-2011. p 282-285
- Ranji, P.K.V., K.H Jayawardana, A. M Abeyasekera, G.M.K.B Gunaherath, S. C. Wijeraratne., 2011 Citriquinone; Potentially Anticancer Active New 1,4-benzoquinone from Peniclillium citrinum, Annual Academic Sessions of The Open University of Sri Lanka- 2011
- Ranji, P.K.V., S. Seneviratne, G.M. Kamal Bandara Gunaherath, Kithsiri Hector Jayawardena, Sushila Chandrani Wijeyaratne, Ajita Mahendra Abeysekera, Isolation of some Bioactive Constituents from Peniclillium Citrinum and Aspergillus Terreus via Bioactivity guided Fractionation. International Academic Conference Organized by the Institute of Chemistry -2012.
- Kulathunge, D.R., N.S Bopage, K.H Jayawardana, S. C. Wijeraratne, A. M. Abeyasekera, G.M.K.B Gunaherath. Preliminary Investigation of method to determine the efficiency of Cryptolepis buchanani and Glycyrrhiza glabra Plant Extracts in Wound Healing. Annual Academic Sessions of Institute of Biology. 2012. P 29.
- Bopege, N.S., S.C. Wijeraratne. K.H Jayawardana, A. M. Abeyasekera, G.M.K.B Gunaherath,.2014. Preliminary Studies on Antibacterial Activity of Ficus racemosa Linn. Bark Extractives ,Symposium of Young Scientist Forum -National science and Technology Commission of Sri Lanka – 2012 p 10
- Ranji P.K.V., S.C.Wijeyaratne., K.H. Jayawardana, G.M.K.B. Gunaherath. (2013) Citriquinones A and B, new benzoquinones from Penicillium citrinum. Natural product Communications 8 (10), 1431-1435, 2013.
- Bopege, N.S., K.H Jayawardana, S.C. Wijeraratne. A. M. Abeyasekera, G.M.K.B. Gunaherath,. 2014. 2014. Wound Healing Activity constituent from Ficus racemosa Linn Bark, Symposium of Young Scientist Forum, NASTECH Annual Session- 2014, p 29-32.
- Bopege, N.S., K.H., Jayawardana, S.C Wijeraratne, A. M. Abeyasekera, G.M.K.B. Gunaherath, 2014. Preliminary Investigation of Wound Healing Activity of Stem Bark Extract of Ficus racemosa Linn. International Symposium of Ruhuna university, 2015 .p 35.
- Nisansala S. Bopage, K. Hector Jayawardena, S. Chandrani Wijeyaratne, A. M. Abeysekera and G. M. Kamal B. Gunaherath.2016. Scratch wound Assay (SWA) Guided Investigation of “Seethodaka” Oil, a Medicinal Oil reputed for Wound Healing in Sri Lanka, 2016. p33-37
- Bopege, N.S.. K.H Jayawardana, , S.C. Wijeraratne.., A. M. Abeyasekera,. G.M.K.B. Gunaherath., 2016., Wound healing activity of some Lupeol derivatives using scratch wound healing assay: a priliminary Structure Activity Relationship(SAR) study. Annual Academic Sessions of The Open University of Sri Lanka- 2016 p 35
- Bopege, N.S., K.H Jayawardana, S.C Wijeraratne.., A. M. Abeyasekera, G.M.K.B. Gunaherath., 2016 Action of Lupeol Acetate as a prodrug in Wound Healing. Annual session . Sri Lanka Association for Advancement of Science 2016. P 57
- Bopage, N.S., K.H. Jayawardena, S.C. Wijeyaratne, A.M. Abeysekera, R. Gamage, G.M.K.B. Gunaherath “Wound healing potential of some selected medicinal palnts in Sri Lanka”. International Conference on Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Traditional medicine -5th ICAUST 2017. p 94.
- Bopage,N.S. GM, Kamal Bandara Gunaherath, Jayawardena., K.H. Dual function of active constituents from bark of Ficus racemosa L in wound healing. 2018. BMC Complementary & Alternative Medicine 2018 (DOI: 10.1186/512906-018 2089-9)..18 (1), p 1-13
- Samarasighe., W.M.P., K.H. Jayawardena, C. Ranasinghe. S. Somaratne, G.M.K.B.Gunahetath Preliminary Investigation of Wound Healing Potential of the Leaves and Bark of Ziziphus oenoplia(L.) Miller. Open University Research Sessions 2021. P 33.
- Samarasighe., W.M.P., K.H. Jayawardena, C. Ranasinghe S. Somaratne., G.M.K.B.Gunaherath, D.U. Danapala Preliminary Investigation of Wound Healing Potential of the Leaves and Bark of Ziziphus oenoplia using the Cell Migration and Chorioallanatoic Membrane Assays, 2nd Commonwealth Chemistry Posters 2021 Poster 46
- Samarasighe., W.M.P., C. Ranasinghe, K.H. Jayawardena, S. Somaratne., G.M.K.B.Gunaherath. Two potentially Wound Healing active compounds from the Hexanes extract of Vernonia oeylanica (L) Less, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon. 2022 Poster 26
- Samarasighe, W.M.P., K.H. Jayawardena, C. Ranasinghe, Ridma Weerakkody, G.M.K.B.Gunaherath, S.Somaratne. In-vitro cell migration of some Lupeole esters., 3rd Commonwealth Chemistry, Posters 56 2022
- Samarasighe, W.M.P., K.H. Jayawardena, C. Ranasinghe, G.M.K.B.Gunaherath, Wound healing enhancing terpenoids from Vernonia zeylanica.(L) Less Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Sessions, Institute of Biology Sri Lanka 42, 24: 2022
Senior Lecturer in Zoology
Department of Zoology
Faculty of Natural Sciences
The Open University of Sri Lanka
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