N. P. S. Kumburegama
Senior Lecturer
Department of Zoology
University of Peradeniya
Sri Lanka
Biography
Senior Lecturer Grade I – Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya - (November 2015 to date); Senior Lecturer Grade II – Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya - (November 2009 to November 2015) Secretary – Board of Study in Zoological Sciences, Postgraduate Institute of Science - (2014-2017); Coordinator – M.Sc. in Applied Epidemiology, Postgraduate Institute of Science - (2012 to 2013 and 2016 to date); Lecturer – Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya - (October 2002 to October 2009).
Research Interest
Developmental Biology, Malacology.
Publications
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Maheshini, P.W. D.B., Hirimuthugoda, G.N. and Kumburegama, S.; (2017). A short survey of pest gastropods and their potential threats to local agriculture in the Kandy District. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Invasive Alien Species 2017, : Pg. 30 .
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Strabismus-mediated primary archenteron invagination is uncoupled from Wnt/beta-catenin-dependent endoderm cell fate specification in Nematostella vectensis (Anthozoa, Cnidaria): Implications for the evolution of gastrulation. (2011)
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Asymmetric developmental potential along the animal-vegetal axis in the anthozoan cnidarian, Nematostella vectensis, is mediated by Disheveled. (2007)
