Dr. Gamika Prathapasinghe
Senior Lecturer
Department of Livestock and Avian Science
Wayamba University
Sri Lanka
Biography
Dr. Prathapasinghe is a Veterinary Surgeon, graduated from the faculty of Veterinary Medicine & Animal Science, University of Peradeniya in 1998. He started his carrier as an academic attached to the Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Peradeniya where he worked as an Assistant Lecturer since 1999 through 2001. Afterwards, he joined the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka as an Assistant Lecturer, in year 2001. He successfully completed His MSc in Biochemistry on commonwealth scholarship program in 2005 at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada followed by his PhD in Animal Science in 2008 at St. Boniface General Hospthe University of Manitoba, Canada.
Research Interest
Nutritional Biochemistry Animal Disease Prevention & Diagnostic Technology
Publications
-
Prathapasinghe GA, Siow YL, O K. Detrimental Role of Homocysteine in Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2007 May;292(5):F1354-63. Epub 2007 Jan 30.
-
Prathapasinghe GA, Siow YL, Xu Z, O K. Inhibition of Cystathionine-β-synthase activity during renal ischemia-reperfusion: Role of pH and Nitric Oxide. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol.2008 Oct; 295(4):F912-22. Epub 2008 Aug 13.
