Professor A A P S Manamperi
B.Sc(First Class, Honors)Biological Sciences, M.Sc(Biochemistry & Molecular Biology), Ph.D(Molecular Biology & Immunology)
Senior Professor
Head of the MMU
Molecular Medicine Unit
Head of the MMU
Molecular Medicine Unit
Specialization
Molecular Medicine
Research Interests
- Infectious Diseases – Molecular Epidemiology
- Development of new technological platforms for in vitro diagnostics
Awards and Fellowships
- University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka - Vice Chancellor’s Award – 2015.
- Award for the Best Scientific Paper – 2013, Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists.
- National Research Council of Sri Lanka - Merit Award – 2012 .
- National Research Council of Sri Lanka - Merit Award – 2011
- University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka - Vice Chancellor’s Award 2011.
- National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka - Research Award 2010
- Presidential Award for Scientific Research – 2009.
- University of Kelaniya Vice Chancellor’s Award 2008 - “Most Outstanding Young Researcher in Medicine”.
- Award for the Best Scientific Paper – 2008, Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists
- Presidential Award for Scientific Research – 2006.
- University of Kelaniya Vice Chancellor’s Award- 2005 .
- Development Co-operation Prize 2003 for International Co-operation: “Young Investigator in Medical Sciences” Royal Government of Belgium.
- National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka - International Travel Award.
- Third prize for postgraduate research – 2000 Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.
- World Health Organization – Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases(WHO/TDR) - Research Training Award – 1998.
- University of Colombo, Sri Lanka - Professor Stanley Wijesundera Memorial Award – Gold medal - for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (1995).
Publications
Book Chapters, Sections and Study Guides
- Detecting Malaria Parasites based on Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) assay” - In the “Laboratory Manual for Diagnosis of Malaria” Published by Sarvodaya Secretariat in collaboration with Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) Project and Anti Malaria Campaign – Sri Lanka; 2011, pp 85-98.
- Author of 5 chapters in the text book for the Course Unit: “Introduction to Molecular Biology and Immunolgy” published by the Open University of Sri Lanka for the M.Sc. programme in Medical Entomology and Applied Parasitology – September 2009.
- Author of 3 chapters in the text book for the Course Unit: Molecular Biology of Parasites and Vectors published by the Open University of Sri Lanka for the M.Sc. programme in Medical Entomology and Applied Parasitology – 2005.
- Wijegunawardana A D, Gunawardane N S, Hapuarachchi C, Manamperi A, Gunaeardene K, Abeyewickreme W. Evaluation of PCR-ELISA as a tool for monitoring of transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti in District of Gampaha, Sri Lanka. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2013; 3(5): 381-387.
- De Silva AP, Nandasiri SD, Hevavisenthi J, Manamperi A, Ariyasinghe MP, Dasanayake AS, Jewell DP, de Silva HJ. Sub clinical mucosal inflammation in diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in a tropical setting. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2012; 47(6):619-624.
- Manamperi A and Huzair F. Capacity Building in Genomic Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics: The Case of Sri Lanka. Current Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine, 2012, 10(3): 185-194.
- Wijegunawardene NDAD, Silva Gunawardene YIN, Manamperi A, Abeyewickreme W. GIS mapping of lymphatic filariasis endemic areas in Gampaha District, Sri Lanka, based on the epidemiological and entomological screening. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 2012; 43 (3): 557-566.
- Bartlett G, Zgheib N, Manamperi A, Wang W, Hizel C, Kahveci R, Yazan, Y. Pharmacogenomics in Primary Care: A Crucial Entry Point for Global Personalized Medicine? Current Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine, 2012; 10:101-105.
- Ozdemir V, Rosenblatt D S, Warnich L, Srivastava S, Tadmouri G O, Aziz R K, PangaJaipal Reddy, Manamperi , Dove E S, Joly Y, Zawati M H, Hızel C, Yazan Y, John L, Vaast E, Ptolemy A S, Faraj S A, Kolker E, and Cotton R G H. Towards an Ecology of Collective Innovation. Current Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine, 2011; 9:243-251.
- Dias S, Somarathna M, Manamperi A, Escalante A A, Gunasekera A M, Udagama-Randeniya P V. Evaluation of the genetic diversity of Domain II of Plasmodium vivax Apical Membrane Antigen 1 (PvAMA-1) and the ensuing strain-specific immune responses in patients from Sri Lanka. Vaccine, 2011; 29: 7491-7504.
- Manamperi A, Silva Gunawardene N, Wellawatta C, Abeyewickreme, W, de Silva HJ. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes in a group of Sri Lankan patients with chronic infection. Tropical Biomedicine, 2011; 28(2): 320-324.
- Ozdemir V, David H. Muljono D H, Pang T, Ferguson L R, Manamperi A, Samper S, Someya T, Tassé A M, Tsai S-J, Zhou H-H, Lee E J D. Asia-Pacific Health 2020 and Genomics without Borders: Co-Production of Knowledge by Science and Society Partnership for Global Personalized Medicine. Current Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine, 2011;9(1):1-5.
- Manamperi A, Nugawela P, Gunawardene NS, Abeyewickreme W and de Silva HJ. RNA positive rates among anti-HCV reactive blood donors in Sri Lanka: A preliminary study. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2010; 28(3): 264-265.
- Manamperi A, Hapuarachchi C, Silva Gunawardene N, Bandara A, Dayanath D, Abeyewickreme W. STR Polymorphisms in Sri Lanka: evaluation of forensic utility in identification of individuals and parentage testing, Ceylon Medical Journal, 2009; 55(3): 85-9.
- H. A. C. Hapuarachchi, S. Abeysundara, M. Y. D. Dayanath, A. Manamperi, W. Abeyewickreme, N. R de Silva. Molecular markers of chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in Sri Lanka: frequency before revision of antimalarial drug policy. Annals of Tropical Medicine & Parasitology, 2009; 103(4):351-6.
- Manamperi A, Fernando D. Mahawithanage S, Wickramasinghe R, Bandara A, Hapuarachchi C, Abeyewickreme W, Wickramasinghe R. Genotyping of Plasmodium vivax infections in Sri Lanka using Pvmsp-3α and Pvcsgenes: A preliminary report. Tropical Biomedicine 2008; 25(2):100-106.
- Manamperi A. Current developments in genomic medicine and personalized health care: impact on public health Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health 2008; 20(3):242-250.
- de Silva HJ, Dassanayake AS, Manamperi A, de Silva AP. Treatment of lamivudine-resistant hepatitis B infection in post-renal transplant patients with adefovirdipivoxil: preliminary results. Transplantation Proceedings 2006;38:3118-3120.
- Seneviratne, G.D.C.N., Manamperi, A.A.P.S., Kapilananda, G.M., Longacre, S., Handunnetti, S.M. and Udagama-Randeniya, P.V. A double antibody sandwich ELISA for the diagnosis of vivaxmalaria : A tool for further research. Ceylon Journal of Medical Sciences 2000;43:11-17.
Professional Contributions
Positions held and holding in academic and scientific bodies
- Visiting lecturer in Medical Biotechnology for the biotechnology degree programme conductede by the Faculty of Applied Science, University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
- Visiting lecturer in Moleculer Medicine for the Diploma course in Medical Microbiology, conducted by the Post Graduate Institude of Medicine (PGIM), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Visiting lecturer in Diagnostic Molicular Medicine for the M.Sc. course in Biochemistry, Moleculr Biology and Gene Technology conducted by the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Member of the Speciality Board in Molecular Medicine at the Posy Graduate Institude of Medicine.
- Coordinater of the Molecular Biology Module for the Diploma course in Medical Microbiology conducted by the Post Graduate Institude of Medicine (PGIM) of Sri Lanka
- Visiting lecturer in Molecular Medicine for the Diploma/ M.Sc. course in Molecular Medicine, conducted by the Post Graduate Institude of Medicine (PGIM) of Sri Lanka
- Member of the Genaral Research Committee (GRC) of Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science(SLAAS), 2008/2009.
- Consultant Technical Assessor for the Sri Lanka Accreditation Board for Conformity assessment of Medical Laboratories
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Unit
Molecular Medicine Unit
Molecular Medicine Unit
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