Dean Faculty of Technology. Professor in Biotechnology Electronic and Telecommunication
Name : Prof. KMGP Premadasa
Position : Dean Faculty of Technology. Professor in Biotechnology Electronic and Telecommunication
Email : prasanna.premadasa@kdu.ac.lk
Mobile : +94 710219394 / +94 710219462
Scholar profile : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dJToDyAAAAAJ&hl=en
a) Membership of Institutional, National Scientific Advisory Boards
- President – Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (Sec D)
- Board of Studies – Faculty of Graduate studies/ Member/since Aug 2017
b) Membership in professional bodiestific Advisory Boards
- Member – Science popularization committee, SLAAS 2020/2021
- Member – Royal Society of Biology, UK
- Member – Institute of Biology, Sri Lanka
- Member – Society for applied microbiology, UK
c) Membership in University Standing/ Adhoc committees.
- Chairman/ Quality Assurance cell / Jan-Dec 2017
- Member/ Curriculum development committee/ since Aug 2016
- Member / Examination bylaws committee/ Since Jan 2017
- Member / Board of Studies/ Since Jan 2017
- Member/ Committee to evaluate eight teaching semester system/ 2019
- Member / Committee to evaluate research strategy of Faculty of Engineering / 2019
- Convener/ Committee to develop University Business linkage/ 2020
- Member/ Committee to establish International Relations Office/ 2020
d) Membership of Conference Committees
- Chairman, International Research Conference (IRC) 2017
- Steering Committee– IRC 2018
- Faculty level Steering Committee– IRC 2018
- Steering Committee– IRC 2019
- Steering Committee– IRC 2020
d) Service as Reviewer
- Research Grant reviewer – National Science Foundation
- Annual International Research Conference of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University 2015-2020
RESEARCH
Research Grants
o KDU Research Grant/ 2020 – Antitumor activity and Toxicological effects of Flueggea Leucopyrus (Katupila) and Manihot esculenta (Manioc) Plants extracts LKR 1.8 million
o KDU Research grant/ 2021 – Histomorphological and mechanical characterization of silicon substituted hydroxyapatite xenograft in a porcine model with a critical size bone defect LKR 19.3 million
o Travelling fellowship/ OSTP/ National science Foundation, Nov 2019. To visit University Otago for necessary training.
o Competitive research grant/ Principle investigator/ Drug regimen-based immunomodulation of Balb/c mice for Xenotransplantation/ National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka/ Sep 2015 to Oct 2016/ LKR 2.1 million.
o IPSAT (International Partnership for Science and Technology) grant / Principle organizer / Access to healthcare through Bioengineering advances workshop/ National Science Foundation, Sri Lanka/ Aug 2017/ LKR 0.93 million.
o Competitive research grant/ PhD student/ Cellular ageing in the terminal gastrointestinal tract of mouse / Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK (BBSRC) / Sep 2009 to Oct 2012/ Full studentship.
• Received a studentship at Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK (BBSRC) to undertake PhD in 2009.
• Joint first prize winner of Royal Microscopic Society UK, beginner competition 2012 – Oral presentations
• First prize for the best confocal microscopy image at the British Society for Research on Ageing (BSRA) meeting 2010
• University price for the best academic performance for the year 2008. University of Hertfordshire, UK.
Gamage, P. P., Patel, B. A., Yeoman, M. S., Ranson, R. N., & Saffrey, M. J. (2018). Interstitial cell network volume is reduced in the terminal bowel of ageing mice. Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 22(10), 5160-5164.
Gamage, P.P.K.M., Ranson R.N., Patel, B.A., Yeoman, M.S. and Saffrey, M.J. (2013). Neuron numbers are maintained in aging mouse distal colon. Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 25, c495-c505.
Wang, C., Houghton, M.J., Gamage, P.P.K.M., Collins, H.E., Patel, B.A., Yeoman, M.S., Ranson R.N. and Saffrey, M.J. (2013). Changes in the innervation of the mouse internal anal sphincter during aging. Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 25(7), e469 – e477.
Coulombe, J., Gamage, P., Gray, M., Mei, Z., Matthew, T., John, W., Saffrey, J and Gray D. (2013). Loss of UCHL1 promotes age-related degenerative changes in the enteric nervous system. Frontiers in Ageing, 6, 129 (1-10).
Wickramasinghe, M. L., Dias, G. J., & Premadasa, K. M. G. P. (2022). A novel classification of bone graft materials. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials, 110(7), 1724-1749.
MJ Saffrey, C Wang, P Gamage, H Davies, F Colyer, MJ Houghton (2012). Analysis of changes in the cells of the mouse internal anal sphincter during aging. Neurogastroenterology And Motility, 24.
Munasinghe, M.B., Gamage, P.P.K.M (2019). The effect of mobile phone radiation on the bacterial populations in the external ear of healthy adults. Proceedings, KDU IRC 2019.
MJ Saffrey, P Gamage, H Davies, F Colyer, M Yeoman, RN Ranson. (2013) Ultrastructural analysis of changes in neurons of the mouse internal anal sphincter during ageing. Open Research Online.
M Jill Saffrey, Prasanna PKM Gamage, Heather A Davies, Frances M Colyer, Bhavik A Patel, Mark S Yeoman, Richard N Ranson (2013). Degenerative changes in neurons and interstitial cells of cajal in mouse internal anal sphincter during aging. http://oro.open.ac.uk/39580/
Gamage, P. P. K. M., Ranson, R. N., Yeoman, M. S., Patel, B. A., Saffrey, M. J. (2012). Myenteric neuron numbers are maintained in ageing mouse distal colon. Neurogastroenterology & Motility, 24(suppl. (s2), 43–190. (Abstract)
PH Premaratne, KMGP Premadasa, TN Adikari, NBS Deshani, USH Liyanage, HHLK Fernando, RANK Wijesinghe, CL Goonasekara, J Welihinda, AAP Keerthi, RP Perera, BMR Fernandopulle (2016). Evaluating bioequivalence of two capsule formulations of amoxicillin in healthy Sri Lankan population using HPLC. Proceedings, KDU IRC 2016.
PU Santhiyago, RT Mayadunne, and KMGP Premadasa (2016). Drug regimen-based immunomodulation of Balb/c mice for Xenotransplantation. Proceedings, KDU IRC 2016 (Extended Abstract).
PPKM Gamage, MJ Saffrey, RN Ranson and MS Yeoman (2014). Change of interstitial cells of Cajal with age in mouse anal sphincter complex. Proceedings, KDU Irc 2015 (Abstract)
KDU, International Research Conference, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka, August 2017
Represented the Open University for SET for BRITAIN national event 2012, at the House of commons in England
American Ageing Association annual meeting (Fort Worth, Texas, USA) 2012 – Is neuronal loss in ageing gut the cause of age-associated functional decline?
British Society for Research on Ageing (Birmingham, UK) 2012 – Changes in ICCs of mouse internal anal sphincter during ageing.
Joint International Neurogastroenterology and Motility meeting (Bologna, Italy) 2012 – Myenteric neuron numbers are maintained in ageing mouse colon
British Society for Research on Ageing (Brighton, UK) 2011 – Effects of age on functionally distinct subtypes of myenteric neurons in mouse distal colon.
British Society for Research on Ageing (Newcastle, UK)2010 – Age-associated neuronal changes in the intestine and ano-rectum of mice.
Conducted a workshop at Young Urology meeting (University of east of England, Bristol, UK) 2012, on ‘ICCs are as important to the function of the bladder as they are to the function of GItact’