Recent Research Achievements
 
      2011  
   
Best Oral Presentation - 16th International Conference on Biotechnology in Animal Reproduction
Hotel Topaz, Kandy, Sri Lanka on 4th and 5th of August 2011.
 
Dr. C. N. Walpita
Senior Lecturer
Dr. M. P. Sumith Magamage
Lecturer
   
Faculty of Agricultural Sciences    
Dr. C. N. Walpita and Dr. M. P.S. Magamage were selected as the best oral presenters out of more than 500 scientists with international caliber representing the field of biotechnology from Sri Lanka, Japan, Germany, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, UAE, Australia, etc. and were rewarded a cash price of 100 U$ and a certificate for each achievement in the following fields.
 
Assisted Reproductive Technology Session
KIT ligand promotes the viability but not the activation of porcine primordial follicles in vitro

Manjula P. S. Magamage1, Takashi Miyano2
1Department of Livestock Production, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
2Laboratory of Reproductive Biology and Biotechnology,Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Kobe University,  Japan

 
Reproductive Physiology Session
Egg Laying Ability in Zebrafish is Thyrioid Hormone Dependent

Chaminda N. Walpita12and Veerle M Darras1
1 Laboratory of Comparative Endocrinology, Katholike Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
2 Department of Livestock Production, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka