Biography

Dr. Nilusha Malmuthuge done his Doctor of Philosophy in Animal Science at University of Alberta, Canada (2011 - 2016) and his Master’s in Animal Science (Thesis based) at University of Alberta, Canada (2009-2011). He achieved his Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with honors at University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2003-2007). He also awarded Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship in the year (2016-2018) and JB Russell Young Scientist Award in the year (2015).


Research Interest

Dr. Nilusha Malmuthuge main Research Expertise is on Molecular biological techniques (nucleic acid extraction, PCR, qPCR, Sanger sequencing, cloning, PCR-DGGE); Next generation sequencing (Illumina sequencing, 454 sequencing) for amplicon-based sequencing, whole genome sequencing of metagenome, and transcriptome sequencing; Peripheral blood mononuclear cell isolation; Immunohistochemistry.