{"id":1321,"date":"2019-06-27T12:49:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T07:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fapm.wyb.ac.lk\/?page_id=1321"},"modified":"2019-06-27T15:03:55","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T09:33:55","slug":"postgraduate-bt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fapm.wyb.ac.lk\/?page_id=1321","title":{"rendered":"Postgraduate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; inner_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Our Classes Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.3&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#fafbfc&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0|0px|10px|0px|false|false&#8221; top_divider_height=&#8221;11px&#8221;][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;11px|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.83&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.3&#8243; text_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Poppins|600|||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#44d89e&#8221; header_3_font_size=&#8221;36px&#8221; header_3_line_height=&#8221;1.4em&#8221; inline_fonts=&#8221;Georgia&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Postgraduate<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><b>Department of Biotechnology &#8211; FAPM<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.3&#8243;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;11px|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.3&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.83&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.19.3&#8243; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#486066&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.8em&#8221; header_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Department of Biotechnology started to offer postgraduate degrees (by research only) in 2010. Up to date, seven postgraduate students have enrolled and already a PhD and two MPhil students have successfully completed the degrees. The postgraduate students usually join as research assistants of funded research grants e.g. NRC, NSF, CARP of academic staff where a monthly stipend is available. Several research opportunities without a stipend are also frequently available. The research assistant opportunities are called on time. Prospective postgraduate students should contact the Head of the department or respective academic staff members for further information.\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"103%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"34%\">\n<h4><strong>Student Name<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<h4><strong>Project Title<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<h4><strong>Supervisor\/s<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"67%\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0c71c3;\"><strong>Completed <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"34%\">\n<p><strong>Dr. DR Gimhani &#8211; PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<p>Identification of salinity tolerant QTLs in Elite rice background<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<p>Prof. NS Kottearachchi<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"34%\">\n<p><strong>Ms. BA Dhanayaka &#8211; MPhil<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<p>Molecular Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Salinity Tolerance Using a RIL Population of Rice<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<p>Prof. NS Kottearachchi<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"34%\">\n<p><strong>Ms. DBRS Menike &#8211; MPhil<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<p>In-vitro Propagation and Induction of Micro Rhizomes of Ginger (<em>Zingiber \u00a0officinale<\/em> Rosc)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<p>Prof. NS Kottearachchi<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"34%\">\n<p><strong>Ms. MP Dassanayaka &#8211; MPhil<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<p>Isolation and Identification of Phenol Degrading Bacteria from Petroleum Contaminated Sites in Sri Lanka and Characterization of their Catabolic Genes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<p>Dr. KVivehananthan<\/p>\n<p>Dr. GHCM Hettiarachchi<\/p>\n<p>Dr. (Mrs.) DR Gimhani<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" width=\"67%\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #0c71c3;\"><strong>On-going<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"34%\">\n<p><strong>Ms.\u00a0BP\u00a0Abhayawickrama &#8211; PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<p>QTL Map Based Candidate Gene Discovery for Salt Tolerance in Rice<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<p>Prof. NS Kottearachchi<\/p>\n<p>Dr. (Mrs.) DR Gimhani<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"34%\">\n<p><strong>Ms. RWPM Rajapaksha &#8211; PhD<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<p>Development of Molecular Technology for the Detection of Quarantine Important Microbial Pathogen in Imported Seed Potato<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"32%\">\n<p>Prof. D.P.S.T.G. 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