Today’s guest is Dr. Chandanamali Punchihewa. She is a Scientist with extensive experience in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Drug Discovery. Founded Genelabs Medical (Pvt) Ltd in order to perform high-complexity genetic tests that have not been available in Sri Lanka. She was one of the first batches of students who specialized in the Molecular Biology and Biochemistry program at the University of Colombo. She obtained her PhD from the University of Arizona, USA and did her postdoc at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
00:00 Intro
00:29 Childhood and Family
05:48 First batch of Molecular Biology and Bio Chemistry
08:03 Dr. Maya Gunasekara - GeneTech
10:43 What is Molecular Biology
12:41 Covid-19 and Molecular Biology
14:19 After Bachelors
20:50 PhD Research
22:53 Post Doc at St. Jude's (Patent)
28:39 Next Generation Sequencing & Bio Informatics
31:17 Returning to Sri Lanka
37:16 At Lanka Hospitals
39:46 Getting used to working in Sri Lanka
42:38 Regrets coming back to Sri Lanka?
43:32 Starting GeneLabs Medical
48:58 Advice to the next Generation



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