Nivethika Sivakumaran

About

My experience in carrying out research began in 2015 and spent a year as a research student in a cell culture lab as part of my Master’s program at the Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biotechnology (IBMBB), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. My major focus was on evaluating the cytotoxic and anti-proliferative effects of medicinal plant extracts on various cancer, embryonic, and cancer stem cell lines. Since then, I had been dedicated several independent study credits to this lab. Later I joined as a lecturer at the ICBT campus as I have always been passionate about sharing knowledge. Since then, I have worked at few well renowned educational institutions in Srilanka, as a lecturer, program leader, head of the department, and program coordinator. Currently, I am pursuing my Ph.D. in Drug Discovery at the Griffith Institute for Drug Discovery, Griffith University, focusing on developing recombinant nanoparticle-based vaccine candidates against widespread diseases.

Work

Royal Institute of Colombo
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Academic coordinator cum Lecturer

Sri Lanka

University of Kelaniya
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Researcher

Sri Lanka

Atlas labs (Pvt) Ltd
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Biomedical Scientist

Sri Lanka

Edulink International campus
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Course Director for Biomedical Sciences

Sri Lanka

RemdiumOne
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Clinical Research Coordinator-

Sri Lanka

International college of Business and Technology
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Head of Department- Biomedical Sciences

Sri Lanka

IQVIA
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External Consultant (Pharmacovigilance)-

Sri Lanka

University of Colombo
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Research Assistant

Sri Lanka

Education

Griffith University
Australia

Doctor of Philosophy

Insitute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka

MSc in Molecular Life Sciences

University of Mysore
India

BSc in Biochemistry, Biotechnology, and Microbiology

Publications

A comprehensive review of Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology

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Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare – A Review

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Commercialization of value-added by-products and invention of quality assurance steps of virgin and desiccated coconut oil industries

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Cytotoxic and Apoptotic Effects of Govaniadine Isolated from Corydalis govaniana Wall. Roots on Human Breast Cancer (MCF-7) Cells

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Establishment of in vitro model to evaluate the induced differentiation by natural compounds in cancer stem cells as a therapeutic target of cancer

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Extraction, isolation, and characterisation of t bioactive compounds from selected medicinal plants in Sri Lanka.

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Setaria digitata draft genome annotation

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Umbilical Cord Blood Banking and its Therapeutic Uses

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