The Vice Chancellor’s Message – COVID-19 Outbreak Notices | Action by the UGC and LEARN
Dear members of staff and students I convey my best wishes to everyone and their families on this 52nd day of learning and working from our homes. I am hopeful that everyone remains in the best of health, and are coping well with the COVID19 related changes that have occurred to our daily living. To […]
Notice to all Staff & Students – Free Data Usage for LMS Servers and ZOOM service hosted in the University Network
HEAL THE WORLD | Euphony Choir
Amidst this global pandemic situation, the choristers of Euphony; the choir of the Faculty of Science, University of Colombo focused their energy toward something positive to help people cope with the sense of isolation and calamity. May this melodious creation be a tribute to all those who work at the front line to save the […]
Rakemu Api
A team from the Faculty of Science collaborated with the Sri Lanka Army to develop a mobile and web-based application, ‘Rakemu Api’ as a social responsibility project on the face of the COVID-19 outbreak. This application enables people of Sri Lanka located at any corner of the country to make online requests for essential medical/food […]
Seeking Accurate Information to Guide our Behaviours
Virtual Screening of Inhibitors Against Spike Glycoprotein of 2019 Novel Corona Virus: a Drug Repurposing Approach
The novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) is a human and animal pathogen that recently emerged in the city of Wuhan in the Hubei province of China, causing a spectrum of severe respiratory illnesses. Coronaviruses make entry into human cells through its spike protein that binds to cell surface receptors. The wide spread of 2019-nCoV has been attributed […]
IDEA Project: “IDEA: Identification and Characterization of emerging pathogens”
To minimize the possible risk of spreading the Corona virus in the country, public are advised to adhere to good health practices
Orientation Programme 2020 Faculty of Science
The Orientation Programme for the year 2019/2020 intake of the Faculty of Science commenced on 17th February 2020 and went on till 13th March 2020. It had many valuable and important events and the objective of this programme is to motivate and assist new students as they begin their academic career. OPENING CEREMONY
Ambassador of Maldives to Sri Lanka visits University of Colombo
His Excellency Mr. Omar Abdul Razzak, The Ambassador of the Republic of Maldives visited University of Colombo on 12th of march 2020 and met Senior Professor Chandrika N Wijeyaratne, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Colombo. During the meeting, both Professor Wijeyaratne and the H. E. the ambassador discussed potential avenues of cooperation between University of […]