Inter Faculty Sport Tournament – 2023

Faculty won the 2nd Runners up Trophy ! After a long period of hiatus due to the corona virus pandemic, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka proudly and vibrantly held its Inter Faculty Sport Tournament during the month of March 2023. The event took place over a period of ten days and the closing ceremony was graced by the Vice…

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Three alumni from Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka are among the world’s top 2% of scientists

Three of our alumni, Dr. Asha J. Dissanayake, Dr. Nalin Wijayawardene, and Dr. Ruvishika S. Jayawardena, are ranked among the world’s top 2% scientists in the Science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published on 10th October 2022 by Elsevier BV and Stanford University. They are proud products of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka….

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RUSL researchers develop a new growth medium for electrochemically – active bacteria

The researchers in the Department of Biological Sciences (Dr. Eustace Fernando and Ms. Zumaira Nazeer), Faculty of Applied Sciences, Rajarata University have developed a new microbiological growth and isolation medium. This can conveniently change color and selectively allow the growth of so-called “Exo-electrogenic” bacteria. Exo-electrogenic bacterial metabolism is characterized by their ability to transfer metabolic electrons outside of their…

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