Dr. Dulith Abeykoon

Dr. A.M.D.M.B. AbeykoonSenior Lecturer (Grade II)

Email Address	:	dulithab@kln.ac.lk
Telephone (Cellular)	:	+94 (0)70 566 7736
Office Location	:	B2 202/2
Teaching	:	Biochemistry
Office hours available for students.	:	Monday- Friday 08:00 - 16:00
Google Scholar \| Research Gate

Research Interests:

Ubiquiting-proteosome system, Cancer biology, Isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds from plant material

Research Publications:

Peer-reviewed publications (in refereed index journals)

Song, A., Hazlett, Z., Abeykoon, D., Dortch, J., Dillon, A., Curtiss, J., Martinez, S.B., Hill, C.P., Clinton Yu, C., Huang, L., Fushman, D., Cohen, R.E. and Yao, T. (2022) Branched ubiquitin chain binding and deubiquitination by UCH37 facilitate proteasome clearance of stress- induced inclusions. Elife, 10, e72798, doi https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.72798.
Zhao, H., Wu, H., Guseman, A., Abeykoon, D., Camara, C.M., Dalal, Y., Fushman, D. and Papoian, G., (2022) The Molecular and Evolutionary Principles of Histone Folding in Eukarya and Archaea. bioRxiv.
Gomes, F., Lemma, B., Abeykoon, D., Wang,Y., Fushman, D., and Fenselau C. (2019) Top-down Analysis of Novel Synthetic Branched Proteins. Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 54(1), 19-25.
Chen, D., Gomes, F., Abeykoon, D., Lemma, B., Wang,Y., Fushman, D., and Fenselau C. (2018). Top-Down Analysis of Branched Proteins Using Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry, 90 (6), 4032-4038.
Lee, S. Y., Pullen, L., Virgil, D. J., Castañeda, C. A., Abeykoon, D., Bolon, D. N., and Fushman, D. (2013). Alanine scan of core positions in ubiquitin reveals links between dynamics, stability, and function. Journal of molecular biology, 426(7), 1377-89.

Abstracted presentations

Silva, D. T. D., and Abeykoon, A. M. D. M. B., Evaluation of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of leaves of Impatiens repens, Proceedings International Conference on Applied and Pure Sciences, (ICAPS-2023), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, pp. 43, 13th October 2023
Jayaweera, W. P. B. R. T., Sooriyawansha, A. M. S. C., Weerakoon, W. M. T. D. N., Abeykoon, A. M. D. M. B., In silico ADMET analysis of compounds identified in the genus Impatiens in oral administration, Proceedings of International Conference on Applied and Pure Sciences, (ICAPS-2023), University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, pp. 133, 13th October 2023
Bandara, R.M.C.J., Abeykoon, D., Bandara, B.M.R., Wickramasinghe, A.,Wijesundara, D.S.A., Karunarathna,N., Karunarathna,V., Antioxidant, Cytotoxic and Phytotoxic Activities of Schumacheria castaneifolia, a Plant Endemic to Sri Lanka. PURSE (Peradeniya University Research Session), University of Peradeniya, 24th November 2011.