Microbiology Laboratory of DCPE is focused on understanding the diverse cellular and metabolic processes of microbes for the production of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and energy. The laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and microscopy core facilities essential for advance research in the area of metabolic engineering.
Contact:
Lab in charge: Dr. H.L.T.U. Ariyadasa
Technical officers: Ms. I.K. Athukorala
Lab Attendant: Mr. B Karnathilaka
Equipment list:
- Incubator shaker
- Colony counter
- Class II biosafety cabinet
- Horizontal gel electrophoresis system
- Gel documentation system
- PCR machine
- Thermal cycler
- Fermenter
- Autoclave
- Centrifuge
- Microscopes
