24th International Conference of Young
Scientists (ICYS) - 2017
The International Conference of
Young Scientists -2017 was held from 16th to 22nd of
April 2017 in Stutgartt, Germany. Sri Lanka participated for the first time at
the event as a competitive country. Out of 16 student researches evaluated at
the national level, two researches at the international standard were forwarded
to the ICYS – 2017. Hence Master Rakindu Wickramaratne, from Nalanda College,
Colombo and Master Jude Sajith Jitendran from Mn/ Sithy Vinayagar M.V. Mannar
represented Sri Lanka at the event 2017.
It is very proud to inform that Sri Lanka was able to win
a silver medal at its very first participation in this very competitive
research conference. Master Rakindu Wickramaratne won a silver medal for
his research, Deposition of air pollutants on pollen grains and occurance of respiration
allergies among human while Master Jude
Sajith Jitendran was awarded a participation certificate for his research,
Modification of Microbial fuel cells via the immobilization of the anaerobe Clostridium
butyricum and Escherichia coli- XII blue.
28 countries around the world including Russia, Iran,
Germany, Brazil, India, Indonesia participated at the event and 15 gold medals,
17 silver medals and 36 bronze medals were awarded under the five broad
research themes Life sciences, Environmental sciences, Physics, Computer
sciences and Mathematics. Together with Sri Lanka Turkey, France and Lithuvinia
were also made their debut participation but Sri Lanka was the only country
that could win a silver medal at the very first representation. Also while the
other countries could win more medals out of their more number of
participation, Sri Lanka won this achievement out of its two researches
forwarded. The participation and achievement of Sri Lanka, the standard of the
research and the cultural event presented by the students were much appreciated
by the international jury. We hope that this kind of exposures and opportunities
will motivate our student population towards research based competencies.
These students were affiliated with senior scientists Dr.
Sudheera Ranawala, the head of plant sciences department, university of
Colombo, Dr.Gamini Piyadasa, Senior research scientist, Sri Lanka Institute of
Nanotechnology and Dr. Sameera Samarakoon, Senior Lecturer, Institute of
Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of University of Colombo. They worked
voluntarily with these young scientists and guided them throughout. Also Institutions
like Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology, Medical Research Institute and
Industrial Technology Institute are also much appreciated for their volunteer support
in terms of developing protocols, guidance and technical support provided for
these young scientist. Their service is of great value as a motivation towards
this national task.
The world is so wide! So our the avenues and opportunities!
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