Research Publications

Nawarathna D., Velmanickam L. and  Jayasooriya, V., “Device for manufacture of t-cells for autologous cell therapy” (U.S. Application Serial No. 62/384,809, NDSU Ref. No. RFT-538)

Froberg, M. Oh, V. Jayasooriya, D. Nawarathna, Y. Choi, “Atomic Force Microscopy in Dielectrophoresis Applications” in Atomic Force Microscopy: Principles, Developments and Applications, Nova Publishers, 21-46, 2018

01) U. Balagalla, V. Jayasooriya, C. De Alwis and S.A.A.M. Subasinghe, “Automated Segmentation of RoI in Standard Scanning Planes to Measure Biometric Parameters in Fetal Ultrasound Images – A Survey”, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging and Visualization, (2023)

02) Jayasooriya, Vidura, Nathaniel Johnson, Adam Bradley, Christopher Kotarsky, Lizzy Jepng’etich, Daniel Friesner, Sherri Stastny, Kyle J. Hackney, and Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna. 2022. "A Miniaturized MicroRNA Sensor Identifies Targets Associated with Weight Loss in a Diet and Exercise Intervention among Healthy Overweight Individuals" Sensors 22, no. 18: 6758. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22186758 (Impact Factor: 3.576, Quartile: Q1) 

03) L Velmanickam, V Jayasooriya, MS Vemuri, UR Tida, D Nawarathna, (2022), “ Recent advances in dielectrophoresis toward biomarker detection: A summary of studies published between 2014 and 2021, Electrophoresis, 2021; 43,1-2, 212-231, (Impact Factor: 3.535, Quartile: Q1) 

04) Vidura Jayasooriya, Beth Ringwelski, Glenn Dorsam and Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, (2021) “mRNA-based CAR T-cells manufactured by miniaturized two-step electroporation produce selective cytotoxicity toward target cancer cells”, Lab on a Chip, 1473-0197, (Impact Factor: 6.914, Quartile: Q1) 

05) Velmanickam, L, Jayasooriya, V, Nawarathna, D. (2021), “Integrated dielectrophoretic and impedimetric biosensor provides a template for universal biomarker sensing in clinical samples”. Electrophoresis, 2021; 00: 1- 10. (Impact Factor: 3.535, Quartile: Q1) 

06) Beth Ringwelski1, Vidura Jayasooriya and Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, (2020), “Dielectrophoretic high-purity isolation of primary T-cells in samples contaminated with leukemia cells, for biomanufacturing of therapeutic CAR T-cells”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 54, 6 (Impact Factor: 3.169, Quartile: Q1)

07) Oh, Myungkeun; Jayasooriya, Vidura; Woo, Sung Oh; Nawarathna, Dharmakeerthi; Choi, Yongki, (2020), "Selective Manipulation of Biomolecules with Insulator-Based Dielectrophoretic Tweezers", ACS Applied Nano Materials, an-2019-023026.R2 (Impact Factor: 8.456, Quartile: Q1) 

08) Gudagunti, F.D., Jayasooriya, V., Afrose, S., Nawarathna, D., & Lima, I.T. (2019). “Biosensor for the Characterization of Gene Expression in Cells.” Chemosensors 7 (4), 60, 2019 (Impact Factor: 2.70, Quartile: Q2) 

09) Jayasooriya, Vidura and Nawarathna, Keerthi, (2018), “Label-free purification of viable human T-lymphocyte cells from a mixture of viable and non-viable cells after transfection by electroporation" JPhysD-12027 (Impact Factor: 2.829, Quartile: Q1) 

10) Froberg J., Jayasooriya V., You S., Nawarathna D., and Choi Y., (2017), "Quantitative measurements of dielectrophoresis in a nanoscale electrode array with an atomic force microscopy", Applied physics letters, 203701. (Impact Factor: 3.521, Quartile: Q1) 

11) Jayasooriya, V.and Nawarathna, D. (2016), “Design of Micro-interdigitated Electrodes and Detailed Impedance Data Analysis for Label-free Biomarker Quantification”. Electroanalysis. doi:10.1002/elan.201600364/ (Impact Factor: 2.691, Quartile: Q2)

1) Akila Subasinghe, Isuru Sachitha Herath, Sajith Edirisinghe, Asira Abeywickrama, Rajitha Jayeratne, Harsha Dissanayake, Randima Dinalankara, Vidura Jayasooriya, "Smart Stethoscope: Intelligent Respiratory Disease Prediction System" , IEEE ICARC, 2022 

2) A. Subasinghe I. Madhubhashinee, H. Jeyatharan, R. Ahamed, V. Jayasooriya, “Low Cost, Compact Webcam-Based System for Biomedical Microscopic Image Analysis”, IESL YMS Technical Conference 2021 - The Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka, 2021. 

3) L. Gajanayake A.M. Subasinghe, V. Jayasooriya, S. Jayasinghe, K. Karunanayake, R. Fernando, M. de Silva, N. Weerasinghe, L. Randika, “An AI-based integrated autonomous and Mind Controlled UAV using Wireless Mobile Communication Network”, IESL YMS Technical Conference 2021 - The Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka, 2021. 

4) Beth Ringwelski, J.V.D. Jayasooriya, and Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, “Label-free Cell Purification after Electroporation”, DMD conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, 2020. 

5) Vidura Jayasooriya, Logeeshan Velmanickam, Nathaniel Johnson, Sherri Stasney, Kyle Hackney and Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, “MiRNA Testing to Identify Candidates for Individualized Weight Loss”, IEEE RAPID conference, 2020. 

6) Logeeshan Velmanickam, Vidura Jayasooriya, Madhava Sarma Vemuri, Umamaheswara Rao Tida and Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, “Universal Biosensor for Multiple Biomarker Detection for Medical Applications”, IEEE RAPID conference, 2020. 

7) F. Gudagunti, V. Jayasooriya, D. Nawarathna and I.Lima, “Image processing method for rapid messenger RNA profiling from living cells”, IEEE RAPID conference, 2019. 

8) J.V.D. Jayasooriya, Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, “Interdigitated Micro Electrode Array Dielectrophoretic System for Label-free multi-Parameter-based Cell Detection”, IEEE RAPID conference, 2018. 

9) J.V.D. Jayasooriya, Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, “Simulation of molecular transport in an electroporated cell using COMSOL”, COMSOL Conference in Boston, 2017. 

10) J. V. D. Jayasooriya, M. M. H. C. N. Mahalaksha, P. J. Binduhewa, J. R. S. S. Kumara, “Investigation of a smart transformer”, TENCON 2015 - 2015 IEEE Region 10 Conference, Macao, China, 2015

1) J.V.D. Jayasooriya and Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, “Miniaturized Device for Engineering Safe CAR T-cells for Immunotherapy”, Biomedical Engineering Society Conference, Philadelphia, USA, 2019.

2) J.V.D. Jayasooriya, Beth Ringwelski and Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, “A device for Label-free Cell Purification after Electroporation”, Biomedical Engineering Society Conference, Philadelphia, USA,

3)Vidura Jayasooriya, Obinna Ama, Srilakshmi Gayatri Gundlakunta, Kalleigh Meester and JulieMelbye, “Multiparameter based wearable biosensor for ambulatory monitoring of patients withCardiopulmonary diseases”, 3NDSU GSC annual research symposium, Fargo, ND,USA, 2019.

4)Beth Ringwelski, Vidura Jayasooriya and Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, “Label-free Cell Purification after Electroporation”, 3 rd annual NDSU-UND Biomedical Engineering Symposium, Fargo, NDUSA, 2019

5)Rounak Pokharel, Logeeshan Velmanickam, Vidura Jayasooriya and Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna,“Label free microRNA biomarker detection in serum samples for potential diagnosis applications atpoint-of care”, NDSU GSC annual research symposium, Fargo, ND,2018.

6)Beth Ringwelski, Vidura Jayasooriya and Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, “Label-free Cell Purificationafter Electroporation”, NDSU GSC annual research symposium, Fargo, ND, 2018.

7)Denielle Danielson, Vidura Jayasooriya and Logeeshan Velmanickam, Dr. DharmakeerthiNawarathna, “High-throughput DNA fractionation using dielectrophoresis”. NDEPSCoR, Grandforks, ND, USA, 2016.

8)Vidura Jayasooriya and Dharmakeerthi Nawarathna, “Design of a MicroInterdigitated ElectrodeArray for High-throughput Biomarker Quantification”. Biosensors, Biomedical Engineering SocietyConference, Minneapolis, USA, 2016.