Gayan Bamunuarachchi

Orderly and focused researcher dedicated to innovative, dynamic and organized work. Successful at maintaining accuracy and productivity through long and short-term projects with proven history of efficiency. Extensive knowledge of virology, cellular and molecular biology research and skill in finding additional funding for projects.

Publications

1. Gayan Bamunuarachchi , Xiaoyun Yang, Chaoqun Huang, Yurong Liang, Yujie Guo and Lin Liu, MicroRNA-9-1 Inhibits Influenza A Virus Replication by Targeting Tankyrase 1. Journal of Innate Immunity- accepted (July 2023)

2. Gayan Bamunuarachchi* , Yujie Guo *, Sunil More, Xiao Xiao, Amber Schofield 2 , Xiaoyun , Yurong Liang, Sanjay Mukherjee, Pradyumna Baviskar, Chaoqun Huang, Shitao, Antonius G. P. Oomens, Jordan Patrick Metcalf and Lin Liu. Axin1: a novel scaffold protein joins the antiviral network of interferon- Molecular Microbiology, 2022

3. Gayan Bamunuarachchi , Houda Harastani, Paul W. Rothlauf, Ya-nan Dai, Ali, Ellebedy, Daved Fremont, Sean P.J. Whelan, David Wang, Adrianus C. M. Boon. Detection of Bourbon virus specific serum neutralizing antibodies in human serum in Missouri, USA. mSphere, 2022

4. Gayan Bamunuarachchi, Samuel Jeyasingh, Lin Liu, (review), Interplay between host-non-coding RNAs and influenza viruses, RNA Biology, 2021

5. Gayan Bamunuarachchi , Xiaoyun Yang, Chaoqun Huang, Yurong Liang, Yujie Guo and Lin Liu, MicroRNA-206 Inhibits Influenza A Virus Replication by Targeting Tankyrase 2- Cellular Microbiology, 2020

6. Bamunuarachchi GS , Ratnasooriya WD, Premakumara S, Udagama PV. Antimalarial properties of Artemisia vulgaris L ethanolic leaf extract in a Plasmodium berghei murine malaria model. J Vector Borne Dis 2013

7. Bamunuarachchi GS , Ratnasooriya WD, Premakumara S, Udagama PV. Artemisia vulgaris L. ethanolic leaf extract reverses thrombocytopenia/ thrombocytosis and averts end-stage disease of experimental severe Plasmodium berghei murine malaria. J Vector Borne Dis 2013

6. Tamarand L. Darling, Baoling Ying, Bradley Whitener, Laura A. VanBlargan, Traci L. Bricker, Chieh-u Liang, Astha Joshi, Gayan Bamunuarachchi , Kuljeet Seehra, Aaron J. Schmitz, Peter J. Halfmann, Yoshihiro Kawoaka, Sayda M. Elbashir, Darin K. Edwards, Larissa B. Thackray, Michael S. Diamond, Adrianus C. M. Boon.mRNA-1273 and Ad26.COV2.S vaccines protect against the B.1.621 variant of SARS-CoV-2. Med. Cell press. 2022.

7. Lakmini Kumari Senavirathna, Yurong Liang, Chaoqun Huang, Xaioyun Yang, Gayan Bamunuarachchi , Dao Xu, Sivasami Pulavendran, Kishore Vaddadi, Paul Cheresh, David W. Kamp, and Lin Liu. Long noncoding RNA FENDRR inhibits fibroblast proliferation by binding SRSF9 and reducing β-catenin level. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2021

8. Gou, X., Q. Zhang, S. More, G. Bamunuarachchi , Y. Liang, F. Haider Khan, R. Maranville, E. Zuniga, C. Wang and L. Liu (2019). "Repeated Exposure to Streptococcus pneumoniae Exacerbates Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease." Am J Pathol, 2019

9. Xiaoyun Yang, Chunling Zhao, Gayan Bamunuarachchi , Yang Wang, Zhengyu Zhu, Kong Lin, Lan Xu, Chaoqun Huang, Yurong Liang,Sunile More, Lin Liu. miR-193b represses influenza A virus infection by inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin signaling. Cellular Microbiology. 2019

10. Sunil More; Xiaoyun Yang; Gayan Bamunuarachchi ; Yujie Guo; Chaoqun Huang; Keith Bailey; Jordan Metcalf; Lin Liu. Regulation of influenza virus replication by Wnt/β-catenin signaling. PLOS ONE. 2018;

11. Xiaoyun Yang, Yurong Liang, Gayan Bamunuarachchi, Yanzhao Xu, Dao Xu, , Zhengyu Zhu, Rachel Blaha, Chaoqun Huang and Lin Liu, miR-29a is a negative regulator of influenza virus infection through targeting frizzled 5. Archives of Virology, 2020

12. Qinan Yin, Haodi Ma, Gayan Bamunuarachchi , Xuewei Zheng, Yan Ma. LncRNAs, cell cycle and human breast cancer (review), Human Gene Therapy, 2023