Cancer Research and how to become a Cancer Researcher - with Dr. Vajira Weerasekara (Episode 1)

July 4, 2020

Cancer Research and how to become a Cancer Researcher - with Dr. Vajira Weerasekara (Episode 1)

<p><strong>Full audio of the discussion with Dr. Vajira Weerasekara on Cancer Research and some guidance to become a cancer researcher. (See the chapters of the discussion below)</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>පිළිකා පර්යේෂණ සහ පිළිකා පර්යේෂණ කරන විද්‍යඥයෙක් වෙන්නේ කොහොමද යන තේමාවන් ඔස්සේ ආචාර්ය වජිර වීරසේකර මහතා සමඟ කළ සාකාච්ඡාවේ සම්පූර්ණ ඕඩියෝව</p> <p><br></p> <p>Dr. Vajira Weerasekara was awarded as a Forbeck Scholar by William Guy Forbeck Research Foundation in 2020 to acknowledge the contribution to the Cancer Research (<a href="https://www.wgfrf.org/blog/2019/9/9/2020-forbeck-scholars-announced">https://www.wgfrf.org/blog/2019/9/9/2020-forbeck-scholars-announced</a>).</p> <p>He is currently working as a Research Fellow in Medicine at</p> <p>Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA.</p> <p>He completed his P.hD in Biochemistry in Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, USA</p> <p>He completed his BSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in University of Colombo, Sri Lanka</p> <p>To read his publications: <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=vajira+weerasekara&amp;sort=date">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=vajira+weerasekara&amp;sort=date</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>00:00 intro</p> <p>01:24 Did you dream to become a scientist?</p> <p>05:25 Why did you decide to do higher studies?</p> <p>11:08 Why are you interested in research?</p> <p>16:13 Do you have any advice for someone who is willing to do higher studies?</p> <p>21:48 How to understand a research paper easily?</p> <p>25:34 Why did you come to the USA to pursue higher studies?</p> <p>27:49 What are the things we need to consider before selecting a country to pursue higher studies?</p> <p>29:45 What are the challenges you faced at the time you started P.hD?</p> <p>34:37 What is cancer and what is the relation of genes to cancer?</p> <p>39:48 What happens in cancer research?</p> <p>41:25 Why cancers are common now?</p> <p>43:10 What we can do to avoid cancer?</p> <p>44:09 Why still there is no cure for cancer?</p> <p>48:12 What is the current trend of cancer research?</p> <p>49:34 Can scientists find a cure for cancer in the future?</p> <p>52:40 What is the best achievement in your life</p> <p><br></p> <p>Join with our Facebook Page: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=a-zc2GcKZfo&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVVxVS1aclVFMlVXeVIzdjNsVUZ5MEx4V0dTZ3xBQ3Jtc0ttSmk0VS12azRRQ3JBaGdVVTZzX19NX1pob0swbWRocEhCMVZ0QVdLUGpVbW83X1VCaEM1aGdEZXloamFqMGFZcWg3bTNzeGxuV09QbzJ1OGcwQVM2eGUtY1FIb2pRZW1FQ1V1eEJxUThMVThZVFNVVQ%3D%3D&amp;event=video_description&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Flkscientist%2F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/lkscientist/</a></p> <p>If you have any question for Dr. Vajira Weerasekara send us a message</p>