Contact Info
Purnima D. Pinnaduwage, Ph. D.
Senior Lecturer, BCMB
Office: WLS, F-205: (865-974-7793)
Lab: WLS, F-113 (865-974-2001)
Email: ppinnadu@utk.edu
Ph. D. in Biological Chemistry from the Pennsylvania State University, Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA (1985).
B.S in Chemistry, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (1980).
Courses Taught
Courses Taught
- BCMB/Physiology/Nutrition/Cell Biology classes
Courses currently teaching
- Cell/comparative biochemistry (BCMB) advanced lab course – spectroscopy, protein assays, enzyme assays, protein purification (ion exchange, affinity and gel filtration), Recombinant protein purification, gel electrophoresis(SDS-PAGE) and western blotting, Enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA), polymerase chain reaction (PCR), restriction mapping and recombinant DNA technologies including cloning and transfection.
- Introductory Biology classes: Basic Cell Biology– organization and function of the cell