Teaching

I have taught a variety of courses. Most of these courses focus on molecular biology and bioinformatics. Dr. Wijeratne integrate active, inquiry-based learning into the classroom. Below are list of courses:

Courses at Arkansas State University
  • Bioinformatics and Applications I developed this course to introduce biology students to the basics of biological data analysis. I have included novel techniques that help students to understand new developments. With the help of IT person Joe Burleson, we were able to host a software management server to integrate different bioinformatic tools at A-State Galaxy. Developed online tutorial for data analysis
  • Biology of Plants
  • Molecular Biology: Undergraduate/graduate course that teaches modern developments in molecular biology (Co-teach with Maureen Dolan, Ph.D.)

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  • Biotechniques I: An upper-level undergraduate/graduate laboratory course that teaches DNA and RNA analytical techniques using project-based-learning
  • Biotechniques II: An upper-level undergraduate/graduate laboratory course that teaches protein analytical techniques using project-based-learning
  • Introduction to Biotechnology and Research Design: Graduate course that introduces students to biostatistics and research design in molecular biology experiments.
  • Application of Biotechnology: A Capstone style course that introduces students to start and manage a small business. (Co-teach with Maureen Dolan, Ph.D.)
  • MBS 6251-001: A Techniques Course that teaches students perform high-throughput data analysis using R.
Courses at the Ohio State University

  • Methods in Horticulture and Crop Science: a Graduate level course on Analyzing RNA-seq data from a RIL population at the Ohio State University (Fall, 2015) (Co-taught with Leah McHale, Ph.D.).

  • Methods in High-throughput Sequence Data Analyses: A graduate level course that introduces biology students to the basics of performing high-throughput sequence analysis (Co-taught with Tea Meulia, Ph.D., Saranga Wijeratne, MS).

  • Molecular Techniques and Data Analysis: A graduate level course on data analysis for genomic data (Co-taught with Omprakash Mittapalli, Ph.D. and Larry Phelan, Ph.D.)

  • Agricultural Genomics: Guest Lecturer on DNA sequence analysis and data handling. (Instructors: Guo-Liang Wang, Ph.D. and Eric Stockinger, Ph.D.)

Courses at Pennsylvania State University

  • Biology 110: Undergraduate laboratories courses in basic concepts of biology and biodiversity (Taught as a teaching assistant in falls of 2003 and 2004)

  • Biology 240W: Undergraduate laboratories course in function and development of organisms (Taught as a teaching assistant in springs of 2006 and 2007).

Courses at Cold Spring Harbor lab

Frontiers and Techniques in Plant Science: Laboratory course in molecular biology techniques in plant biology (Taught as a teaching assistant in Summer, 2005).

Workshops
  • Software Carpentry workshops:
    • Monsanto company on May 28-29 (Shell and R).
    • Indiana University on September 17 -18, 2015 (Shell, Python, and Git) (http://bit.ly/SCW_bloomington).

  • Next-Gen Sequence Analysis Workshop at Michigan State University (http://bit.ly/NGS_2015_week3).

  • Introduction to high-throughput data analysis at Ohio State University on August 18, 2013 (Number of participants 30).

  • Summer workshops on high-throughput data analysis on June 13 to July 31 (2013) (every Friday) at Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center/Ohio State University (Number of participants 12).

  • Introduction to RNA-Seq approach to study gene expression and a hands-on session using Galaxy, North East OHIO Bioinformatics workshop, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, May 29, 2013 (Number of participants 40).

  • RNA-Seq Approach to Study Gene Expression Profiles in Non-Model Organisms, a tutorial session at Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, May 15-17, 2012 (Number of participants ~200).

  • Two-day summer workshops on high-throughput data analysis on July 16, 18 and July 30,31 (2012) at Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center/Ohio State University (Number of participants 40).

  • Hands-on session on introduction to Galaxy on February 15, 2013, at Ohio Agriculture Research and Development Center/Ohio State University (Number of participants 10).

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