Ms. Aravinth Piriyanka

Full paper

• Piriyanka Aravinth, Niroshima Withanage, and Lohini Athiththan. “Advantages of Next-Generation Technologies in Comparison to Standard and Commonly Used Methods in the Identification of Colonized Bacteria in the Herniated Lumbar Disc”. Cellular Microbiology – Wiley Online Library. Volume 2025, Article ID 8754973, https://doi.org/10.1155/cmi/8754973.

Manuscript under review

• Manuscript titled: “Circulating inflammatory markers in lumbar disc herniation: Clinical and bioinformatics analysis” Manuscript under review (PLoS One) journal.

Communications

International 

• Piriyanka, A., Edirisinghe, EMNY., 2021. “Proportion of thyroiditis and association of thyroiditis with two possible risk factors among the female patients with thyroid diseases”. 3^rd South Asia Conference on Interdisciplinary Research 2021, TIRDI. 

• Aravinth P, Withanage ND, Pathirage S, Athiththan SP, Perera S, Athiththan LV, “A Preliminary study to detect the presence of bacteria in lumbar disc herniation”, Proceedings of 16^th International Research Conference 2023, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University p05, 08^th September 2023.

• Aravinth P, Withanage ND, Pathirage S, Athiththan SP, Perera S, Athiththan LV, “Serum cytokines in lumbar disc herniation: Expression and interaction network analysis” Proceedings of the International Research Conferences in Health Sciences 2024 (IRCHS), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, p56, 02^nd April 2024.

• Aravinth P, Withanage ND, Pathirage S, Athiththan SP, Perera S, Athiththan LV, “Correlation of inflammatory markers with age and selected clinical features associated with lumbar disc herniation” Proceedings of Peradeniya University International Research Symposium and Exposition (iPURSE), University of Peradeniya, p86, 29^th August 2024.

• Aravinth P, Withanage ND, Pathirage S, Seyed Shahmy SII, Athiththan SP, Perera S, Athiththan LV, “Cytokines and lumbosacral nerve root compression in patients undergoing lumbar microdiscectomy: A cross-sectional study” Proceedings of the 17^th International Research Conference General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University, p68, 27^th September 2024.

• Aravinth P, Withanage ND, Pathirage S, Athiththan SP, Perera S, Athiththan LV, “Investigating the correlation between Interleukin-1 beta and lumbar spinal stenosis in patients diagnosed for lumbar disc herniation undergoing lumbar microdiscectomy” Proceedings of Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biotechnology University of Colombo Fourth International Conference on Frontiers in Molecular Life Sciences (ICFMLS2024), p58, 27^th September 2024.

• Withanage ND, Aravinth P, Perera S, Peiris H, Athiththan LV, “Heatmap analysis and improved machine learning model for selected biochemical parameters in patients with lumbar disc herniation” Biomolecular Horizons 2024, Melbourne Australia, p528, 24 th September 2024.

• Aravinth P, Withanage ND, Pathirage S, Athiththan SP, Perera S, Athiththan LV, “Association of interleukin-6 with the orientation of lumbar disc herniation and selected factors in subjects scheduled for microdiscectomy”, Proceedings of 17^th Asia-Pacific Federation for Clinical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine (APFCB) Congress 2024, Sydney, Australia, p105, 02^nd November 2024.

• Gunarathne WDHR, Aravinth P, Perera S, Athiththan LV, “Comparison of serum IL-6 and IL-17A in individuals undergoing Lumbar microdiscectomy with controls”, 5th Biennial Conference, Proceedings of College of Biochemists of Sri Lanka, p48, 27^th June 2025.

• Aravinth P, Withanage ND, Pathirage S, Seyed Shahmy SII, Athiththan SP, Perera S, Athiththan LV, “IL-6 as a diagnostic biomarker for lumbar disc herniation: ROC-based evidence”, Proceedings of 138^th Anniversary International Medical Congress 2025 Sri Lanka Medical Association, p.S108, 24^th July 2025.
• Aravinth P, Withanage ND, Senadheera BM, Pathirage S, Athiththan SP, Perera S, Athiththan LV, “Synergistic cytokine profiling and network analysis to reveal central inflammatory hubs in lumbar disc herniation”, Proceedings of 12^th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Approaches (iCMA 2026), p107, 07^th April 2026.

National

• Aravinth P, Withanage ND, Pathirage S, Athiththan SP, Perera S, Athiththan LV, “Correlation of serum inflammatory marker interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 in patients with lumbar disc herniation”, Proceedings of 12^th Young Scientist Forum of the National Science and Technology Commission, p155-160, 26^th January 2024. 

• Aravinth P, Withanage ND, Pathirage S, Athiththan SP, Perera S, Athiththan LV, “Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs administration on interleukin-8 levels in patients awaiting lumbar microdiscectomy for lumbar disc herniation”, Proceedings of the 37^th Annual Scientific Sessions of Physiological Society of Sri Lanka, p34, 23^rd November 2024.

• Aravinth P, Withanage ND, Pathirage S, Athiththan SP, Perera S, Athiththan LV, “Identification of anaerobic bacteria in herniated lumbar discs of patients undergoing microdiscectomy in selected hospitals of Sri Lanka”, Proceedings of Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists Annual Sessions 2025, pp:41-42, 29^th July 2025. 

Accepted

• An abstract titled: “Bacterial co-occurrence and competition within herniated lumbar discs:Decoding hidden bacterial ecosystem” has been accepted to the ICM 2026

Submitted

• An abstract titled “Bacterial Profiling and diversity analysis using 16S Oxford Nanopore sequencing in Lumbar Disc Herniation: Insights into walking difficulty” has been submitted to 35^th Anniversary International Scientific Conference, University of Kelaniya 2026