Sahani Weerasekara

Kansas State University — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

9h-index559citations13works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology(4), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research(3), Animal Virus Infections Studies(3), Alzheimer's disease research and treatments(2), Ion channel regulation and function(2)

Publications13 total

Comparison of strategies for enhancing <scp>RNA</scp> interference efficiency in <i>Ostrinia nubilalis</i>
Pest Management Science·2020· 32 citedOpen Access
SYNTHESIS OF 1,3,4-OXADIAZOLES AS SELECTIVE T-TYPE CALCIUM CHANNEL INHIBITORS (Dedicated to Professor Kaoru Fuji on the occasion of his 80th birthday)
Heterocycles : an international journal for reviews and communications in heterocyclic chemistry·2020
Synthesis of 1,3,4-Oxadiazoles as Selective T-Type Calcium Channel Inhibitors
Heterocycles·2019· 4 citedOpen Access
Synthesis of 1,4- and 1,4,4-substituted piperidines for the inhibition of neuronal T-type Ca2+ channels and mitigation of neuropathic pain in mice
ARKIVOC·2018· 2 citedOpen Access
The Anti-Amyloid-β and Neuroprotective Properties of a Novel Tricyclic Pyrone Molecule
Journal of Alzheimer s Disease·2017· 12 citedOpen Access
Chiral-Substituted Poly-<i>N</i>-vinylpyrrolidinones and Bimetallic Nanoclusters in Catalytic Asymmetric Oxidation Reactions
Journal of the American Chemical Society·2016· 60 citedOpen Access
Correction: Reversal of the Progression of Fatal Coronavirus Infection in Cats by a Broad-Spectrum Coronavirus Protease Inhibitor
PLoS Pathogens·2016· 17 citedOpen Access
Current tools for norovirus drug discovery
Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery·2016· 15 citedOpen Access
Reversal of the Progression of Fatal Coronavirus Infection in Cats by a Broad-Spectrum Coronavirus Protease Inhibitor
PLoS Pathogens·2016· 251 citedOpen Access
Design, synthesis, and evaluation of bioactive molecules; Quantification of tricyclic pyrones from pharmacokinetic studies; Nanodelivery of siRNA; and Synthesis of viral protease inhibitors
K-State Research Exchange (Kansas State University)·2016
Broad-Spectrum Inhibitors against 3C-Like Proteases of Feline Coronaviruses and Feline Caliciviruses
Journal of Virology·2015· 80 citedOpen Access
Syntheses, neural protective activities, and inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3β of substituted quinolines
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters·2014· 25 citedOpen Access
Design, synthesis, and bioevaluation of viral 3C and 3C-like protease inhibitors
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters·2013· 61 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Duy H. Hua(12), Yunjeong Kim(4), William C. Groutas(4), Kyeong‐Ok Chang(4), Medha J. Gunaratna(4), Bende Zou(4), William Cao(4), Conrado Pascual(4), Xinmin Xie(4), Anushka C. Galasiti Kankanamalage(3), Allan M. Prior(3), Man Zhang(3), Thi D. T. Nguyen(3), Hongwei Liu(2), Niels C. Pedersen(2), Izumi Maezawa(2), Zongbo Tong(2), Serkan Koldaş(2), Vinay Shivanna(1), Sanjeev Narayanan(1)