UH Sequencing Core (UH-SEQ)

Team: Those Behind the Scenes

Preethi Gunaratne

Preethi Gunaratne, Ph.D., Director
phgunara@central.uh.edu

Nuwan P.N. Acharige

Nuwan P.N. Acharige, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Lead Scientist
16S Sequencing Platform
nppunchi@central.uh.edu

Chathurani Ranatunge

Chathurani Ranatunge, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
Lead Analyst
Breast Cancer Prevention Vaccine Platform
cranathu@central.uh.edu

Sakuni Rankothgedera

Sakuni Rankothgedera
Lead Scientist
Single Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics Platform
svrankot@central.uh.edu

Aaranyah Kandasamy

Aaranyah Kandasamy
Lead Scientist
PDX - Actionable Mutation Discovery Platform
akandasa@cougarnet.uh.edu

Shiyanth Thevasagayampillai

Shiyanth Thevasagayampillai
Lead Scientist
mRNA Vaccine Discovery Platform
sthevasa@cougarnet.uh.edu

Dilshan Adhikari

Dilshan Adhikari
NGS Specialist
RNA & DNA Sequencing Platform
dcadhikari@uh.edu

Nirmali Samarakoon

Nirmali Samarakoon
NGS Specialist
RNA & DNA Sequencing Platform
ndsamara@cougarnet.uh.edu

Enes Dasdemir

Enes Dasdemir
Single Cell Sequencing Hematologic Cancers
edasdemi@cougarnet.uh.edu

Brandon Than

Brandon Than
In Silico Fusion Validation Platform
bhthan@cougarnet.uh.edu

Cole Woody

Cole Woody
In Silico Fusion Validation Platform
clwoody2@cougarnet.uh.edu