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  4. Faculty
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  6. Mark Manzano, Ph.D.
  7. Manzano Lab
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Team

Mark Manzano, Ph.D.

Mark Manzano, Ph.D.Principal Investigator

Biomed1 Rm 521D

Email: mmanzano@uams.edu

Phone (office): 501-214-2074

Phone (lab): 501-686-5161

  • B.S. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (University of the Philippines, Diliman)
  • Ph.D. Microbiology and Immunology (Georgetown University)
  • Postdoctoral Training (Northwestern University)

Prasanth Viswanathan, Ph.D.

Associate Staff Scientist

Biomed1 Rm 529

Email: pviswanathan@uams.edu

Phone (lab): 501-686-5161

  • B.S. Botany (University of Calicut, Kerala, India)
  • M.S. Applied Microbiology (University of Madras, Chennai, India)
  • Ph.D. Biotechnology (University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India)
  • Postdoctoral training (Haartman Institute, Helsinki, Finland)
  • Postdoctoral training (Georgetown University)

Lucus Carreira

Ph.D. Student

Carreira

Biomed1 Rm 529

Email: ALCarreira@uams.edu

Phone (lab): 501-686-5161

  • B.S. Biology (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville)

Project

  • Latency regulation of Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus

Tom Caldarera

Research Technician

Biomed1 Rm 529

Email: tcaldarera@uams.edu

  • B.A. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Hendrix College, Conway, AR)

Project

  • Developing CRISPR-based tools for genome repositioning and imaging

AJ Murphy

Research Technician

Biomed1 Rm 529

Email: amurphy2@uams.edu

  • Honors B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Brown University, Providence, RI)

Project

  • In vivo lytic maintenance of KSHV
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