Manasa Ravi

Graduate Student

Personal Statement:

Manasa is a graduate student in the cancer biology discipline of the Integrated Biomedical Sciences program. She is working in Dr. April Risinger’s lab studying colorectal cancer liver metastasis. Her research involves drug repurposing strategies to target the metastatic tissue via a localized therapeutic delivery system.

Outside of the lab Manasa enjoys baking, doing puzzles, and trying new restaurants.

Education

Bachelor of Science (Molecular and Cell Biology), 2018 - University of Connecticut

Research

cancer

drug repurposing

metabolism

Publications

Choueiri R, Lindenbaum A, Ravi M, Robsky W, Flahive J, Garrison W. Improving Early Identification and Access to Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Toddlers in a Culturally Diverse Community with the Rapid Interactive screening Test for Autism in Toddlers. J Autism Dev Disord. 2021 Nov;51(11):3937-3945. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04851-3. Epub 2021 Jan 9. PMID: 33423215; PMCID: PMC8510911.

Lei Huang, Manasa Ravi, Xiao-Ou Zhang, Odette Verdejo-Torres, Noha A.M. Shendy, Mohammad A.M. Nezhady, Sneha Gopalan, Gang Wang, Adam D. Durbin, Thomas G. Fazzio, Qiong Wu. PRMT5 orchestrates EGFR and AKT networks to activate NFκB and promote EMT. bioRxiv 2024.01.03.574104; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.03.574104