Contact Information
Facility Location
The facility is located on the 15th floor of the Mitchell Basic Sciences Research Building (BSRB), Room S15.8425.
Staff Directory
Benoit de Crombrugghe, M.D.
Co-Director, DNA Analysis Facility
Professor, Department of Genetics
Sharon Dent, Ph.D.
Co-Director, DNA Analysis Facility
Chair, Dept of Molecular Carcinogenesis
Director, Science Park Research Division
Erika Thompson, M.S.
Co-Director, DNA Analysis Facility
Manager, Genome Facility
Ms. Thompson is responsible for the daily operation and development of the DAF. She is available for consultation on all core services.
Phone: 713-834-6381
E-mail: ejthomps@mdanderson.org
Viju Varghese, M.H.A.
Research Laboratory Coordinator
Ms. Varghese is responsible for the automated sequencing service. She is the key contact person for troubleshooting DNA sequencing.
Phone: 713-834-6197 or x7-1883
E-mail: vivarghes@mdanderson.org
Louis S. Ramagli, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Dr. Ramagli is responsible for next generation sequencing platforms in the DAF. He is also the primary operator of the Illumina GAII. Please contact him to discuss or schedule this service.
Phone: 713-834-6299
E-mail: lramagli@mdanderson.org
Santasri Sen, M.A.
Senior Research Assistant
Ms. Sen is the key contact person for fluorescent fragment analysis service. She also acts as a backup for the DNA sequencing service. Please contact her to schedule these services.
Phone: 713-834-6197 or x7-1883
E-mail: santsen@mdanderson.org
Jeffrey Leung, B.S.
Research Assistant I
Mr. Leung works primarily in next generation sequencing service.
Phone: 713-834-6197 or 7-1883
E-mail: jleung@mdanderson.org
Denaha (DJ) Doss, M.S.
Research Investigator
Ms. Doss is the primary person responsible for the Sanger based mutation analysis service.
Phone: 713-834-6197 or x7-1883
E-mail: djdoss@mdanderson.org
Hongli Tang, M.D.
Research Investigator
Dr. Tang is responsible for the quantitative gene expression analysis service and sample enrichment in the next generation sequencing service.
Phone: 713-834-6197 or x7-1883
E-mail: hltang@mdanderson.org
Sybil Varghese, M.B.A.
Financial Analyst
Ms. Varghese can assist with any billing inquiries. Please contact her for all support documentation requests and billing questions.
Phone: 713-834-6383 or x4-6383
E-mail: svarghe@mdanderson.org