Lab Members

David G. Johnson, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Professor, Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Adjunct Professor, College of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Texas at Austin
B.A. in Microbiology, University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. in Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Post-doc, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

Swarnalatha Manickavinayaham, Ph.D.
Instructor
B.S. in Biochemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India
M.S. in Biochemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, India
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology (Animal science), Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi India
Project : Role of E2F1 acetylation in DNA double-strand break repair and transcription
Research interests : Epigenetics, DNA repair, DNA replication and transcription

Jennifer Orona, B.A. 
Senior Research Assistant and Lab Manager

Mel Weiss, B.S., M.B.A.
Research Investigator