Manasa Ramakrishna

Manasa Ramakrishna is an experienced bioinformatician and computational biologist with a diverse background in drug discovery and data management. They have worked at leading institutions, including AstraZeneca, where they currently serve as Associate Director for Knowledge Graph Design and Operations, managing a team focused on mining data for novel drug development. Previously, Manasa contributed to projects at the MRC Toxicology Unit and Wellcome Sanger Institute, advancing research in RNA-binding proteins and breast cancer genetics, respectively. They hold a PhD in Cancer Genetics from the University of Melbourne and have been recognized as a competitive By-fellow at Churchill College, University of Cambridge.