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Arun Prasad Manoharan

Arun Prasad Manoharan

Bioinformatics researcher and diagnostics entrepreneur building rapid assays

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New York, New York
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Joined May 2026
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Summary

Translational diagnostics entrepreneur leading rapid, extraction-less microbial assays. nih+1
Experienced bioinformatics researcher with a sustained academic publication record in genomics and computational biology. google+1
Leader and operator across startups and industry, combining bioinformatics, automation, and data-science to move assays from R&D to deployable products. theorg+1
Active contributor to the academic and entrepreneurial community as a judge, reviewer, and advisor (NYU Stern judge, NIH reviewer, academic entrepreneurship engagements). thekeyexecutives

Work

Education

Projects

Writing

A rapid, specific, extraction-less, and cost-effective RT-LAMP test for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in clinical specimens

January 1, 2022

Describes the development, evaluation, and validation of an extraction-less RT-LAMP assay (Prime CovidDetect) for SARS-CoV-2 detection, including assay design, limits of detection, and comparison to RT-qPCR.

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Systems and methods for microbiome based sample classification (patent application)

January 1, 2021

Patent-application-level work describing systems and methods for microbiome-based sample classification and related diagnostics approaches (listed in publication/patent entries).

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Evaluating genetic ancestry and self-reported ethnicity in the context of carrier screening

January 1, 2017

Analysis comparing self-reported ethnicity and genetically-predicted ancestry in a large cohort undergoing carrier screening, with implications for carrier-risk estimation and screening strategies.

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The landscape of C. elegans 3'UTRs

January 1, 2010

Genome-wide characterization of 3' untranslated regions (3'UTRs) in C. elegans, defining tens of thousands of 3'UTRs, isoform usage, conserved motifs, and developmental regulation.

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