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Email

gunaseka@bcm.edu

Positions

Bioinformatics Analyst II

Pediatrics Nutrition
ÌÇÐÄvlogÃÛÌÒ of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Education

PhD from Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University

08/2017 - Houghton, Michigan, United States

Computational Science and Engineering

BS from Department of Physics, University of Colombo

09/2010 - Colombo, Sri Lanka

Computational Physics

Professional Interests

• Data Science, Machine Learning, Computational Science, Bioinformatics

Websites

Selected Publications

• Gunasekara CJ, Scott CA, Laritsky E, Baker MS, MacKay H, Duryea JD, Kessler NJ, Hellenthal G, Wood AC, Hodges KR, Gandhi M, Hair AB, Silver M, Moore SE, Prentice AM, Li Y, Chen R, Coarfa C, Waterland RA. " " Genome Biol. 2019 Jun 3; 20 (1) : 105.
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• Chathura Gunasekara, Kui Zhang, Wenping Deng, Laura Brown, Hairong Wei. " TGMI: an efficient algorithm for identifying pathway regulators through evaluation of triple-gene mutual interaction. " Nucleic Acids Research. 2018 ;
• Gunasekara, C. A. Subramanian, Avvari, R. K., B. Li, Chen, S. and H. W. " ExactSearch: A web-based plant motif search tool. " Plant Methods. 2015 ;
• Li, X, C. Gunasekara, Y. Guo, H. Zhang, L. Lei, S. Tunlaya-Anukit , V. Busov, V. Chiang, and H. Wei. " Pop’s Pipes : poplar gene expression data analysis pipelines. " 2014 ;
• Kumari S, Deng W, Gunasekara C. " Bottom-up GGM algorithm for constructing multilayered hierarchical gene regulatory networks that govern biological pathways or processes. " BMC Bioinformatics. 2014 ;
• Guiliang Tang, PhD; Ting Peng, PhD; Mengmeng Qiao, MS; Haiping Liu; Sachin Teotia; Yafan Zhao; Dongjie Zhao; Lina Shi; Brandon Le; Kestrel Rogers; Chathura Gunasekara; Yiyou Gu; Lei Tian; Zhanhui Zhang; Fanrong Meng; Xiaoqing Tang; Hairong Wei. " A resource for inactivation of microRNAs using Short Tandem Target Mimic technology in model and crop Plants. " Molecular Plant. 2018 ;
•  Chathura Gunasekara, Chethaka Uduwarage, Chamath Keppitiyagama, Rexy Rosa, Nihal Kodikara, Damitha Sandaruwan. " Maritime Navigation Simulator Project, Low Cost 3D Immersive Telepresence for Survaillance, Planning, Maneuring: 3D-COP. " 2013 ;
•  Chathura Gunasekara, Chamath Keppetiyagama, N.D. Kodikara, J.U. Gunaseela. " Sensor information fusion architecture for virtual maritime environment. " 2012 ;
•  Chathura Gunasekara, Rexy Rosa, Chamath Keppitiyagama, Damitha Sandaruwan, Uditha M de Soysa, Prabath Samarasinghe, and Chandana Perera. " Spatialized Real Time Auditory Interface for a Virtual Maritime Application. " 2012 ;
•  Chethaka Uduwarage, Chamath Keppitiyagama, Rexy Rosa, Chathura Gunasekara, Nihal Kodikara, Damitha Sandaruwan. " Simulating Narrow Channel Effect on Surge Motion of a Ship in a Virtual Environment. " 2012 ;
• Gunasekara C., Waterland R.A.. " " Epigenomics. 2019 ;
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