Dr Selvambigai Manivannan

Dr Selvambigai Manivannan

Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Contact details

Email
s.manivannan@bham.ac.uk
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Selvambigai Manivannan is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow working with Associate Professor Vicki Smith in the Department of Metabolism and Systems Science (MSS). Her current research interests include elucidating the dysregulated signaling pathways and downstream targets implicated in promoting thyroid cancer metastasis and invasion. In particular, by using advanced microscopy, proteomics and cell biological techniques, Selvambigai is investigating the precise role of proto-oncogene signaling [e.g. PTTG1-Binding Factor (PBF)] in thyroid cancer cell motility. This work aims to identify novel therapeutic targets and approaches for improving thyroid cancer treatment.

Qualifications

  • Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), 2018
  • PhD (Molecular Cell Biology) University of Groningen, Netherlands, 2014
  • MSc (University Rank Holder with Honours in Life Sciences), Bharathidasan University, Trichy, India, 2009

Teaching

  • Medicine and Surgery MBChB Year 2 - Understanding Thyroid Function
  • MRes - Cancer Metastasis and Invasion
  • Pharmacy MPharm - Understanding Thyroid Function
  • Medicine and Surgery MBChB Year 1 - Research Taster
  • Biomedical Science BSc & MSc - Research Supervision

Other activities

Current member of the following societies

  • American Thyroid Association (ATA)
  • The British Endocrine Society (BES)
  • British Society of Cell Biology (BSCB)
  • European Association for Cancer research (EACR)
  • British Association of Cancer Biology (BACR)
  • British Mass Spectrometry Society (BMSS)
  • Editorial Board Member for Journal of Biomolecular Concepts.
  • Editorial Board Member for International Journal of Biotechnology and Biomaterials Engineering.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Manivannan, S, Kocbiyik, M, Banga, D, Nieto, H, Thomas, S, Read, M, McCabe, C & Smith, V 2024, '', Thyroid, vol. 34, no. S1, Poster 0208, pp. A52-A52.

Read, M, Brookes, K, Zha, L, Manivannan, S, Kim, J, Kocbiyik, M, Fletcher, A, Gorvin, CM, Firth, G, Fruhwirth, G, Nicola, J, Jhiang, S, Ringel, M, Campbell, M, Sunassee, K, Blower, P, Boelaert, K, Nieto, H, Smith, V & McCabe, C 2023, '', Clinical Cancer Research.

Abstract

Banga, D, Manivannan, S, Hariharan, A, Nieto, H, Brookes, K, Read, M, McCabe, C, Heath, V & Smith, V 2025, '', Endocrine Abstracts, vol. 109, P94.

Read, M, Brookes, K, Fear, J, Wongsanit, S, Small, B, Jones, A, Pham, T, Khine, M, Manivannan, S, Nieto, H, Stover, D, Jhiang, S, Kannappan, V, Wang, W, Sunassee, K, Blower, P, Ringel, M, Campbell, M, Boelaert, K, Smith, V & McCabe, C 2025, '', Endocrine Abstracts, vol. 109, OC2.6.

Manivannan, S, Kocbiyik, M, Banga, D, Hariharan, A, Nieto, H, Thomas, S, Read, M, McCabe, C & Smith, V 2025, '', Endocrine Abstracts, vol. 109, OP5.1.

Manivannan, S, Kocbiyik, M, Banga, D, Afzal, A, Zha, L, Brookes, K, Nieto, HR, Thomas, S, Read, ML, McCabe, CJ & Smith, VE 2024, '', Thyroid Research, vol. 17, no. S1, PO3.

Brookes, K, Zha, L, Small, B, Kim, J, Manivannan, S, Thornton, C, Kannappan, V, Wang, W, Nieto, H, Sunassee, K, Blower, P, Smith, V, Read, M & McCabe, C 2023, '', Endocrine Abstracts, vol. 94, OC7.1.

Manivannan, S, Banga, D, Kocbiyik, M, Read, M, Zha, L, Brookes, K, Nieto, H, McCabe, C & Smith, V 2023, '', Endocrine Abstracts, vol. 94, OC2.6.

Brookes, K, Zha, L, Kim, J, Small, B, Kocbiyik, M, Manivannan, S, Kannappan, V, Wang, W, Sunassee, K, Blower, P, Nieto, H, Smith, V, Read, M & McCabe, C 2023, '', Endocrine Abstracts, vol. 90, OC11.1.

Manivannan, S, Kocbiyik, M, Alshahrani, M, EI-Asrag, M, Zha, L, Brookes, K, Nieto, H, Read, M, Beggs, A, McCabe, C & Smith, V 2023, '', Thyroid, vol. 33, no. S1, Poster 338, pp. A62-A62.

Manivannan, S, Kocbiyik, M, Alshahrani, M, El-Asrag, ME, Zha, L, Brookes, K, Nieto, H, Read, M, Beggs, A, McCabe, C & Smith, V 2023, '', Thyroid Research, vol. 16, no. S1, PO2, pp. 6-6.

Brookes, K, Zha, L, Kim, J, Kocbiyik, M, Manivannan, S, Sunassee, K, Blower, P, Nieto, H, Smith, V, Read, M & McCabe, C 2023, '', Thyroid Research, vol. 16, no. Supplement 1, OR4, pp. 4-4.

Brookes, K, Zha, L, Kim, J, Kocbiyik, M, Manivannan, S, Sunassee, K, Blower, P, Nieto, H, Smith, V, Read, M & McCabe, C 2023, '', Thyroid, vol. 33, no. S1, Poster 273, pp. A33-A34.

Read, M, Brookes, K, Zha, L, Manivannan, S, Kim, J, Firth, G, Sunassee, K, Blower, P, Boelaert, K, Nieto, H, Smith, V & McCabe, C 2023, '', Endocrine Abstracts, vol. 94, OC2.1.

Preprint

Read, M, Brookes, K, Zha, L, Manivannan, S, Kim, J, Kocbiyik, M, Fletcher, A, Gorvin, CM, Firth, G, Fruhwirth, G, Nicola, J, Jhiang, S, Ringel, M, Campbell, M, Sunassee, K, Blower, P, Boelaert, K, Nieto, H, Smith, V & McCabe, C 2023 '' bioRxiv.