Affiliation : Scientist, Integrated Cancer Research Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum
Title of the Talk/Lab :
Dr. T. R. Santhosh Kumar, a PhD from SCTIMST is an established Cancer researcher who specializes in preclinical model development for drug discovery. Currently he works as a Scientist at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Trivandrum. His lab focuses on interrelation between programmed cell death and mitophagy in the dynamics of cancer recurrence after chemotherapy. He has described the first real time assay for discriminating apoptosis and necrosis with potential utility in high-throughput drug screening. He has a strong interest in translational research on Oral and Breast cancer resistance and developed several patient derived xenograft models for drug discovery. He is the recipient of Innovative Young Biotechnologist award from Department of Biotechnology and served as a Task force member of Cancer Biology & IYBA selection committee. He has established a central cell line repository at RGCB that acts as the national cell resource for Indian researchers
