Cancer Science & Therapy

Prakash Radhakrishnan

Prakash Radhakrishnan, PhD
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Eppley Cancer Center, USA

Biography

Prakash Radhakrishnan completed his undergraduate B.Sc in Biochemistry at Bharathidasan University (1996-99), Trichy, India, and M.Sc. in Molecular biology (1999-01) and Ph.D. in Molecular biology (2001-06) from University of Madras, Chennai, India. He was a Post-doctoral Research Associate in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular biology (2005-08), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA. Currently, working as a Research Associate at Eppley Cancer Institute, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA. Received Junior Research Fellowship award from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Senior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) during his graduation. Recipient of Postdoctoral Research Fellowship award from Department of Defense (CDMRP), Federal government of USA. He is serving as a Grant Reviewer for National University of Singapore and Reviewer for journals in Springer link publications and science-alert peer review system.

Research Interest

Role of mucins in inflammatory diseases, Role of mucins and mucin-glycans in cancer progression and metastasis, (Including prostate and Pancreatic cancer), Gene silencing by Promoter methylation.