Prof. G. Kumaresan is University First Rank holder in Bachelors and Masters. He got trained in M.D.Anderson Cancer Centre, Texas, USA, and further with a leading Cancer Genomics group at National Cancer Center, Singapore. Dr.Kumaresan has established a Cancer Genomics & Molecular Therapeutics Lab at School of Biological Sciences, MKU, and has completed many research projects from DBT, DAE, BRNS, ICMR, DST, CSIR, and UGC. His research involves integrative genomic investigation of the exhaustive genomic resources and develops workable hypotheses, which he further tests in human cellular models. Dr. Kumaresan has published 40 research papers in leading cancer biology and genomics journals. Dr.Kumaresan’s lab has a more extensive collection of human cell lines (50) and drugs (2000), and many investigations in the line of molecular and targeted therapeutics are in progress. He is also using genomic methods to understand the beneficial and off-target effects of drugs and to probe the drugs for repurposing. He has also established a consultancy set up to test the targets of drugs and drug candidates. Dr. Kumaresan has completed more than 10 Cancer Genomics projects and extensively exploited the Cancer Genomics Data to understand the Biology of Cancer and to seek Targeted Therapeutic knowledge, in the contexts of further translational investigations. He is exploring the genome-wide expression profiles of breast, gastric, and hepatocellular cancers by integrative functional genomic approaches. The intention of his work is the identification of suitable classes of drugs for a small subset of tumors. In large, the focus being translational genomics, personalized cancer therapeutics, and genomic medicine. Dr. Kumaresan’s research work in the genomic stratification of gastric cancer being supported by DBT as Unit of Excellence in Cancer Genomics from 2015 onwards.
Ph.D., Molecular Biology, 2002, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India
M.Sc., Biology, 1997, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India - University First Rank Holder
BSc. Zoology, 1995, Sri Paramakalyani College, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India - University First Rank Holder
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dept of Molecular Genetics & Molecular Oncology, M.D.Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 2002-2004
Research Associate, Agenica Research Private Ltd, Singapore, 2005 - 2006
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Molecular Genomics Lab, Cellular & Molecular Research Division, National Cancer Centre, Singapore, 2006 - 2008
Reader, Centre for Excellence in Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 625 021, India, 2008 - 2010
Associate Professor, of Genetics, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India, 2010-2013
Professor, of Genetics, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India, 2013 onwards
Gold Medal, for ranking University First in B.Sc Zoology, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, India, 1995
Gold Medal, for ranking University First in M.Sc Biology, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India, 1997
Marie Buck Memorial prize for highest marks in B.Sc., Zoology, Sri Paramakalyani College, Alwarkuruchi, 1996.
S.Krishnaswamy memorial Endowment Prize, for highest marks in M.Sc., Biology, Madurai Kamaraj University, 1997
M.Varadarajan Memorial Endowment Prize, for proficiency in M.Sc., Biology, Madurai Kamaraj University, 1997
T.P.Meenakshi Sundaram Endowment Prize, for proficiency in M.Sc., Biology, Madurai Kamaraj University, 1997
45th Inter University Board of India & Ceylon Prize, for highest marks in M.Sc., Biology, Madurai Kamaraj University, 1997
Bettyann Asche-Murray Grant Award, D.Anderson Cancer Centre, Texas, U.S.A, 2004
