Lekha Dinesh Kumar
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, India
Biography
Lekha Dinesh Kumar has completed two Master’s degrees and she has obtained her PhD in Molecular biology & Biotechnology at IARI, India. She has joined CCMB in 2001, where she is currently holding a position of Principal Scientist and Project Leader, Cancer Biology. She has received “Vicky Dickinson Memorial Fellowship†of Cardiff University for Post Doctoral Research in 2005. She is also the recipient of UICC-ICRETT (International Union against Cancer) fellowship award (2008). Her research focuses on discovery of novel biomarkers for early diagnosis and prognosis of breast cancer and role of wnt deregulators in the initiation and development of colon cancer. She has many international publications and patents to her credit.
Abstract
Abstract : MicroRNAs as novel biomarkers for early diagnosis and prognosis of breast cancer