Alumni

Thasni K A, PhD (2009)

Thesis Title: Cellular effects of Plumbagin in BRCA1 blocked Ovarian Cancer Cells.
Current Position:
Senior Research Associate
Hanad Bin Khalifa University
Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), Doha, Qatar

Rakesh Sathish Nair, PhD (2014)

Thesis Title: Molecular evidence for the Anticancer activity of Plumbagin in BRCA1 defective Breast Cancer.
Current Position:
Assistant Professor in Research,Department of Surgical Oncology,
College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago
Illinois, United States

Veena Somasundaram, PhD (2014)

Thesis Title: Isolation, Characterization & Therapeutic Interventions of Breast Cancer Stem cells from BRCA1 defective Breast Cancer.
Current Position:
Principal Investigator
Syngene International Limited,
Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Sreelatha K H, PhD (2016)

Thesis Title: Effect of Cancer Associated Fibroblasts on Cancer Cells: Relation to Aggressiveness.
Current Position:
Research Associate, Division of Cancer Research
Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Reshma R S, PhD (2016)

Thesis Title: Studies On Regulation Of Cell Growth By BRCA1/2 in Prostrate Cancer Cells:Influence of Certain Selected Quinones.
Current Position:
Assistant Professor, Department of Botany,
Assumption College (Autonomous), Changanassery, Kottayam, Kerala, India

Satheesh Kumar S, PhD (2017)

Thesis Title: Reciprocal Regulation of β- hCG and BRCA1- An In vitro Study.
Current Position:
Postdoctoral Researcher at National Cancer Institute,
National Cancer Institute (NCI), Frederick, USA

Revathy Nadhan, PhD (2019)

Thesis Title: βHCG and BRCA1 in Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases.
Current Position:
Post doctoral research Fellow
Stanton L Young Biomedical Research Center Stephenson Cancer Center
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Oklahoma City
Oklahoma USA

Dr. Krithiga K, PhD (2021)

Thesis Title: Cancer stem cell types and its link with prognosis in canine mammary carcinomas.
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Bioscience Research and Training Centre Thonnakkal, Thiruvananthapuram.

Arathi Rajan, PhD (2022)

Thesis Title: A possible link between ER- α and BRCA1 in cancer.
Current Position:
Project Scientist
Dept. of General Virology, Institute of Advancer Virology
Bio 360 Life Science Park, Thonnakkal, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Geetu Rose Varghese, PhD (2022)

Thesis Title:hCG, the pregnancyhormone mediated immunemodulation in BRCAI defective breast cancer
Current Position:
Project Scientist
Molecular Bioassay Laboratory, Institute of Advanced Virology
Bio 360 Life Science Park, Thonnakkal, Trivandrum, Kerala, India

Dipyaman Patra, PhD

Thesis Title: Epigenetic Alteration of BRCA1 Signalling in Tumorigenesis
Current Position:
Postdoctoral Associate
UPMC Hillman Cancer Centre, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Neetha R L, PhD (2024)

Thesis Title: Implication of genomic instability in breast cancer cells on cancer associated fibroblast.
Current Position:
Project Scientist,
Department of Viral Vaccines Institute of Advanced Virology Bio-360
Life Science Park Thonnakkal P.O Thiruvananthapuram-695317, Kerala, India

Neethu Krishnan, PhD (2025)

Thesis Title: Understanding the Transcriptional Regulation of ?-hCG by BRCA1 and its Clinical Implications

Arathy V Warrier

Thesis Title: Identification of xenoestrogen induced spontaneous mutations and changes in promoter methylation status in BRCA1 BRCA2 and p53 in Breast cancer

Post-doctoral Fellows

Deepa I, PhD

Current Position:
Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Government Arts College, Trivandrum

Ratheeshkumar Thankappan, PhD

Current Position:
Head of the Department, Molecular Biology and Genetics
DDRC SRL Diagnostic Private Limited, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Dr. Satej Bhushan

Current Position:
Project Scientist
CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India

Research Associate

Dr. Mansa V.G

Current Position:
Examiner of Patents and Designs (Probationer),
Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Intellectual Property Management (RGNIIPM),
03, Hislop College Road, Civil Lines, Near Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra-440001, India