G Kumaresan's Biography

G Kumaresan, Associate Professor & Head, Madurai Kamaraj University

Dr. Kumaresan Ganesan has completed Ph.D from Madurai Kamaraj University, India and did postdoctoral studies at University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre, Texas and National Cancer Centre, Singapore. At present, Dr. Kumaresan is Associate Professor and Head of Genetics Department, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, India. He is heading the Cancer Genomics research group at MKU and dissecting the complex transcriptional regulations in stomach and breast cancers by integrative functional genomics approaches. His group also has developed pathway focused modulator screening system and identified potential therapeutic candidates for targeted and combinatorial cancer therapeutics. In all these investigations, cellular genomics and integrative genomics approaches are extensively used. All of his investigations are towards the identification and development of next generation diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for gastric and breast cancers. He has publications in the areas of Cancer Biology, Genomics and Genetics in the journals including Cancer Research, PLOS Genetics, Genes, Chromosomes and Cancers.