Vasanthkumar M

Research Scientist @Cancer Institute Adyar

Chennai, IN

Project Research ScientistICMR-Funded Project, Cancer Institute (WIA), AdyarPrincipal Investigator: Dr. Priya Iyer, Professor & Head, Radiation Oncology.Co-Principal Investigator & Reporting Head: Dr. Vijayalakshmi, Professor & Head, Cancer Biology and Molecular Diagnostics.Project Title: ICMR - SMALL\"Evaluating the role of addition of low-dose nivolumab and concurrent radiation in patients with triple negative breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT): a 4 arm, phase II Randomized controlled trial (RCT)\".Budget: INR 1.5 crores.Duration: 20•••••73 year\'s).Key Responsibilities:ctDNA Sequencing & Analysis: Patient enrollment, consent, and blood collection Plasma isolation, ctDNA extraction, NGS library preparation, QC, sequencing Clinical report generation and interpretationProject Documentation & Fund Management: Maintenance of patient records, expenditure tracking, and annual reporting.ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIESDepartment of Cancer Biology and Molecular Diagnostics LaboratoryNGS Diagnostics Panel Development and Implementation:Development and validation of panels on Illumina platform for: Somatic Solid Tumors: Lung, Colon, Sarcoma, Breast, Endometrium Hematological Malignancies: AML & ALL Hereditary Germline CancersPanel Types: Somatic Solid Tumor Panel Hereditary Cancer Panel Leukemia Cancer Panel Whole Exome and Transcriptome Panels Liquid Biopsy Panels HLA Typing for BMT POLE mutation analysis (Sanger - SeqStudio) BRCA1/2 MLPA & Digital MLPA for ALL.