New faculty spotlight: Prakash Radhakrishnan, Ph.D.

Prakash Radhakrishnan, Ph.D.

Prakash Radhakrishnan, Ph.D., is a new faculty member at UNMC.

  • Name: Prakash Radhakrishnan, Ph.D.
  • Hometown: KO. Poovanur, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Title and department at UNMC: Assistant professor, UNMC Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases

Research/professional interests:

  • Glycobiology of pancreatic cancer
  • Autocrine and paracrine cell signaling mechanisms
  • Developing new therapeutics for pancreatic cancer

How I fell in love with science and cancer research:
When I was in high school, my uncle routinely treated jaundiced patients with a homemade herbal medicine that cured the disease. However, my uncle did not know what type of jaundice or how the herbal medicine worked on the patients. This inspired me to fall in love with science and to find out how herbal medicines work. My training in science over the past 10 years has shifted my interest to identifying early detection cancer biomarkers and cures for cancer, because this disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide.

Degrees:

  • B.Sc., biochemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India
  • M.Sc., molecular biology, University of Madras, Chennai, India
  • Ph.D., molecular biology, University of Madras, Chennai, India

Memberships:

  • American Association for Cancer Research
  • Society for Glycobiology

Three things people may not know about me:

  • I’m the first person from our village to procure a PhD degree and come to the U.S.
  • I love writing tamil poems and haikus.
  • I enjoy playing volleyball and badminton.

19 comments

  1. MalathiSekar.R says:

    Continous hardwork ,thoughts on the society , will lead a man in blessed position
    Mannappurvamana valzhukkal to Scientiest Prakash sir
    "God Bless you ALL"

  2. Josh Souchek says:

    Congratulations, Dr. Radhakrishnan!

  3. Michelle says:

    Congratulations Prakash-well deserved

  4. Ileana says:

    Congratulations!!!

  5. Srikanth Barkeer says:

    Congratulations!!

  6. Saiprasad says:

    Many congrates.

  7. Sathish kumar Natarajan says:

    Congratulations Prakash Radhakrishnan!

  8. Vishwa Rajagopalan says:

    Congrats Prakash! Well-deserved spotlight.

  9. Gopalakrishnan Natarajan says:

    Hearty Congratulations

  10. Dr Gauthaman K says:

    Congrats Prakash good achievement excepted many more things from you

  11. Elan says:

    Congrats Bro 💐

  12. Dr Santhosh says:

    Congrats Dr Prakash

  13. Dr.c.j.thirupurasundari says:

    Hey super ji….congrats! Happy for u😀

  14. Niranjali Devaraj says:

    Congratulations Prakash.
    Mam & Sir

  15. Ashok says:

    Congratulations Dr Prakash

  16. Dr.Vishwanath says:

    Congratulations Prakash…

  17. Thomas Caffrey says:

    Congratulations Dr Prakash!
    A well deserved honor to a man of great knowledge, principle, and kind heart. Wishing your continued success at UNMC.

  18. PandurNgan Jothi says:

    In The three things which u mentioned I know the second one only now.congratulations

  19. Manikannan Mathayan says:

    I am glad to see my senior here. Good luck Senior

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