Sankar Mohan

Dr. Mohan received his Master’s degree in Biochemistry and his PhD in Cancer Genetics from Dr. MGR Medical Medical University. As a part of his doctoral work, Dr. Mohan completed a fellowship in Molecular Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology of Leukemia at Hiroshima University, Japan. He subsequently completed his post-doctoral training in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York. After a brief stint at Quest Diagnostics, Dr. Mohan worked at Genentech, where he was part of the Molecular Cytogenetic group responsible for developing novel FISH assays for Genentech molecules. In this role, he developed novel FISH probes, performed quality control for these probes, and optimized novel FISH assays based on the probes for the various clinical trial programs. In addition, he was responsible for supporting early- and late-stage research activities in the areas of target discovery and validation. He has over 15 years of experience in Cancer Molecular Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology. He has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals and has presented his work at national and international conferences.