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CENTRE FOR TRANSLATIONAL CANCER RESEARCH

A joint initiative by

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (IISER) PUNE & PRASHANTI CANCER CARE MISSION

OUR VISION

In a powerful model of public-private partnership, IISER Pune and Prashanti Cancer Care Mission will bring together clinicians and researchers to integrate cancer research, training, and education. This Centre will be a first-of-its-kind initiative in India with world-class infrastructure and facilities for multidisciplinary training in translational cancer research. We anticipate that the activities of the Centre will have a direct positive impact on the national capacity for translational cancer research and, most importantly, on effective management of cancer in India.

Upcoming Events

4th ICGA Conference 2023

Save the Date: October 6th-8th, 2023

ONGOING COURSE:

Research Training Program for Clinicians and Residents (RT-PCR)

12 weeks course
Started Thursday 5th January 2023 at 7:00 PM IST

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Registrations still Open

UPCOMING LECTURES

23th March 2023

ACCESS LECTURES ON DEMAND

Via the google classroom

Past Events

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FEBRUARY 2023

BG-ISOS Conference

February 3rd – 5th, 2023, Pune, India

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JUNE 2022

ISOS workshop

June 3rd – 5th, 2022, Pune, India

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JANUARY 2022

3rd ICGA Conference - themed 'Biobanking to Omics: Collecting the Global Experience'.

January 13 – 14, 2022

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JUNE 2021

BreastGlobal Conference - From Crux To Consensus

June 25-27, 2021

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CTCR TEAM

CTCR Senior Leadership

Dr-CB-Koppiker
DR. C . B. KOPPIKER

Medical Director & Managing Trustee, PCCM
Principal Investigator at CTCR

Dr. Koppiker, is a Breast Oncosurgeon and the Medical Director, Orchids Breast Health Center, Pune. Dr. Koppiker is a pioneer in Breast Oncoplasty in India and has established an International School of Breast Oncoplasty in collaboration with senior faculty of the Association of Breast Surgeons, UK and University of East Anglia (UEA) , UK. He is also an Honorary Faculty and Asia Convener for M.Ch. Breast Oncoplasty Program of UEA, UK. Dr Koppiker lead the establishment of the 1st integrated cancer center in the city namely the Budhrani Cancer Institute, at the Inlaks and Budhrani Hospital, Pune. He then helped set up 2 more reputed cancer centers as the Director of Ruby Hall Clinic Cancer Center and Cancer Clinic and Research Center at Jehangir Hospital in Pune.

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Prof-LS-Shashidhara
PROF L. S. SHASHIDHARA

Director at National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS),
Professor at Ashoka University and IISER Pune

Dr. L.S. Shashidhara is a Professor at Ashoka University and IISER Pune. His research work in cancer biology, genetics, cell and developmental biology has generated numerous high-impact publications and book chapters. He is recognized with CSIR Technology Award, SS Bhatnagar Prize and JC Bose National Fellowship and is a Fellow of Indian National Science Academy; National Academy of Sciences, India; and Indian Academy of Sciences. He has been elected as Vice-President of Indian National Science Academy and Secretary General of International Union of Biological Sciences. Recently, Prof Shashidhara was elected as Associate member of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), a coveted international recognition for excellence in research in life sciences.

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Ms-Laleh-Busheri
MS. LALEH BUSHERI

CEO, PCCM, Pune Administrative Head at CTCR

Laleh Busheri is the CEO of Prashanti Cancer Care Mission (PCCM), which is a non-profit NGO in Pune, working towards eradicating women cancers from the city and touching the lives of over 30000 cancer patients and caregivers by providing prompt diagnosis, free and concessional treatment to the needy, comprehensive, holistic care and support to everyone going through the bewildering maze of challenges the disease brings to its wake, and preparing the patients for a life after the disease.

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CTCR Faculty

Dr-Sneha-Joshi
DR. SNEHA JOSHI

Senior Scientist, CTCR-PCCM

Dr. Joshi is a senior scientist at Prashanti Cancer Care Mission. She received her M.Sc from the University of Pune and obtained her Ph.D in Immunology from Rutgers University, NJ, USA. She completed her post-doctoral training at Columbia University, NY, USA in Osteoimmunology with a focus on Leukemia blasts. Apart from regular paper publications her research in collaboration with Stanford Medical School, focusing on the role of Vitamin D3 in ameliorating Th17 Autoimmunity went on to get press released.
Dr-Madhura-Kulkarni
DR. MADHURA KULKARNI

Senior Scientist, CTCR-PCCM

Dr. Kulkarni is a Senior Scientist and DBT-Ramalingaswami Fellow. Dr. Kulkarni leads the design and conduct of research on molecular profiling of infiltrating ductal carcinoma for novel prognostic and therapeutic targets. She is a gold medalist for MSc from the University of Pune and has obtained her Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics from University of Maryland, College Park, USA. During her post-doctoral work at MGH-Harvard Medical School, USA and Cancer Science Institute, Singapore; she has gained extensive experience in cancer biology and translational research specifically pertaining to breast cancer. Her work has been published in many high impact international journals. Dr. Kulkarni has received the prestigious 're-entry' Ramalingaswami fellowship from the Department of Biotechnology, India to set-up a laboratory in India.
Dr-Devaki-Kelkar
DR. DEVAKI A. KELKAR

Senior Scientist, CTCR-PCCM

Dr. Kelkar is a senior scientist at Prashanti Cancer Care Mission. She received her MSc from the University of Pune where she won the Silver Jubilee Prize and obtained her Ph.D in membrane biophysics from CCMB, Hyderabad. She completed post doctoral training at Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, USA. Her research work has been published in many prestigious international journals.
Dr.-Rupa-Mishra
DR. RUPA MISHRA

Senior Scientist, CTCR-PCCM

Dr. Mishra is a senior scientist at Prashanti Cancer Care Mission. She received her M.Sc from the University of Pune and obtained her Ph.D in Cancer Biology from ACTREC-TMC. She pursued her post-doctoral training at IISER-Pune where she worked on understanding DNA damage response and cell migration in breast cancers.

At CTCR-PCCM she focuses on Genetics related projects and manages the genetic counselling and genetic testing offered at the centre. She is currently working on projects relating to germline mutational profiling of breast cancer subtypes. She also works on various multidisciplinary collaborative projects related to breast cancer. Additionally, she is actively involved in the activities of the e-learning platform BreastGlobal and its associated journal as well as the newly launched RT-PCR course.

 

Mayurika Lahiri
DR. MAYURIKA LAHIRI

CTCR-IISER

Dr. Lahiri is currently an Associate Professor at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune. She did her Bachelors from Department of Botany, Presidency College (now Presidency University), Kolkata and her Masters from Division of Biomedical Sciences, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She graduated from School of Applied Sciences at University of Wolverhampton, UK. She joined Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA as a postdoctoral research associate and later moved to the Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, USA as a postdoctoral fellow.

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KundanSengupta
DR. KUNDAN SENGUPTA

CTCR-IISER

Dr. Kundan Sengupta received his B.Sc and MSc in Microbiology from Bangalore University. He obtained his PhD in Molecular Biology from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Mumbai. Following that he was a Postdoctoral and Research fellow at the National Cancer Institute, NIH, USA. Currently, he is a professor (Biology) & Associate Dean (International Relations and Outreach) at IISER, Pune. He is also Scientific Member of Indian Cancer Genome Atlas (ICGA), Life Member of Society of Biological Chemists of India (SBCI) and Life Member of Indian Association of Cancer Research (IACR). He is closely working with CTCR/PCCM to develop affordable diagnostics for breast cancers.

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