I am Deepankar, but I usually go by the shorter version: “Deep”. I have been working in the domain of Cancer research for over 11 years now. I have been involved in several projects, which were aimed at understanding molecular mechanisms of different human cancers and identifying opportunities for developing targeted therapeutics.

During the PhD, I developed a new high-throughput screen to discern activating mutations in kinases by constructing a cDNA library encompassing all possible point-mutations in the said kinase. So far, the screen has been used to study the EGFR family of RTKs (EGFR, HER2, HER3, and HER4) and identify activating mutations and assess their druggability with various TKIs. Using my screening workflow I am also investigating therapeutic resistance to ERBB-targeted inhibitors. During my spare time, I also developed a collection of webtools using R and shiny, some of which are publicly hosted at https://eleniuslabtools.utu.fi

I have recently relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area to join Genentech, Inc. as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow where I will be studying various molecular subtypes of Colorectal Cancer.

Here is my detailed CV in a PDF format.