Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Dr Jayandharan Rao is a Professor and Associate Dean of Research and Development at IIT Kanpur. He has been working in the field of gene therapy for the last 15 years. His group is focused on developing a state-of-art molecular medicine platform to address the unmet clinical needs for several monogenic human diseases (eg. hemophilia, retinal degeneration) and cancers (eg. hepatocellular carcinoma, leukemia). To achieve this, he studies the basic biology of a virus (AAV) and its translational science; utilizing a variety of molecular, cellular and preclinical models. These efforts are directed towards developing cost effective and indigenous gene therapy strategies to treat patients with inherited disorders.
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
8:00 AM – 9:15 AM