Padmanabhan Balasundaram

Biography

Padmanabhan Balasundaram is working as a Professor and Head of the Department of Biophysics, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India. He is a Structural Biologist and has more than 22 years of work experience blended with industry and academic careers. He has worked in various international organizations including Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, ERATO-JST, RIKEN in Japan, the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, Laurus Lab Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India. His group is now focusing on structure-based drug discovery on the protein targets associated with neurological disorders including Parkinson’s disease (PD), ALS and glioma. He earned his PhD in Biophysics and Protein Crystallography from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. Padmanabhan Balasundaram is working as a Professor and Head of the Department of Biophysics, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India. He is a Structural Biologist and has more than 22 years of work experience blended with industry and academic careers. He has worked in various international organizations including Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, ERATO-JST, RIKEN in Japan, the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, Laurus Lab Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India. His group is now focusing on structure-based drug discovery on the protein targets associated with neurological disorders including Parkinson’s disease (PD), ALS and glioma. He earned his PhD in Biophysics and Protein Crystallography from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India.

Research Interest

Cancer Studies Cancer prevention Oncology