Dr. Sekar Seshagiri

Biography

Dr. Sekar is currently Principal Scientist at Genentech and directs a state-of-the-art DNA sequencing laboratory (both Sanger and Nextgen machines) at Genentech that serves all of Genentech Research. Dr Sekar is a leading expert in the area of Cancer research, genomics and sequencing, having authored and co-authored over forty articles in peer-reviewed journal including Science and Nature. His laboratory has been at the forefront of understanding underlying genetic changes in cancer genomes through systematic identification of somatic mutations in large number of cancers types and subtypes using a number of techniques including next-generation sequencing. His laboratory is also involved in developing diagnostic and prognostic markers to enable personalized cancer therapy.

Research Interest

Genomics, Molecular Biology