Kashyap, Manoj

About

Dr. Manoj Kumar Kashyap is currently Professor and Director, Research & Development Cell (RDC), Parul University, Goa (Aug 2026 to present). Prior to joining Parul University, he served as Professor at the Amity Stem Cell Institute, Amity Medical School, Amity University Haryana, since August 2019. Before joining Amity University, he was an Assistant Professor of Biotechnology at the School of Life and Allied Health Sciences, The Glocal University, Saharanpur, from September 2017.

Dr. Kashyap completed his postdoctoral fellowship at the Moores Cancer Center, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA, from January 2012 to January 2017, working with Professors Michael D. Burkart, Michael Y. Choi, and Januario E. Castro. He earned his PhD through a joint doctoral programme between the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA, and the Institute of Bioinformatics, Bengaluru, under the mentorship of Professor Akhilesh Pandey.

During his doctoral training at Johns Hopkins University, he gained extensive experience in cutting-edge technologies, including DNA microarrays, mass spectrometry-based proteomics, and cancer signalling. He also contributed to a collaborative research project investigating lung cancer signalling with Drs. Harold E. Varmus and Udayan Guha at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA. His doctoral research focused on elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying tumorigenesis in oesophageal cancers using DNA microarray-based transcriptomics and quantitative proteomics approaches.

His current research interests encompass understanding the molecular mechanisms of RNA splicing and the therapeutic potential of splicing modulators in gastrointestinal cancers through integrated genomics and proteomics approaches. Another major focus of his research is targeting receptor–ligand signalling axes to overcome tumour microenvironment-mediated protection and therapeutic resistance in gastrointestinal malignancies, employing receptor-targeting antibodies and small-molecule inhibitors.

His broader research interests include cancer molecular biology, translational oncology, cancer biomarkers, proteomics, RNA biology, and the development of targeted therapeutic strategies for gastrointestinal malignancies.

Employment

• Parul University, Goa Professor and Director
  2026 - Present
• Amity University Gurugram Professor
  2026 - 2026
• Amity University Haryana Associate Professor
  2019 - 2026
• Glocal University Assistant Professor
  2017 - 2019
• University of California San Diego Health Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow
  2012 - 2017
• University of Illinois System Visiting Research Scholar
  2004 - 2005
• Loyola University Chicago Visiting Research Scholar
  2002 - 2004
• Northwestern University - Chicago Pre-doctoral Visiting Scholar
  2002 - 2002
• Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Jr. Lab. Technician
  1998 - 2002

Education

Education history is unavailable.

Projects & Funding

• Differential Inhibition of Visfatin-PAK4 as a Novel Strategy in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma for Therapeutic Purpose Indian Council of Social Science Research
  2022 - 2025
• Targeting of Spliceosome in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
  2018 - Present

Publications

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