Genomics and Pharmacogenomics

Gargi Pal has her expertise in molecular biology, cell biology and passion for improving the health, and wellbeing. She takes pride in communicating and advocating for science. Now she is working on Prostate cancer, which is the most commonly diagnosed cancer as well as the greatest source of cancer-related mortality in males of African ancestry (MoAA). She and Dr. Ogunwobi have developed a clinical grade assay, which can be used for the accurate quantitative detection of prostate cancer and several other diseases associated with dysregulation of Plasmocytoma variant translocation 1 (PVT1) transcripts.