Miss Akhila Rachel James

Akhila Rachel James, currently pursuing her Ph.D. in “Identifying the master regulation of EGFR in breast cancer and targeted drug designing” in the department of Biotechnology, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai, India. She did her Bachelors and Masters degree in Plant Biology and Biotechnology from Madras Christian College, Chennai, India. She is awarded with the prestigious “Joel Christopher Medal” for her contribution in Ecology. Her research work was also chosen as the best paper in “International conference on Recent Trends in Bio-Nano Technology, Energy and Environment”. In 2020, she has published three research articles related to lung cancer, breast cancer and their gene expression studies in renowned international journals. Her research interest includes Phytochemical studies and their application in drug discovery as well as Genomics.