Before making a transition to translational research, I have been a student of molecular biology, with experience in the field of human genetics and cellular signaling, being primarily interested in studying the molecular biology of cancer. As part of my M.Sc studies in the University of Leicester, UK, I studied the association between copy number variations and late tissue toxicity effects of radiotherapy in breast cancer patients and compared radiosensitivity of primary cultured murine breast tumor cells with the adherent normal cells. For my doctoral thesis, I worked in a signal transduction lab (Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata), where I studied the mechanism of transcriptional regulation and stability of a notable tumor suppressor in breast cancer, along with downstream cascading effects on cellular apoptosis. My work included immunohistochemical analyses; promoter, immunofluorescence, and immunoprecipitation studies; cell cycle analyses; and several functional assays that help delineate gene expression networks. I also developed experimental expertise in animal handling for development of primary and metastatic tumor model.