Dr Varinder Jeet
Position:
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre - Queensland
Credentials:
- PhD at University of New South Wales
- MSc at Punjabi University, Patiala
Biography:
Dr Varinder Jeet received a Masters degree in Biotechnology from Punjabi University, India and went on to complete his PhD studies at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, in 2009.
He started his PhD in 2005, after receiving the Sydney Foundation of Medical Research Postgraduate Scholarship. During his PhD, he investigated various aspects of prostate cancer (PCa), including development of a suitable model for prostate cancer progression, study of mechanisms underlying advanced PCa and targeted gene therapy mediated approaches to curb the growth and proliferation of PCa cells.
Soon after completing his PhD, he moved to Brisbane to work on the dendritic cell-based cancer immunotherapy at the Mater Hospital.
Dr Jeet’s research interests include: the identification of the molecular changes associated with the progression of prostate cancer towards androgen independence via use of high-throughput bioprofiling for screening, validation, and functional evaluation of targets.
His current project at The Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-Queensland involves the identification and targeting of various molecular markers that underlie the progression of prostate cancer towards androgen independence.
Best publications:
androgen action, androgen receptor, genomics, prostate cancer.
