Anil Kumar Panigrahi

Anil Kumar Panigrahi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine. His research focuses on understanding the mechanisms of enhancer action and the dynamics of transcriptional regulation using cell-free assays. He investigates proteomic interactions at enhancer-promoter contacts and their role in gene activation, as well as physical interactions within gene coding and regulatory regions during transcription.

Dr. Panigrahi’s work combines biochemical and genomic approaches to study chromatin remodeling, epigenetic regulation, and their implications in cancer and cellular processes. Notable contributions include elucidating estrogen-induced chromatin looping and mitochondrial metabolic vulnerabilities in prostate cancer.

His publications span topics such as cohesin-RAD21 interactions, separase enzyme activity validation, and SWI/SNF complex mechanisms. Despite no listed awards, his research emphasizes translational applications in oncology and molecular biology.