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Rana P. Singh

Rana P. Singh

Rana P. Singh
Rana P. Singh
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Life Sciences
Room No
104
Off. Phone
011-26704503
Email
rana_singh@mail.jnu.ac.in & ranaps@hotmail.com
Personal Webpage
http://www.rpscancerlab.com/
Personal files
R.P.Singh-CV_June_2021.pdf
Qualifications

Ph.D

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Carcinogenesis, Cancer Chemoprevention and Therapeutics, Tumor Angiogenesis, Radiation Therapy, Anticancer Drug Development from Natural Agents, Spheroids and Cancer Stem Cells

Experience

21 years (Post-Ph.D)

Awards & Honours

1. Indo-US Science Technology Forum (IUSSTF)- 2019 Award for establishing "Centre for Integrative Cancer Biology and Therapeutics" (Virtual Networked Centre - JNU and Stanford University)

2. ICMR International Fellowship for Young Biomedical Scientists-2013-14. (University of California Riverside, USA) 

3. Post-doctoral Trainee Award for Prostate Cancer Research, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, Department of Defense, USA. (2003)

4. Scholar-in-Training Award, American Association for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, PA, USA. (2002)

Editorial Board Member (present):

1. Journal of Cancer Prevention (2021- )

2. Scientific Reports- Assocaite Editor (2018- )

3. Frontiers in Cellular Biochemistry - Review Editor (2013- ) 

International Collaboration/Consultancy

1. Knight Cancer Institute; School of Medicine, Oregon Health Science University, USA.

2. School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Denver, CO, USA.

3. College of Pharmacy, Sahmyook University, Seoul, South Korea. 

4. Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

5. Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University, South Africa 

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Vinchure OS, Sharma V, Tabasum S, Ghosh S, Singh RP, Sarkar C, Kulshreshtha R. Polycomb complex mediated epigenetic reprogramming alters TGF-β signaling via a novel EZH2/miR-490/TGIF2 axis thereby inducing migration and EMT potential in glioblastomas. International Journal of Cancer, doi: 10.1002/ijc.32360. 2019.

2. Sabarwal A, Agarwal R, Singh RP. Fisetin inhibits cellular proliferation and induces mitochondria-dependent apoptosis in human gastric cancer cells. Molecular Carcinogenesis, 56(2):499-514, 2017.

3. Nambiar DK, Rajamani P, Deep G, Jain AK, Agarwal R, Singh RP. Silibinin preferentially radiosensitizes prostate cancer by inhibiting DNA repair signaling. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, 14; 2722-34, 2015.

4. Tailor D, Hahm ER, Kale RK, Singh SV, Singh RP. Sodium butyrate induces DRP1-mediated mitochondrial fusion and apoptosis in human colorectal cancer cells. Mitochondrion, 16; 55-64, 2014.

5. Singh RP, Deep G, Chittezhath M, Kaur M, Dwyer-Nield LD, Malkinson AM, Agarwal R. Effect of silibinin on the growth and progression of primary lung tumors in mice. Journal of National Cancer Institute, 98; 846-55, 2006.  

 

Publications: 164 (Research articles: 145; Book chapters: 13; Proceedings: 5 and Book: 1), 71/145 Papers in Journals of > 5 Impact Factor, H-index: 69, Citations: >11,000

Conference/Abstract presentation/publication: 137
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

Book:
1. Breast Cancer – Biology, Prevention and Treatment.  A.R. Rao and Rana P. Singh. Red Flower Publication, New Delhi, 2015.

Guest Editor for Special Issues:
1. Mitochondrion (2019) - Mitochondria in Health and Disease
2. Mitochondrion (May, 2014) – Role of Mitochondria in Health and Disease
3. Nutrition and Cancer (May, 2013) – Mechanisms of Bioactive Phytochemicals in Cancer Chemoprevention
4. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (Nov. 2011) - Emerging Trends in Cancer: Prevention and Therapeutics 

Patents (if any)

1. Singh RP, Nambiar D, Agarwal R. “A novel and selective radiosensitizing agent for providing mechanism-based radiosensitizing effects in prostate cancer.” Patent files, application no. 2889/del/2015.  

2. Kaschula, CH, Singh RP, Sabarwal A, Dheeraj A." 4’-substituted analogues of fisetin and their use in the treatment of cancer." 202021052123/IN/Nov2020.

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.