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Virendra Singh

Virendra Singh
Virendra Singh
Assistant Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Biotechnology
Room No
132
Off. Phone
011-26738778
Email
virendrasingh@mail.jnu.ac.in, singhvirendra@live.com
Personal Webpage
https://vsprecisionmedicinelab.in/
Qualifications

Ph.D. 2011: Bio-medical Pathology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow & S. N. Medical College, Agra (Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra)

M.Sc. 2003: Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Cancer Genetics, Genomics, Epigenomics, Molecular Pathology, Multi-omics data integration

Experience

Jan 2020 to Present: Assistant Professor, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.

Sept 2019 to Jan 2020: Scientist-II, Multi-disciplinary Research Unit (MRU), Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi.

July 2018 to June 2019: Research Associate, School of Life Sciences, JNU, New Delhi.

July 2015 to June 2018: UGC-Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoc Fellow, School of Life Sciences, JNU, New Delhi.

Feb 2012 to May 2015: Research Associate, ICMR-National Institute of Pathology, New Delhi.

Awards & Honours

2002: CSIR-UGC NET Junior Research Fellowship by University Grant Commission, New Delhi

2003: Qualified GATE exam organized by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras

2015: Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship by University Grant Commission, New Delhi

2020: Developing Country award by American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)

Member of American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG)

International Collaboration/Consultancy

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Best Peer Reviewed Publications

Singh V, Rastogi N, Sinha A, Kumar A, Mathur N, Singh MP. A study on the association of cytochrome-P450 1A1 polymorphism and breast cancer risk in north Indian women. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2007; 101(1):73-81.

Singh V, Rastogi N, Mathur N, Singh K, Singh MP. Association of Polymorphism in MDM-2 and p53 Genes with Breast Cancer Risk in Indian Women. Annals of Epidemiology. 2008;18(1):48-57.

Singh V, Singh LC, Singh AP, Sharma J, Borthakur BB, Debnath A, Rai AK, Phukan RK, Mahanta J, Kataki AC, Kapur S, Saxena S. Status of epigenetic chromatin modification enzymes and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk in northeast Indian population. American Journal of Cancer Research. 2015 Feb 15;5(3):979-99.

Singh V, Singh LC, Vasudevan M, Chattopadhyay I, Borthakar BB, Rai AK, Phukan RK, Sharma J, Mahanta J, Kataki AC, Kapur S, Saxena S. Esophageal Cancer Epigenomics and Integrome Analysis of Genome-Wide Methylation and Expression in High Risk Northeast Indian Population. OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology. 2015 Nov;19(11):688-99.

Sinha A, Singh V, Singh S, Yadav S. Proteomic analyses reveal lower expression of TEX40 and ATP6V0A2 proteins related to calcium ion entry and acrosomal acidification in asthenozoospermic males. Life Sciences. 2019 Feb 1;218:81-88.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

Sinha A, Singh V, Tandon R, Mohan Srivastava L. Dichotomy of complement system: Tumorigenesis or destruction. Immunol Lett. 2020 Jul;223:89-96.

Singh V, Singh R, Kujur PK, Singh RP. Combination of Resveratrol and Quercetin Causes Cell Growth Inhibition, DNA Damage, Cell Cycle Arrest, and Apoptosis in Oral Cancer Cells. Assay Drug Dev Technol. 2020 Jul;18(5):226-238.