Sunit Kumar Singh

Indian Molecular Virologist

Sunit Kumar Singh
Singh in November 2022
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Wuerzburg, Germany
Academic work
DisciplineBiology
Sub-disciplineMolecular virology
InstitutionsBanaras Hindu University

Sunit Kumar Singh is an Indian molecular virologist and professor of Molecular Immunology & Virology at the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University.[1] Currently, he is the director of the Dr. B R Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research (ACBR), New Delhi.[1][2][3][4][5]

Education and career

Sunit Kumar Singh earned his PhD in 2005 from University of Wuerzburg in Germany.[6] Prof. Singh has been a scientist at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad from 2006 to 2014. Dr. Singh led a research group in the area of neurovirology and inflammation biology as a scientist at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad. In 2014, he joined the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India. Prof. Singh has been Head of the Molecular Biology Unit, Institute of Medical Science, BHU, Varanasi for more than eight years.[7] In addition, he has been the Professor Incharge of Center of Experimental Medicine & Surgery at the Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi for about five years [8] Prior to these, Prof. Singh has worked in research roles at University of California, and School of Medicine, Yale University.[1] In March 2023, Prof. Singh has been appointed as the Director of the Dr B R Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research (ACBR), New Delhi in year 2023.[9] In addition, Prof. Singh is also the Director of the Delhi Scool of Public Health (DSPH),[10] Institution of Eminence, University of Delhi.


Awards

Sunit K. Singh, received many awards and fellowships for his contribution in the area of virology. Prof. Singh has been quite active in disseminating the right information to the society during various virus outbreaks such as: SARS-CoV2 and Monkeypox outbreaks as a part of his public outreach activity.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

  • Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS)[1]
  • Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences India (FNASc)[18][19]
  • Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB)[20][21]
  • Elected Fellow of Indian Academy of Neuroscience (FIANS)[22][23][24]
  • Professor Sohail Ahmad Award' of Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences[25][26]
  • ICMR- Prof. B. K. Aikat Oration Award for Tropical Diseases[27][28][29]
  • NAVBD-Molecular Biology Award[30][31]
  • ICMR-Chaturvedi Ghanshyam Das Jaigopal Memorial Award for Immunology[32][33]
  • ICMR-Dr. J. B Srivastav Memorial Oration Award for Virology[34][35]

Publications

Sunit K. Singh contributed to the area of neurovirology and inflammation biology. Prof. Singh has published his research findings in various international peer reviewed journals in the area of Molecular Virology. In addition to his original research publications in high impact factor peer reviewed journals, Prof. Singh has published many books in the area of Infectious Diseases such as: Neuroviral Infections- Vol-I and Vol-II,[36] Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers,[37] Human Respiratory Viral Infections [38] by CRC Press/ Taylor & Francis group, USA, Neglected Tropical Diseases-South Asia,[39] Defense Against Biological Attacks- Vol-I and Vol-II[40] by Springer, USA;Viral Infections and Global Change,[41] Human Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases- Vol-I and Vol-II [42] by Wiley Blackwell Publications, USA. Prof. Singh has been associated with many reputed peer reviewed International journals as Deputy Editor, Section Editor and Editorial Board Member. Prof. Singh contributed immensely in understanding the molecular pathogenesis of different neurotropic viruses.[43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51]

References

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  11. ^ Sunit K Singh, The Conversation (4 July 2021). "Explained: What's the 'Delta plus' variant? And will Covid-19 vaccines work against it?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  12. ^ "Is Deltacron a new COVID-19 variant? Here's what you need to know". Business Today. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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  36. ^ Sunit K. Singh; Daniel Ruzek, eds. (2020). Neuroviral Infections: Two Volume Set. CRC Press. doi:10.1201/9780429173868. ISBN 9781482260564.
  37. ^ "Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  38. ^ Singh, Sunit K., ed. (2014). Human Respiratory Viral Infections. CRC Press. doi:10.1201/b16778. ISBN 9780429102875.
  39. ^ Singh, Sunit K, ed. (2017). Neglected Tropical Diseases - South Asia. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-68493-2. ISBN 978-3-319-68492-5. S2CID 3961034.
  40. ^ Singh, Sunit K.; Kuhn, Jens H., eds. (2019). Defense Against Biological Attacks. doi:10.1007/978-3-030-03053-7. ISBN 978-3-030-03052-0. S2CID 88480831.
  41. ^ Singh, Sunit K., ed. (15 October 2013). Viral Infections and Global Change (1 ed.). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781118297469. ISBN 978-1-118-29787-2.
  42. ^ "Human Emerging and Re-emerging Infections, 2 Volume Set | Wiley". Wiley.com. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  43. ^ Bhardwaj, Utkarsh; Singh, Sunit K. (June 2023). "Zika virus NS1 suppresses VE-cadherin via hsa-miR-29b-3p/DNMT3b/MMP-9 pathway in human brain microvascular endothelial cells". Cellular Signalling. 106: 110659. doi:10.1016/j.cellsig.2023.110659. PMID 36948479. S2CID 257675351.
  44. ^ Shukla, Astha; Rastogi, Meghana; Singh, Sunit K. (December 2021). "Zika virus NS1 suppresses the innate immune responses via miR-146a in human microglial cells". International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 193 (Pt B): 2290–2296. doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.11.061. PMID 34798192. S2CID 244282312.
  45. ^ Bhardwaj, Utkarsh; Singh, Sunit K. (December 2021). "Zika Virus NS1 Suppresses VE-Cadherin and Claudin-5 via hsa-miR-101-3p in Human Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells". Molecular Neurobiology. 58 (12): 6290–6303. doi:10.1007/s12035-021-02548-x. ISSN 0893-7648. PMID 34487317. S2CID 237421965.
  46. ^ Pandey, Neha; Rastogi, Meghana; Singh, Sunit K. (December 2021). "Chandipura virus dysregulates the expression of hsa-miR-21-5p to activate NF-κB in human microglial cells". Journal of Biomedical Science. 28 (1): 52. doi:10.1186/s12929-021-00748-0. ISSN 1423-0127. PMC 8265105. PMID 34233673.
  47. ^ Rastogi, Meghana; Singh, Sunit Kumar (November 2020). "Japanese Encephalitis Virus exploits microRNA-155 to suppress the non-canonical NF-κB pathway in human microglial cells". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms. 1863 (11): 194639. doi:10.1016/j.bbagrm.2020.194639. PMID 32987149. S2CID 222168974.
  48. ^ Rastogi, Meghana; Singh, Sunit K. (September 2020). "Zika virus NS1 affects the junctional integrity of human brain microvascular endothelial cells". Biochimie. 176: 52–61. doi:10.1016/j.biochi.2020.06.011. PMID 32640279. S2CID 220435543.
  49. ^ Rastogi, Meghana; Singh, Sunit K. (9 August 2019). "Modulation of Type-I Interferon Response by hsa-miR-374b-5p During Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infection in Human Microglial Cells". Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 9: 291. doi:10.3389/fcimb.2019.00291. ISSN 2235-2988. PMC 6695837. PMID 31448245.
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