Dr. Chandra Pal Singh

Assistant Professor
Department of Botany
University of Rajasthan
India

Professor Plant Sciences
Biography

"After completing his Master degree in Botany from the Maharani Shri Jaya College, Bharatpur, in 2004, Dr. CP Singh (born 1984) opted for a career in research, he joined Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, in September 2007, but later (March 2008) moved to Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad. During his Ph.D. training he worked on host-pathogen interaction using Bombyx mori and its pathogen Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) as models. Most of his research centered on viral-encoded microRNAs identification and characterizing their role in virus infection. Dr. CP obtained his Ph.D. in January 2014 from the CDFD, Hyderabad. In December 2013, he joined University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, as Assistant Professor, in the Department of Botany. His current research interests involves, role of small RNAs in combating abiotic stress in plants and in insect immunity. "

Research Intrest

Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics and Small RNA Functions.

List of Publications
Singh J, Singh CP, Bhavani A, Nagaraju J. Discovering microRNAs from Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedrosis virus. Virology. 2010 407:120–128.
Singh CP, Singh J, Nagaraju J. A Baculovirus-Encoded MicroRNA (miRNA) Suppresses Its Host miRNA Biogenesis by Regulating the Exportin-5 Cofactor Ran. Journal of Virology. 2012 86(15):7867.
Singh CP, Singh J, Nagaraju J. bmnpv-miR-3 facilitates BmNPV infection by modulating the expression of viral P6.9 and other late genes, in Bombyx mori. Insect biochemistry and molecular biology. 2014 49:59-69.
Singh CP, Vaishna RL, Kakkar A, Arunkumar KP, Nagaraju J. Characterization of antiviral and antibacterial activity of Bombyx mori seroin proteins. Cellular microbiology. 2014 Sep;16(9):1354-1365.