Dr. Amit Singh

Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine, USA


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Molecular Sciences from Baylor College of Medicine, USA

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Area of Interest:

Molecular Sciences
Medical Sciences
Microbiology
Drosophila
Molecular Genetics

Selected Publications

  1. Usman, M. and A. Singh, 2011. A new undergraduate curriculum in mathematical biology at the university of dayton. J. STEM Educ., 12: 9-17.

  2. Tare, M., R.M. Modi, J.J. Nainaparampil, O. Puli-Roy and S. Bedi et al., 2011. Activation of JNK signaling mediates amyloid-beta-dependent cell death. PLoS One, 6: 1-12.

  3. Singh, A., M. Tare, M. Kango-Singh, W.S. Son, K.O. Cho and K.W. Choi, 2011. Opposing interactions between homothorax and lobe defines the ventral eye margin of Drosophila eye. Dev. Biol., .
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  4. Call, G.B., S. Verghese, O.R. Puli, D.M. Hemmerle, M. Kango-Singh and A. Singh, 2011. Annual drosophila research conference, 2011. Dev. Dyn., 240: 2042-2050.
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  5. Singh, A. and P.A. Tsonis, 2010. Focus on molecule: Six 3-master or apprentice?. Exp. Eye Res., 90: 535-536.
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  6. Oros, S.M., M. Tare, M. Kango-Singh and A. Singh, 2010. Dorsal eye selector pannier (pnr) suppresses the eye fate to define dorsal margin of the Drosophila eye. Dev. Biol., 346: 258-271.
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  7. Call, G.B., O.R. Puli, S. Verghese and A. Singh, 2010. Shop talk: Annual drosophila research conference, 2010. Dev. Dyn., 239: 3124-3129.
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  8. Tare, M., O.P.G. Roy, M.S. Oros and A. Singh, 2009. Drosophila adult eye model to teach scanning electron microscopy in an undergraduate cell biology laboratory. Dros. Inf. Serv., 92: 174-180.

  9. Singh, A., M. Kango-Singh and K.P. Gopinathan, 2009. Patterning defects in silkworm embryos analysed through cuticle preparations. Sericologia, 49: 113-117.

  10. Kango-Singh, M. and A. Singh, 2009. Regulation of organ size: Insights from the drosophila hippo signaling pathway. Dev. Dyn., 238: 1627-1637.
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  11. Tare, M. and A. Singh, 2008. A cell Biology laboratory exercise to study sub-cellular organelles in Drosophila. Dros. Inf. S.erv., 91: 160-164.
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  12. Kango-Singh, M., G.B. Call, A. Singh, 2008. Annual Drosophila research conference, 2008. Dev. Dyn., 237: 3444-3452.
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  13. Singh, A., M. Kango-Singh, R. Parthasarathy and K.P. Gopinathan, 2007. Larval legs of mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori are prototypes for the adult legs. Genesis, 45: 169-176.
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  14. Lim, J., O.K. Lee, Y.C. Hsu, A. Singh and K.W. Choi, 2007. Drosophila TRAP230/240 are essential coactivators for atonal in retinal neurogenesis. Dev. Biol., 308: 322-330.
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  15. Singh, A., S. Xiao and K.W. Choi, 2006. Lobe and serrate are required for cell survival during early eye development in Drosophila. Development, 133: 4771-4781.
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  16. Singh, A., 2006. Eye development at Houston fly meeting. Int. J. Dev. Biol., 50: 659-663.
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  17. Singh, A. and M. Kango-Singh, 2006. Annual Drosophila research conference, 2006. Dev. Dyn., 235: 2900-2904.
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  18. Singh, A., J. Chan, J.J. Chern and K.W. Choi, 2005. Genetic interaction of lobe with its modifiers in dorsoventral patterning and growth of the Drosophila eye. Genetics, 171: 169-183.
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  19. Singh, A., M. Kango-Singh, K.W. Choi and Y.H. Sun, 2004. Dorso-ventral asymmetric functions of teashirt in Drosophila eye development depend on spatial cues provided by early DV patterning genes. Mech. Dev., 121: 365-370.
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  20. Singh, A. and K.W. Choi, 2003. Initial state of Drosophila eye before dorsoventral specification is equivalent to ventral. Development, 130: 6351-6360.
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  21. Kango-Singh, M., A. Singh and Y.H. Sun, 2003. Eyeless collaborates with hedgehog and decapentaplegic signaling in Drosophila eye induction. Dev. Biol., 256: 49-60.
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  22. Singh, A., M. Kango-Singh and Y.H. Sun, 2002. Eye suppression, a novel function of teashirt, requires wingless signaling. Development, 129: 4271-4280.
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  23. Kango-Singh, M., A. Singh and K.P. Gopinathan, 2001. The wings of Bombyx mori develop from larval discs exhibiting an early differentiated state: A preliminary report. J. Biosci., 26: 167-177.
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  24. Singh, A. and K.P. Gopinathan, 1998. Confocal microscopy, a powerful tool for biological research. Curr. Sci., 74: 841-851.

  25. Gopinathan, K.P., O. Joy and A. Singh, 1998. Developmental Aspects of Mulberry and Non-Mulberry Silkworm Species: A comparative Study. In: Genome Analysis in Eukaryotes: Developmental and evolutionary aspects, Chatterjee, R.N. and L. Sanchez (Eds.)., Springer-Verlag, New York, 978-3540635246, pp: 65-97.

  26. Singh, A. andK.P. Gopinathan, 1997. Study of gene expression in whole mount silkworm embryos using heterologous Drosophila antibodies. Curr. Sci., 72: 214-219.

  27. Singh, A., 1995. Enhancer trap technique: A novel tool for identification and developmental characterization of genes of Drosophila. Curr. Sci., 68: 517-525.

  28. Singh, A. and M. Kango, 1995. An improved devitellinization technique with a high yield of X-gal stained embryos. D. I. S., Vol. 76. .

  29. Bhojwani, J., A. Singh, L. Misquitta, A. Mishra and P. Sinha, 1995. Search for Drosophila genes based on patterned expression reporter gene of a P/acW vector in adult eyes. Dev. Gene Biol., 205: 114-121.
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  30. Singh A., M. Kango and P. Sinha, 1994. An improved method for chemical devitellinization of X-gal stained Drosophila embryos. Ind. J. Exp. Biol., 33: 150-152.
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