Dr. Vijender Singh

Assistant Professor (Veterinary Biochemistry)

Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, College of Veterinary Sciences, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Hisar-125004 (Haryana) India. Phone: 01662-256106 (O) Phone: 01662-289570 (R) Mobile: +91-9416090429 E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Educational Qualifications 2005-2011: PhD (Immunology), JNU, New Delhi (CSIR, IMTECH-JNU PhD Programme) 2003-2005: MVSc (Animal Biochemistry), IVRI, Bareilly 1997-2002: BVSc & AH, CCSHAU, Hisar Post-doctoral Training/ 2011-2014: Post-doctoral Research Fellow Fellowship (Molecular Pathogenesis and Novel Vaccines) Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine Vancouver General Hospital University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Fellowships & Awards . National Travel Grant from Indian Immunology Society to attend “37th Indian Immunology Conference” held at Jammu, India, February 7-9, 2011 . International Travel Grant from Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India to attend International Conference on “Immunological Mechanisms of Vaccination” part of The Keystone Symposia Global Health Series, held at Seattle, Washington, USA, October 27-November 1, 2010. . Senior Research Fellowship, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (2007 to 2010). . National Eligibility Test (NET) for lectureship, Indian Council of Agriculture Research (2009). . Junior Research Fellowship, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (2005 to 2007). . Junior Research Fellowship, Indian Council of Agriculture Research (2003 to 2005). . National Eligibility Test (NET) (Joint Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-University Grant Commission) for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship, 2004.

. All India 8th rank in Biotechnology-Biochemistry streams in Junior Research Fellowship Examination, Indian Council of Agriculture Research (2003). Employment Details March, 2014 – to till date Assistant Professor, LUVAS, Hisar Research Interests Diagnostic & Therapeutic Proteins; Molecular Pathogenesis Membership of scientific . Haryana Veterinary Council societies . CCS HAU Alumni Association . Indian Immunology Society . Indian Society for Advancement of Canine Practice Selected Publications . Lau A, Singh V, Soualhine H, Hmama Z. Expression of Cathepsin S in BCG Converts it into a Pro-apoptotic and Highly Immunogenic Strain. Vaccine 2017: 35 (16):2060-2068 Thomas Reuter Impact Factor: 3.413 NAAS Rating: 9.413

. Joseph S, Yuen A, Singh V, Hmama Z. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cpn60.2 (GroEL2) Blockes Macrophage Apoptosis Via Interaction with Mitochondrial Mortalin. Biology Open 2017: 6(4):481-488 Thomas Reuter Impact Factor: 2.135 NAAS Rating: 8.135

. Sun J, Singh V, Lau A, Stockes RW, Obregon- Henao A, Orme IM, Wong D, Av-Gay Y, Hmama Z. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase Inactivates Small GTPases Leading to Evasion of Innate Immunity. PLoS Pathogens 2013, 9(7): e1003499. PubMed ID: 23874203 Thomas Reuter Impact Factor: 9.13 NAAS Rating: 9.1

. Arya S, Sethi D, Singh S, Hade MD, Singh V, Raju P, Chodisetti SB, Verma D, Varshaney GC, Agrewala JN, Dikshit KL. Truncated hemoglobin, HbN, is post-translationally modified in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and modulates host- pathogen interactions during intracellular infection. Journal of Biological Chemistry 2013, 288 (41): 29987-99 PubMed ID: 23983123 Thomas Reuter Impact Factor: 4.6 NAAS Rating: 8.2

. Gowthaman U, Singh V, Zeng W, Jain S, Siddiqui KF, Chodisetti S, Gurram R, Parihar P, Gupta P, Gupta UD, Jackson D, Agrewala JN.

Promiscuous Peptide of 16 Kda Antigen Linked to Pam2Cys Protects against M. tuberculosis by Evoking Enduring Memory T Cell Response.

Journal of Infectious Diseases 2011, 204: 1328- 1338. PubMed ID:21933875 Thomas Reuter Impact Factor: 6.2 NAAS Rating: 8.5

. Singh V, Jain S, Gowthaman U, Parihar P, Gupta P, Gupta UD, Agrewala JN. Co-administration of IL-1+IL-6+TNF-α with Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infected Macrophages Vaccine Induces Better Protective T cell Memory than BCG. PloS ONE 2011, 6(1): e16097. PubMed ID: 21283805 Thomas Reuter Impact Factor: 4.0 NAAS Rating: 8.0

. Singh V, Gowthaman U, Jain S, Parihar P, Banskar S, Gupta P, Gupta UD, Agrewala JN. Coadministrtion of Interleukins 7 and 15 with Bacille Calmette-Guerin Mounts Enduring T cell Memory Response against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2010, 202:480-489. PubMed ID: 20569158 Thomas Reuter Impact Factor: 6.2 NAAS Rating: 8.5

Other Publications:

Research Article/s

Surbhi, Sangwan N, Sangwan AK, Singh V, Kumar A Inhibition of bovine platelets aggregation in response to Hyalomma anatolicum salivary gland proteins/peptides, Veterinary World 2016, 9 (11) : 1264-68. PubMed ID: 27956779

NAAS Rating: 5.1

Book Chapter/s:

Umesh D Gupta, Vijender Singh and Pushpa Gupta. Quest for a Novel Tuberculosis Vaccines: A Global Endeavor. In: Microbial Biotechnology and Ecology, 2011 Editors:Vyas, Deepak, G S Paliwala, P K Khare and RK Gupta. ISBN: 9788170356943 Daya Publishing House, New Delhi, India.