CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Associate Professor

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i.????????????? Development of novel anti-aging strategies targeting autophagy pathways against brain aging and age-related neurodegenerative disorders.

ii.???????????? Development of autophagy modulating nanoparticles blended biopolymeric scaffolds for improved neurogenesis process.

iii.?????????? Development and validation of a 3D model of brain aging in the dish.

iv.?????????? Neurotoxicological assessment of new chemical entities.

Teaching:

Teaching Gene Therapy Products, Basics of Biomaterials, and Bioprocess Engineering to M.Sc. By 必威体育betway888 in Biotherapeutics students.

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i.???????????? Understanding the protective effect of chlorogenic acid in rat embryonic neural stem cells prenatally exposed to air particulate matter: A transcriptome-based approach. Funded by Core 必威体育betway888 Grant (CRG) scheme of SERB, DST, Govt. of India. Budget: Rs 52.65 Lacs (2023-2026).

ii.??????????? Understanding the cross-talk between autophagy and neurogenesis process in human neural stem cells through RNA-Seq analysis. Funded by the Scheme for Transformational and Advanced 必威体育betway888 in Sciences (STARS) scheme of MHRD, Govt. of India. Budget: Rs 61.00 Lacs (2023-2026).

Profile:?

Google Scholar profile:?

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=107cCLUAAAAJ&hl=en

LinkedIn profile:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-abhishek-kumar-singh-568853154/

ORCID Link:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3186-9898?

Experience

Institution / Organisation	Designation	Role	Tenure
必威体育betway888 Centre for Biotherapeutics 必威体育betway888, 必威体育betway888 Academy of Higher Education, 必威体育betway888, Karnataka	Associate Professor	Teaching and research in area of biotherapeutics	July 2023 to date
Amity University, Noida	Assistant Professor in Neuroscience	Responsible for teaching various courses to UG, PG and Ph.D. students of Neuroscience, and research in the area of anti-aging effects of caloric restriction mimetics in aging brain.	April 2018 - July 2023
Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh	UGC-Dr. D.S. Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellow	必威体育betway888 on autophagy-mediated neuroprotection in Alzheimer’s disease	May 2015 - April 2018
Department of Biotechnology and Medical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha	Postdoctoral fellow	必威体育betway888 on human stem cells-based bone, skin, and nerve tissue engineering	October 2014 - May 2015
Washington State University, Spokane, USA	Postdoctoral fellow	必威体育betway888 on epigenetic regulation of the telomerase gene during stem cell differentiation	May 2014 – October 2014
Department of Biotechnology, Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh	Assistant Professor	Teaching to UG and PG students of Biotechnology	July 2013 - May 2014