Dr. Umashankar Singh

Background and Experience:

Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, April 2021 - Present
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (May 2015 to March 2021)
Researcher, IGP, Uppsala University, Oct 2011 - May 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, IGP, Uppsala University, Nov 2006 - Oct 2011
Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University, Jun 2006 - Nov 2006
PhD, ZUB, Uppsala University, Uppsala, & Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, 2006
MSc, Hamdard University, Delhi, 1999
BSc, University of Delhi, 1997

Research Interest:

Umashankar Singh’s lab is involved in identifying novel non-oncogene addiction mechanisms. His recent work has established the human factor CGGBP1 and interacting proteins as a paradigm to study non-canonical cell survival mechanisms that are advantageous for normal cell survival but absolutely indispensable for cancer cell proliferation. He employs epigenomic, genomic, transcriptomic and cDNA library-based proteome-wide studies in conjunction with cellular phenotyping. By enhancing our understanding of cell survival biology, his work potentially adds to the development of novel therapeutic modalities against survival vulnerabilities of cancer cells.