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An inquisitive person with expertise and 10+ years experience in biology, biotechnology and technical writing

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I am a trained Bio-technologist with extensive experience in recombinant DNA technology, genetics, protein science, molecular biology, medical microbiology, CRISPR/Cas9 and animal cell culture. I hold PhD in Animal Biotechnology and have many research articles to my name and have done different freelance academic writing work, with good client feedback. Currently, working as post-doctoral Scientist at Leibniz University Hanover, Germany on understanding cell biology of S. venezuelae using protein biochemistry, molecular biology, the CRISPR/Cas9 system, protein-ligand biophysical assays. Worked as postdoctoral Scientist at HZI, Braunschweig, Germany for characterizing proteins involved in P. aeruginosa infection using CRISPR, Structural biology, Molecular microbiology and Galleria infection model. I was awarded with National Postdoctoral fellowship and worked on elucidating ‘Antibiotic resistance’ in community using metagenomics, in silico approaches and molecular biology approaches. My PhD work was on understanding host-microbe interactions using surface proteins. We produced recombinant probiotic surface proteins (Mub) and used it for preventing pathogen infection in human cells. Insights into other functionalities of Mub protein was explored using in-silico approaches like molecular docking, molecular simulations and function prediction tools. This led to a highly potent protein - Mub, effective as an anti pathogen-adhesion agent and a prospective 'Nutraceutical'. I have published >4 papers including in Scientific Reports and Environmental Chemistry Letters. My MSc. research was on preparation of controlled drug release formulations containing metformin hydrochloride. Skills: i) Gene cloning & protein expression, Functional metagenomics, Next Gen. sequencing, ELISA, SDS-PAGE, qPCR, PAGE, Western blot and Advanced protein purification techniques like Ultrafiltration, HPLC, Preparative IEF-based purification. ii) Cell culture techniques (primary culture and use of intestinal cell lines for functional analyses). iii) Biophysical techniques like UV-Vis Spectroscopy, FTIR, Tm analysis, Fluorimeter, DSC, Immunofluorescence. iv) GraphPad Prism, OriginPro 9.1, YASARA, Hex, I-TASSER, PyMOL, MEGA6, CLUSTAL-X, EzEDITOR, DNASTAR & UGENE package, ExPASY and NCBI tools. v)GMP, GLP, HACCAP, FSSAI and ISO regulations. vi) Grant writing, Academic writing, Leadership, Effective communication and Collaboration.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Microbiology
• ☆ Industrial Microbiology
• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Biochemical Assays
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ PCR
• ☆ Next Generation Sequencing (NGS)
• ☆ Biophysics
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Recombinant Protein Expression
• ☆ Biomolecular Engineering
• ☆ Gene Editing/CRISPR
• ☆ Protein/Enzyme Engineering
• ☆ Blotting
• ☆ Clinical Laboratory Science
• ☆ Clinical Biochemistry

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research Market Research, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Product Development Formulation, Prototyping

Work Experience

Post doctoral Scientist

Leibniz Universität Hannover

May 2021 - Present

Scientist

Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

May 2019 - April 2021

DST SERB-National Postdoctoral fellow

National Centre For Cell Science

May 2017 - April 2019

Assistant Professor in Biotechnology

Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India

January 2017 - May 2017

Education

PhD - Animal Biotechnology (Animal Biotechnology Centre)

National Dairy Research Institute

July 2011 - November 2016

M.Sc. Biotechnology (Biotechnology )

Thapar University

July 2008 - August 2010

BSc. Biotechnology (Biotechnology)

A N College

July 2005 - July 2008

Certifications

• 1 year PG Diploma in Food Safety and Quality Management

  Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India

  July 2017 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Kumar Siddharth Singh, Abhishek Keer, Aakib Zed, Rahila Jasmeen, Kamini Mishra, Neha Mourya, Dhiraj Paul, Dhiraj Dhotre, Yogesh Shouche(2023). High Antibiotic Resistance in Indian Sewage Shows Distinct Trends and might be Disjoint from in-situ Antibiotic Levels . Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 234. (7). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Kumar Siddharth Singh, Ritu Choudhary, Sonu Bisht, Sudarshan Kumar, Ashok Kumar Mohanty, Sunita Grover, Jai Kumar Kaushik(2023). Host-microbe interaction and pathogen exclusion mediated by an aggregation-prone surface layer protein of Lactobacillus helveticus . International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 244. p. 125146. Elsevier {BV}

Kumar Siddharth Singh, Anamika Singh, Rachael Terumbur Duche, Arundhati Ganesh Wandhare, Jaspreet Kaur Sian, Brij Pal Singh, Manvesh Kumar Sihag, Vikas Sangwan, Shreya Talan, Harsh Panwar(2023). Milk-Derived Antimicrobial Peptides: Overview, Applications, and Future Perspectives . Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 15. (1). p. 44--62. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

Kumar Siddharth Singh, Dhiraj Paul, Abhishek Gupta, Dhiraj Dhotre, Frank Klawonn, Yogesh Shouche(2023). Indian sewage microbiome has unique community characteristics and potential for population-level disease predictions . Science of The Total Environment. 858. p. 160178. Elsevier {BV}

Kumar Siddharth Singh, Maria Schumacher, Mirka E. Wörmann, Max Henderson, Raul Salinas, Andreas Latoscha, Mahmoud M. Al-Bassam, Elaine Barclay, Katrin Gunka, Natalia Tschowri(2022). Allosteric regulation of glycogen breakdown by the second messenger cyclic di-GMP . Nature Communications. 13. (1). Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

K.S. Singh, B.P. Singh, N. Rokana, N. Singh, J. Kaur, A. Singh, Harsh Panwar(2021). Bio‐therapeutics from human milk: prospects and perspectives . Journal of Applied Microbiology. 131. (6). p. 2669--2687. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

Kumar Siddharth Singh, Santosh Anand, Sunny Dholpuria, Jitendra Kumar Sharma, Wulf Blankenfeldt, Yogesh Shouche(2021). Antimicrobial resistance dynamics and the one-health strategy: a review . Environmental Chemistry Letters. 19. (4). p. 2995--3007. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

H. Panwar, N. Rokana, S. V. Aparna, J. Kaur, A. Singh, J. Singh, K.S. Singh, V. Chaudhary, Anil Kumar Puniya(2021). Gastrointestinal stress as innate defence against microbial attack . Journal of Applied Microbiology. 130. (4). p. 1035--1061. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

Wandhare, A. G., Singh, A., Kaur, J., Sihag, M. K., Dar, R. A., Singh, K. S., ... & Gill, J. P. S. (2021). Staphylococcus aureus: significance, control and rapid detection across milk chain. Indian Journal of Dairy Science, 74(3).

(2020). Probiotic mediated NF-κB regulation for prospective management of type 2 diabetes . Molecular biology reports.

(2018). Mechanistic insights into the host-microbe interaction and pathogen exclusion mediated by the Mucus-binding protein of Lactobacillus plantarum . Scientific Reports.

(2018). Synbiotic combination of Lactobacillus rhamnosus NCDC 298 and short chain fructooligosaccharides prevents enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection . LWT.

Bisht S, Singh KS, Choudhary R, Kumar S, Grover S, Mohanty AK, Pande V, Kaushik JK(2018). Expression of fibronectin-binding protein of L. acidophilus NCFM and in vitro refolding to adhesion capable native-like protein from inclusion bodies . Protein expression and purification.

Singh KS, Choudhary R, Bisht S, Grover S, Kumar S, Mohanty AK, Kaushik JK(2017). Expression of recombinant truncated domains of mucus-binding (Mub) protein of Lactobacillus plantarum in soluble and biologically active form . Protein expression and purification.

BOOK

Emerging Modalities in Mitigation of Antimicrobial Resistance @book{2022, doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-84126-3}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-030-84126-3}, year = 2022, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, editor = {Nadeem Akhtar and Kumar Siddharth Singh and Prerna and Dinesh Goyal}, title = {Emerging Modalities in Mitigation of Antimicrobial Resistance}} . Springer International Publishing.

BOOK CHAPTER

Kumar Siddharth Singh, Santosh Anand, Sunny Dholpuria, Jitendra Kumar Sharma, Yogesh Shouche(2020). Antimicrobial Resistance Paradigm and One-Health Approach . Sustainable Agriculture Reviews. p. 1--32. Springer International Publishing