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Dr. Rashmi Prabha Singh

Dr. Rashmi Prabha Singh

Associate Professor, Life Science

rashmi.singh@sharda.ac.in

About

Dr. Rashmi Prabha Singh has received her Ph.D. degree on “Structural and Functional Studies of Mammalian Heme Peroxidases” from the Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi. She has completed her M.Sc. in Industrial Biotechnology from C. C. S. University Meerut, Campus. She was the gold medalist in her masters degree. She has done her M.Sc. Research Project from Plant Tissue Culture Division, Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow.

She has qualified CSIR-NET-JRF (2007) and CSIR-NET-JRF (2008). She has also Qualified GATE examination, 2008 with a 99.65 percentile and All India Rank- 48. Her Ph.D. research work was specifically focused on Protein Purification, Protein Crystallization, Biochemical Characterization of Proteins, Molecular Biology and Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography. She has submitted more than 24 PDBs in RCSB Protein Data Bank. She has published many international research papers in peer-reviewed journals. She is a lifetime member of the Indian Crystallographic Association (ICA). She is a Reviewer of many reputed journals. She has presented her research papers at various international and national conferences and seminars. She also won the ‘Best Oral Presentation Award at the National Seminar on Crystallography (NSC-42), 2013, held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her area of research work is Structure-based identification and validation of novel lead molecules against drug target proteins from various pathogens, which includes molecular biology and computational in-silico studies.

Experience
  • 12 Years
Qualification
  • Ph.D., All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India
  • M.Sc. in Industrial Biotechnology, CCS University Campus, Meerut, UP, India
Award & Recognition

  • Qualified CSIR-JRF National Exam (2008)
  • Qualified CSIR-JRF National Exam (2007)
  • GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) with 99.65 percentile, All India Rank- 48, 2008)
  • Awarded Senior Research Fellow in Oct, 2010
  • Awarded Junior Research Fellow in September 2008
  • Gold medalist in postgraduate
  • Best Oral Presentation Award, in National Seminar on Crystallography (NSC-42), 2013 held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India from November 21-23, 2013.
  • Lifetime member of the Indian Crystallographic Association.

Research

Research Publications- 18

  • Bhati, S. K., Anjum, F., Shamsi, A., Hassan, M. I., Jain, M., Muthukumaran, J., Singh, R. P., & Singh, A. K. “In silico screening and molecular dynamics analysis of natural DHPS enzyme inhibitors targeting Acinetobacter baumannii” Scientific Reports15(1), 1-13, 2025.
  • Kumar A, Anjum F, Hassan MI, Shamsi A, Singh RP* “Identification and prioritization of novel therapeutic candidates against glutamate racemase from Klebsiella pneumoniae.” PLoS ONE, 20(2), 2025
  • Singh E, Gupta A., Singh P., Jain M, Muthukumaran J, Singh RP*, Singh AK* “Exploring mammalian heme peroxidases: A comprehensive review on the structure and function of myeloperoxidase, lactoperoxidase, eosinophil peroxidase, thyroid peroxidase and peroxidasin”, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vol 761, Page 110155, 2024
  • Khan RJ, Singh E, Jha RK, Kumar A, Bhati SK, Zia MP, Jain M, Singh RP, Muthukumaran J, Singh AK “Identification and prioritization of potential therapeutic molecules against LpxA from Acinetobacter baumannii – A computational study Current Research in Structural Biology, Vol 5, Page 100096, 2023
  • Singh PK, Ahmad N, Yamini S, Singh RP, Singh AK, Sharma P, Smith ML., Sharma, Singh TP, “Structural evidence of the oxidation of iodide ion into hyper-reactive hypoiodite ion by mammalian heme lactoperoxidase”, Protein Science, Vol-31, Issue-2, Pages 384-395, Feb 2022

Certifications

Training, Workshop, Certification/FDP attended: 14

  • Attended one week (January 13-17, 2020) Faculty development programme on “ICT Tools for Teaching, Learning Process & Institutes” jointly organized by electronics & ICT academies at NIT Patna, MNIT Jaipur, IITDM Jabalpur, IIT Guwahati and supported by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt. Of India.
  • Attended 5 days (25-29 May, 2020) "Outcome Based Education and Accreditation" organized by IILM-CET, Greater Noida.
  • Attended 5 days (27 Jan 2021 -31 Jan, 2021) Faculty development programme on “Waste technology" organized by AICTE Training and Learning Academy.
  • Attended 5 days (4 Oct 2021 -8 Oct, 2021) Faculty development programme on “Computer science and biology: Impact of Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology on drug discovery" organized by AICTE training and Learning Academy.
  • Attended 5 days (24 Jan -28 Jan, 2023) Faculty development programme on “Interdisciplinary Aspects of Life Sciences for Translational Research: Opportunity and Challenges" organized by Galgotias University, Greater Noida.

Area of Interest

  • Protein Structure Biology
  • Structural and functional studies of drug target proteins.
  • Computational and In-silico studies
  • Protein Purification, Characterization and Crystallization
  • Gene Cloning and expression
  • X-ray Crystallography and Bioinformatics