IL-6: A differential transcriptional signature of Pathogenic and Non-pathogenic Mycobacteria

Prati Pal Singh and Amit Goyal

: JPB

Biography :

Prof. Prati Pal Singh did his Ph. D. (1980) work at CDRI, Lucknow, and post-doctoral research work at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA and at The Stanford University, Stanford, Palo Alto, California, USA. He is a renowned molecular biologist, immunologist and neuroimmunopharmacologist. He has made some very important contribution to control and treatment of parasitic and microbial disease of national and international importance like malaria, tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, amoebiasis and trichomoniasis. He conceptualized and reported that opiate class of drugs can be used for treatment of parasitic and microbial infections. Prof. Singh has published extensively including in Nature Medicine. He has nearly 200 publications, and 10 national and international patents including one US patent. Prof. Singh was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Parasitic Diseases and is an Editorial Board Member of a US journal, Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. He is a Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India, and Association of Microbiologists of India.