Dr. Durg Vijay Singh

Experience : 8 years.
(Teaching / Research) :
Dr. Durg Vijay Singh has received M.Tech. & Ph.D. in Bioinformatics from Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad. He received his basic research training under the supervision of Prof. Krishna Misra. He did his M.Sc. in Biochemistry from G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology Pant Nagar and B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Lucknow. During his Ph.D. stint, he received training on animal cell culture and screening of drugs (Curcumin bio-conjugates) under the supervision of Prof. M.M. Godbole Department of Endocrinology, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow. He joined as Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Bioinformatics at the Central University of South Bihar. Dr. Singh’s research interests are Molecular modeling, Simulation, and Computer-Aided Drug Design and Development. He received funding from major funding agencies (UGC, SERB, DST, ICMR, and DBT) for different projects. With more than 20 publications and a patent on a lead herbicide molecule to his credit, Dr. Singh has contributed significantly to the development of herbicides against resistant weeds of P. minor. Currently, his group is working on the development of antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus, Gram-positive bacteria. Apart from these, Dr. Singh’s interest is to understand the mechanism of action of ABC transporter responsible for multidrug resistance. Currently, three students are pursuing their Ph.D. under his guidance. He has delivered many invited talks and participated in several national and international conferences.