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1 SUPRIYA SINGH Assistant Professor (Since January 2015) Department of Zoology, Gargi College, University of Delhi, Delhi PhD Scholar at National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Delhi Commonwealth Scholar ( ) Department of Pediatrics, The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (UK) Fellow of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) ( ) Division of Biotechnology, Microbiology National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi, India Address: Department of Zoology, Gargi College, Siri Fort Road, Near Asiad Village, Delhi , India Id : supriya2k3@gmail.com Education Doctor of Philosophy (Molecular Biology) National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Delhi, Affiliated to GGSIP University The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, UK Masters Degree in Science (Zoology) Specialization in Reproductive Physiology Department of Zoology, Hans Raj College, University of Delhi, India Bachelors Degree in Science (Zoology Honors) Department of Zoology, Hans Raj College, University of Delhi, India Recent Achievements (At Gargi College) Student s Abstract selected for ORAL Presentation at the World STI HIV Congress to be held in September, 2015 in Brisbane, Australia. The student has received travel grant worth 60,000 INR for attending the conference by Research Council, University of Delhi. Student s Abstract selected for POSTER Presentation at the Australasian HIV AIDS Conference to be held in September 2015 in Brisbane, Australia. Student s travel is sponsored by HIV Queensland Foundation.

2 Publications 1. Supriya Singh, Shashi Khare, Sudha Prasad, R L Ichhpujani, S S Negi, Sachin Kumar, D S Rawat, Arvind Rai. Correlation of partial env gene sequences with disease progression parameters in HIV positive pregnant women from India. Medical Microbiology and Immunology (Springer, Germany). 2012: 201(3); Shashi Khare, S S Negi, Supriya Singh, Megha Singhal, Sachin Kumar, D S Rawat, Arvind Rai. Genetic analysis of pre-core/core and partial pol genes in unprecedented outbreak of fulminant hepatitis B in India. Epidemiology and Infection (Cambridge University Journal, United Kingdom), Available on CJO 2012 DOI: /S Sachin Kumar, Shashi Khare, Bano Saidullah, Inderjeet Gandhoke, Hanu Ram, Supriya Singh, L S Chauhan, Arvind Rai. Appearance of L90I and N205S Mutations in Effector Domain of NS1 Gene of pdm (09) H1N1 Virus from India during Advances in Virology (Hindawi Publishing Group, USA), 2014; 2014; 4. Poonam Gupta, Mohammad Husain, Charoo Hans, Hanu Ram, Supriya Singh, Mohammad Misbah, L S Chauhan, Arvind Rai. Sequence heterogeneity in human immunodeficiencpy virus type 1 nef in patients presenting with rapid progression and delayed progression to AIDS. Archives of Virology (Springer, Germany) Apr 19; [Epub ahead of print]. 5. Mohd Azam, Abida Malik, Meher Rizvi, Supriya Singh, Poonam Gupta Arvind Rai. Emergence of drug resistance-associated mutations in HIV-1 subtype C protease gene in north India. Virus Genes (Springer, Germany) Dec; 47(3): Supriya Singh, Shashi Khare, DS Rawat, Saaransh Jain, RL Ichhpujani, Sudha Prasad, Megha Singhal, LS Chauhan, Arvind Rai. Genetic characteristics of the hyper-variable region (V3-V5) of the env gene of HIV-1 distinguishing subtype C from subtype B. International Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Research. 2013: 4 (1); Sudha Prasad, Megha Singhal, Sanjay S Negi, Sunil Gupta, Supriya Singh, D S Rawat, Arvind Rai. Targeted detection of 65 kda heat shock protein gene in endometrial biopsies for reliable diagnosis of genital tuberculosis. European Journal of Obstetrics Gynecology and Reproductive Biology (Elsevier, USA). 2012: 160 (2): Archana Choudhry, Shashi Khare, Supriya Singh, Simrita Singh, L S Chauhan. Meningococcal disease in India, : A Surveillance Study. International Journal of Medicine Public Health (2). Doi /ijmedph Archana Choudhry, Nupur Gupta, Supriya Singh, Meena Dutta, Shashi Khare, L S Chauhan. Continued Persistence of Increased Subacute Sclerosing Pan Encephalitis cases in India, Global Journal of Medicine and Public Heath. 2014: 2 (6), 2013: Archana Choudhry, Supriya Singh, Shashi Khare, Arvind Rai, D S Rawat, R K Aggarwal, LS Chauhan. Emergence of Pandemic 2009 Influenza A H1N1, India. Indian Journal of Medical Research Apr; 135(4): Awards UK s Commonwealth Split-site Doctoral Scholarship, 2012, by UK s Commonwealth Commission (funded by Department of International Health) Awarded full scholarship by the International AIDS Society, to attend the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention held in Cape Town, South Africa from July The scholarship included registration fee, living allowance and airfare. Awarded Partial Investigator Travel Grant for attending the 18th Symposium on Infections in the Immunocomprimised Host, held at Langenbeck-Virchow Haus, Berlin, Germany from June, 2014, for abstract entitled Molecular Characterization of DC SIGN Promoter In HIV Infected Pregnant Women Travel Grant worth 600 by UK s Commonwealth Commission to attend conferences to cover Registration, Travel, Accommodation and other expenses. Awarded Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship (NET) by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) held on 22nd June, Scientific Visits Abroad Presented poster entitled Molecular Characterization of DC SIGN Promoter in HIV Infected Pregnant Women at the 18th Symposium on Infections in the Immunocomprimised Host, organized by the International 2

3 Immunocomprimised Host Society (ICHS). The meeting was held at Langenbeck-Virchow Haus, Berlin, Germany from June, Attended Seminar on Regulation of IgE Cell Differentiation and Memory, by Dr Maria Alicia Curotto de Lafaille, Singapore Immunology Network, held at The Peter Medawar Building Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK on June 12, Delivered oral presentation on Impact of Maternal Feeding Practices and DC SIGN Receptor Polymorphisms on Vertical Transmission of HIV, at the XXVth European Congress Perinatal Medicine (ECPM) held at 4-7th June, 2014 in Florence, Italy. The abstract was published in The Journal of Maternal-Fetal Neonatal Medicine. Attended meeting Immune Response to Infections, ITA Askonas: Sixty Years of Immunology at the Royal Society, London, United Kingdom, organized by the British Society of Immunology, from 7th -8th April, Attended BSI Oxford Immunology Group Annual Meeting at the SAID Business School, Oxford, UK, organized by the British Society of Immunology, from 31st March-1st April, Attended seminar entitled The Role of T Cells in Acute versus Chronic HCV infection by Prof Georg M. Lauer, from The Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, on 22 May 2013 at Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Attended seminar entitled The HIV-macrophage-T cell dance by Prof Quentin Sattentau from The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK, on 17 May 2013 at Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Attended seminar entitled 10yr national viral load trends in Barbados: Implications for treatment as prevention, by Prof Clive Landis from University of West Indies, Barbados, on 6th February, 2013 at Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Attended seminar entitled Redefining latent tuberculosis through immunology, by Professor Ajit Lalvani, on 1st February 2013 at Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. Presented poster entitled Computational and Molecular Analysis of HIV release by Viral Protein U at the 2nd World Congress on Biomarkers and Clinical Research held at Baltimore, USA from 12-14th September Delivered oral presentation on Predilection of for G/G and G/C DEFB1 SNP types in HIV Infected Pregnant Women and Infants at the International Conference Exhibition on Virology held at Baltimore, USA from 5-7 September Presented poster entitled Correlation between V3-V5 sequences with co-receptor usage in HIV positive pregnant women at XVIIIth International Conference AIDS Conference held in Vienna, Austria from 18-23rd July Attended the 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention held in Cape Town, South Africa from July Participation in National Conferences Attended the 4 th National Conference of AIDS Society of India, ASICON, held at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute, Lucknow (UP), India from December, Attended the public lecture by Eric D Green, Director NHGRI on The Future is Bright: Charting a course for Genomic Medicine, held at the Teen Murti Bhawan, Delhi, India on 8 th August, Participated in Regional Workshop for HIV Referral Labs entitled Calibration, Biosafety Strategic Information Management System, organised by NACO at National Reference Lab at CARD, NCDC from 2-4 August, Participated in a CME/CE-certified educational activity titled Epidemiology, Screening and Predictors of Response in HCV, an internet based activity on July 21, Participated in a CME/CE-certified educational activity for CCO s HIV/AIDS Annual Update titled Managing Antiretroviral Therapy in a Virologically Suppressed Pregnant Patient, an internet based activity on June 12, Participated in the WORLD TB DAY SYMPOSIUM, held at the Department of Microbiology, AIIMS, on March 29, 2011 Participated in a CME/CE-certified educational activity for CCO s HIV/AIDS Annual Update titled Answering the Questions: Implementing Routine HIV Testing in Primary Care Settings, an internet based activity on March 06, Attended the 3rd Workshop on Bioinformatics and Molecular Modelling in Drug Design-ACBR, held at ACBR, University of Delhi, from February 24-26, Attended lecture by Nobel Laureate Dr Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, on The Road to the structure of the Ribosome- A Personal Account, on 20th December, 2010, FICCI Auditorium, FICCI, New Delhi. Attended the "French Indian Inter-Academic Symposium on Infectious Diseases", held at the National Institute of Immunology, Delhi from Nov 30th-Dec3rd,

4 Participated in a CME/CE-certified educational activity for CCO s HIV/AIDS Annual Update titled Update on Antiretroviral Therapy, an internet based activity on June 26, Attended International Symposium on Molecular Pathology Applied Genomics, held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India on November 6 and 7, Attended the IUI Workshop held at IVF and Reproductive Biology Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi on 9 the October, Attended the CME-Uterus Related Infertility, organised by the Association of Obstetrics and Gynaecologists of Delhi, IVF Reproductive Biology Centre, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology held at Maulana Azad Medical College on 23 rd September Poster/Oral Presentations at Conferences Oral Presentations (As first author) Delivered an oral presentation on Predilection for G/G and G/C DEFB1 SNP types in HIV infected pregnant women and infants in India in the International Conference Exhibition on Virology, 2011, Baltimore, USA from 5-7 th September, Poster Presentations (As first author) Presented poster entitled Computational and molecular analysis of HIV release by Viral Protein-U at the time of pregnancy in the World Congress on Biomarkers and Clinical Research in Baltimore, USA from th September, Presented poster entitled Correlation between V3-V5 sequences with co-receptor in HIV positive pregnant women from India in the XVIIIth International Conference AIDS Conference held in Vienna, Austria from rd July, Presented poster at the "French Indian Inter-Academic Symposium on Infectious Diseases", held at National Institute of Immunology, Delhi from Nov 30th-Dec3rd, 2010 entitled "Molecular characterization of the hypervariable region (V3-V5) of the env gene in HIV-1 subtype C isolates from India", authors : Supriya Singh (Presenting author), Shashi Khare, Sudha Prasad, R L Ichhpujani, Saaransh Jain, Megha Singhal, D S Rawat, Arvind Rai. Poster Presentations (Co-author) Poster entitled " Direct detection of M. tuberculosis by targeting 65 kda heat shock protein gene in endometrial biopsy samples from infertile women undergoing IVF"; Megha Singhal (Presenting author), Sudha Prasad, Sunil Gupta, Sanjay S Negi, Supriya Singh, Shalini Khanna, Sachin Kumar, D S Rawat, Arvind Rai. Presented at the French Indian Inter-Academic Symposium on Infectious Diseases held at National Institute of Immunology, Delhi from Nov 30 th Dec3rd, Poster entitled Analysis of HIV-1 nef gene from patients presenting with rapid progression and delayed progression to AIDS ; Poonam Gupta, Arvind Rai, Charoo Hans, Supriya Singh, Megha Singhal, Uma Sharma, L S Chauhan, Mohammad Hussain. Presented at the International Conference and Exhibition on Virology, 5-7 September, 2011, at Baltimore, USA. Poster entitled Prevalence of drug resistance mutations in HIV-1 protease gene from North India. Mohd Azam, Abida Malik, Meher Rizvi, Supriya Singh, Hanu Ram, Megha Singhal and Poonam Gupta. (Abstract) BMC Infectious Diseases. 2012, 12 (Suppl 1): P84 doi: / S1-P84. Research Experience Commonwealth Fellow (Visiting Student as Part of Overseas Education Institution Award) at The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, Department of Pediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. During this period, I worked on projects namely- (a) HLA-mediated evolution of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in an Indian Cohort. 4

5 (b) Cytomegalovirus infection in Children: A Proxy for Ontogeny of T cell Immunity to chronic viral Infections to guide timing of HIV vaccination in HIV- infected children on ART. Senior Research Fellow (CSIR) at the National Centre for Disease Control (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India) ( ). Junior Research Fellow (CSIR) at the National Centre for Disease Control, (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India) Worked in NACO s project, for EARLY INFANT DIAGNOSIS OF HIV with Dried Blood Spot and Whole Blood Samples. Molecular diagnosis of various disease pathogens such as HIV, Hepatitis B, HCV, Swine Influenza, Tuberculosis. Molecular epidemiology and phylogenetic analysis of viruses such as HIV, Hepatitis B, Dengue, Chikungunya. Summer training in Molecular Biology Techniques from 1st July 30th September, 2008, during which was given hands on training in various molecular techniques eg : ELISA, DNA/RNA Extraction, Conventional PCR, Multiplex PCR, Real time PCR, Gel Electrophoresis. 5