Ramandeep Singh (medical scientist)

Ramandeep Singh is an Indian molecular biologist, geneticist and a professor at the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute.

Known for his studies on the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, he is a former research fellow of the National Institutes of Health.

Subsequently, he joined the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute as a scientist where he serves as an associate professor at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Research Center (VIDRC)[3] and hosts a number of scientists at his laboratory.

[4] Singh's research focus is on understanding the metabolic pathways that enable Mycobacterium tuberculosis to survive in stressful conditions[2] and he is known to have characterized genes associated with its pathogenesis such as tyrosine phosphatases.

[7] He is also a member of the Biosafety Committee of the Regional Centre for Biotechnology, an autonomous organization funded by the Department of Biotechnology and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), as an external expert.