Dr. Amit Singhal

Dr. Singhal serves as senior principal investigator at the Bacterial Immunopathology Lab at A*STAR ID Labs in Singapore. His work at A*STAR ID Labs revolves around three main pathogens: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Gram-negative bacteria and Dengue virus.

Dr. Singhal serves as senior principal investigator at the Bacterial Immunopathology Lab at A*STAR ID Labs in Singapore. He has been researching infectious diseases at A*STAR since 2012, starting at the Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN). His work at A*STAR ID Labs revolves around three main pathogens: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Gram-negative bacteria and Dengue virus. His research interests include host-pathogen interaction and disease pathogenesis; biomarkers and point-of-care diagnostics; animal models; T-cell biology; host-directed therapy; immunometabolism.

He was also an adjunct faculty member for LKC School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (India).

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Selected publications

  • Researchgate
  • A*STAR ID Labs-affiliated publications - August 2021
  • Chaudhary, D., Singh, A., Singhal A. et al. Identification of small molecules targeting homoserine acetyl transferase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Staphylococcus aureus. Sci Rep 12. (2022) DOI:  10.1038/s41598-022-16468-w
  • del Rosario, R.C.H., Poschmann, J., Singhal A. et al. Histone acetylome-wide associations in immune cells from individuals with active Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Nat Microbiol 7, 312–326 (2022) DOI: 10.1038/s41564-021-01049-w

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Amit Singhal

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Role: 
Senior Principal Investigator
Department: 
A*STAR ID Labs (Bacterial Immunopathology Lab)
Language: 
English
Academic disciplines: 
Immunology
Infectious disease
News topics: 
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
Diseases
Health
Medicine
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