Profile

Trained in Stem cells and developmental biology. Expertise in pluripotent stem cells based disease modelling.

Current Focus Areas

  • Human iPSCs based Neurological disease modeling

Selected Publications

  • Sharma, V., Nehra, S., Do, L.H., Ghosh, A., Deshpande, A.J., and Singhal, N. (2022). Biphasic cell cycle defect causes impaired neurogenesis in down syndrome. Front Genet 13, 1007519. 10.3389/fgene.2022.1007519.

  • Singhal, N., Graumann, J, Wu, G., Bravo, MJA., Han, DW., Greber, B., Gentile, L., Mann, M., and Schöler, HR. (2010). Chromatin Remodeling Components of the BAF Complex Facilitate Reprogramming. Cell 141, 943-955

  • Wu, W., Han, D., Gong, Y., Sebastiano, V., Gentile, L., Singhal, N., Adachi, K., Fischedick, G., Ortmeier, C., Sinn, M., Radstaak, M., Tomilin, A., Schöler, HR (2013) Establishment of Totipotency does not depend on Oct4. Nature Cell Biology. 15, 1089-1097.

  • Belichenko, PV.,*# Madani, R.,# Rey-Bellet, L., Pihlgren,M., Becker, A., Plassard, A., Vuillermot, S., Giriens, V., Nosheny, RL., Kleschevnikov, AM., Valletta, JS., Bengtsson, S., Linke, GR., Maloney, MT., Hickman, DT., Reis, P., Granet, A., Mlaki, D., Lopez-Deber, MP., Do, L., Singhal, N., Masliah, E Pearn, ML., Pfeifer, A., Muhs, A., * Mobley, WC., (2016) An anti-β-Amyloid Vaccine for Treating Cognitive Deficits in Down Syndrome. PLOS ONE 11 (3) e0152471

  • Nehra, S., Sharma, V., Umrani, M., and Singhal, N. (2023). Generation of integration-free Down syndrome and isogenic euploid human induced pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Res 67, 103041. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2023.103041.

Skills & Proficiency

Neurological disorder Neurodevelopmental disorder Neurodegenerative disorder Neurogenesis Down syndrome iPSCs Disease modelling Alzheimer’s disease Cell cycle Pluripotency