Researching Pathology on a Molecular Level
Kamal Singh Lab
Research Interests
The Singh lab focuses on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and other viruses including Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus, SARS and MERS coronaviruses. He has also returned to the topic of his postdoctoral work, DNA polymerases, with the goal of cancer treatment.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Kamal Singh
Principal Investigator, Bond LSC
Assistant Professor of Veterinary Pathobiology
Director, Molecular Interactions Core
phone(573) 882-9024
email ksingh@missouri.edu
Kamal Singh is an assistant professor in the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology and the director of the Molecular Interactions Core.
LAB MEMBERS
In the news
Sep. 13, 2023
Singh lab finds new protein that induces the effects of the COVID-19 vaccine and the treatment drug remdesivir
Kamal Singh (right), a principal investigator at Bond Life Sciences Center, assistant professor in the MU College of Veterinary Medicine, and the director of the Molecular Interactions Core stands next to Saathvik Kannan (left), a senior at Hickman High School and a computer programmer and researcher for the Singh lab. | Photo by Roger Meissen, Bond LSC By Sarah Kiefer The spikes that protrude from SARS-CoV-2 present a topography of peaks that drive one MU researcher to ask more questions. To Kamal Singh, a principal investigator at Bond Life Sciences Center, assistant professor in the MU College…
Sep. 13, 2022
Structural change: Singh moves into Bond LSC Investigator role with focus on drug and cellular interactions
By Cara Penquite | Bond LSC Kamlendra Singh sat down in his fourth floor office as a Bond LSC Investigator for the first time on September first after nearly 14 years at the Bond Life Sciences Center studying HIV, COVID-19 and how the right molecule can interact to fight disease. Designer compounds are Singh’s specialty, and as a new principal investigator he directs four projects on microscopic treatments for various diseases. He will also continue his work as Molecular Interactions Core Director alongside his new role. “Everyone [in the center] is such a tight community…
Feb. 27, 2020
#IAmScience: Kamlendra Singh
By Jerry Duggan|Bond LSC Kamal Singh was in the town of Allahabad in his native India, preparing for competitive exams to become a government official. As he craned his head to the left, he saw a highly respected official getting berated by an arrogant and disrespectful political leader. While Singh always knew that, in these positions, one was under the government’s thumb to an extent, that incident was what sealed the deal for him and made him realize he did not want to spend his life simply taking orders and being subject to verbal abuse by corrupt politicians. …