Education: B.Sc., KU, Kurukshetra (2004) , M.Sc.(Bioinformatics), CCSHAU, Hisar (2006) , Ph.D.(Biotechnology spl. Bioinformatics), PU & CSIR-IMTECH Chandigarh (2014)

Position held: Bioinformatician ( Aug. 2018)

Field of Specialization: Bioinformatics, NGS Data Analysis, Computational Drug Designing, Machine learning, Database & Webserver Development

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=b80ifssAAAAJ

Research interests:

1. Agricultural Bioinformatics for crop improvement
2. Development of tools and databases for crop plants
3. Biological Big data analysis.

Research Projects:

1. SERB Funded Project Mitochondrial genome assembly, analysis and development of molecular markers for cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) gene in tropical onion (2019-2021) (PI)
2. DBT Funded Project Application of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in Agriculture-BIC PAU (2021-2025) (Co-PI)
3. DBT Funded Project Molecular mapping and transfer of Jassid resistance in Okra [Abelmoschus Esculentus (L.) Moench] (2021-) (Co-PI)
4. DBT Funded Project Phenotyping and molecular characterization of snapmelon germplasm against fusarium wilt disease for development of mapping population in muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) (2021-) (Co-PI)

Selected publications:

1. Kaur, S., Bishnoi,R., Priyadarshini, P., Singla,D.*, Chunneja, P., (2023). DSP: database of disease susceptibility genes in plants. Functional and Integrative Genomics. 23, 204 doi: 10.1007/s10142-023-01132-x (NAAS Rating 8.9).
2. Patel, E., Kumar, P., Priyadarshini,P., Singla, D.*, Sandhu, JS., (2023) Molecular docking and dynamic simulation studies of isoflavones inhibiting Lox-2 activity for reducing beany flavor in soybean seeds, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, doi: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2275179. (NAAS Rating 10.4).
3. Bishnoi, R., Kaur, S., Sandhu, J.S., Singla, D.*, (2023) Genome engineering of disease susceptibility genes for enhancing resistance in plants. Funct Integr Genomics 23, 207. doi: 10.1007/s10142-023-01133-w (NAAS Rating 8.9)
4. Kaur, H., Sidhu, GS., Mittal, A., Yadav, IS., Mittal, M., Singla, D., Singh, N., Chhuneja, P., (2023) Comparative transcriptomics in alternate bearing cultivar Dashehari reveals the genetic model of flowering in mango. Front. Genet. 13:1061168. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1061168. (NAAS Rating 9.7)
5. Singla, D.*, Yadav, S.I., (2022). GAAP: A GUI-based Genome Assembly and Annotation Package. Curr Genomics. 23,77–82. (NAAS Rating 8.24)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions :

1. Qualified CSIR-UGC NET, CSIR SRF Award 2010
2. DST-NPDF Award Feb 2019