POONAM SINGH
 
  .. Scientist B
Toxicology Division
Central Drug Research Institute,
Lucknow-226 001
 
Educational Qualifications M.Sc. (Lucknow University), Ph D ( Thesis submitted to Kanpur University)
Phone +91-522-2612411-18 Ext. 4283
Fax +91-522-2623405
E-Mail singhpoonam3012@yahoo.co.in , singhpoonam3012@rediffmail.com
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
Development of in -vitro test system for screening of embryotoxic potential of drugs and other chemical compounds
Male Fertility Studies
 
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Four years research experience in anaerobic dye decolorisation and aerobic amine degradation using microbes, development of enrichment cultures and isolation of biodegradative bacteria.
9 months research experience in the area of Toxicology.
 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
 
Poonam Singh, Rashmi Sanghi, Anjali Pandey and Leela Iyengar1" Decolorization and partial degradation of monoazo dyes in Sequential Fixed- Film Anaerobic Batch Reactor (SFABR) Bioresource Technology. (In Press)
Poonam Singh, Nils - Kåre Birkeland, Leela Iyengar& Ramanathan Gurunath: 1,2 "Mineralization of 4-aminobenzenesulfonate (4-ABS) by Agrobacterium sp. Strain PNS - 1".Biodegradation (In Press)
Poonam Singh, Anjali Pandey, L.C. Mishra and Leela Iyengar, "Degradation of 4 - aminobenzenesulfonate by immobilized bacterial Strain PNS-1". Bioresource technology. (In Press)
Anjali Pandey, Poonam Singh and Leela Iyengar, "Bacterial Decolorization and Degradation of Azo dyes (A Review)” International Journal of Biodeterioration and Biodegradation (In Press)
Poonam Singh, L.C.Mishra and Leela Iyengar (2004). "Biodegradation of 4- aminobenzenesulphonate by a newly isolated bacterial strain PNS - 1". World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology, 20: 845-849
Rashmi Sanghi, Poonam Singh, and Leela Iyengar, (2002) "Decolorization of azo dyes by anaerobic microbial consortia". Environmental Biotechnology, 15-17 April, New Zealand.