POONAM SINGH
 
.. Scientist C
Toxicology Division
Central Drug Research Institute,
Lucknow-226 001
 
Educational Qualifications M.Sc., Ph D
Phone +91-522-2612411-18 Ext. 4283
Fax +91-522-2623405
E-Mail singhpoonam3012@yahoo.co.in , singhpoonam3012@rediffmail.com
Date of Birth 30.12.1976
 
CURRENT AREAS OF INTEREST
Reproductive toxicity testing of drugs
Teratogenecity
Male fertility studies
Computational toxicology (Toxicoinformatics)
 
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 Iyengar (2007)" Decolorization and partial degradation of monoazo dyes in Sequential Fixed- Film Anaerobic Batch Reactor (SFABR) Bioresource Technology, 98: 2053-2056
Anjali Pandey, Poonam Singh, and Leela Iyengar (2007) “Bacterial Decolorization and Degradation of Azo dyes” International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 59(2): 73-84
Surjeet Singh, Poonam Singh, Anjali Pandey, S.K. Awasthi and Leela Iyengar (2007) “Mineralization of 2-aminobenzenesulfonate by a microbial consortium” World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology
Poonam Singh, Nils - Kåre Birkeland 3, Leela Iyengar1? & Ramanathan Gurunath 1,2 (2006) "Mineralization of 4-aminobenzenesulfonate (4-ABS) by Agrobacterium sp. Strain PNS – 1". Biodegradation, 17(6): 495-502
Poonam Singh, L.C. Mishra, Anjali Pandey and Leela Iyengar (2006) "Degradation of 4 - aminobenzenesulfonate by alginate encapsulated cells of agrobacterium sp. PNS-1". Bioresource technology, 97: 1655-1659
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 anaerobicmicrobial consortia". Environmental Biotechnology, 15-17 April, New Zealand.
Neeraj Sinha, Gyanendra Singh, Sudhir Srivastava and Poonam Singh (2007) “Anti- Teratogens: A mini review “ Toxicology International, 14(2): 93-102