NIPER professor elected fellow of Microbiologists Association

Mohali, Nov 26 (UNI) Dr Prati Pal Singh, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) has been elected as a fellow of Association of Microbiologists of India.

Dr Prati has been selected for his outstanding research contributions in the area of Pathogenesis, biotechnology, chemotherapy and immunology of parasitic and microbial diseases (Tuberculosis, malaria, leishmaniasis and amoebiasis).

Dr Singh has published more than 72 research papers in peer reviewed high impact international research journals. He has six international patents.

Recently he has been awarded with a prestigious Indo-European Union (Indo-EU) FP7 research project on new drugs for TB. His other honours includes fellow of National Academy of Sciences, The Bill and Melinda Gates Global health Travel Award and the Tulsabai Somani Educational Trust 1992 award of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences.

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