Dr Karam Singh uses model plant systems to analyse how plants respond to stress to help identify ways to improve stress tolerance in plants.
Current activities
Dr Singh is Program Leader of the Mediterranean Crops and Pastures Group of CSIRO Plant Industry.
Dr Singh's current research activities use model plant systems (Arabidopsis and Medicago truncatula) to analyse plant responses to stress.
He focuses on stress responses in roots and the isolation of genes that are important for defence against sap-sucking insects and fungal pathogens.
Background
Dr Singh was born in Calcutta, India, and initially joined CSIRO Plant Industry as a Queen Elizabeth II Research Fellow before taking up an Assistant/Associate Professorship at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA.
Dr Singh returned to CSIRO Plant Industry in 1999 to establish a plant biotechnology group in Western Australia.
Dr Singh uses model plant systems including Arabidopsis and Medicago truncatula to analyse plant responses to stress.
Dr Singh's major research interest is the regulation of plant gene expression.
His major focus in recent years has been the transcriptional control of plant stress/defence gene expression where his group has made a number of significant contributions.
Academic qualifications
Dr Singh holds the following qualifications in molecular biology:
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Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours from Edinburgh University, United Kingdom, 1981
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Doctor of Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1986.
Achievements
Dr Singh is also:
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Adjunct Professor, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia
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Board member for Western Australian Herbicide Resistance Initiative (WAHRI).
See a list of scientific papers published by Dr Singh in his publishing history.
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