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Jitin Singla
Assistant Professor
jsingla[at]bt.iitr.ac.in
01332-285609
https://www.jitinsingla.in/
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Research
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Honours and Awards
Honors
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Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements

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Events
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Research Interests
3D Image Segmentation, Computational Soft X-ray tomography, Applied Machine Learning, Computational Cryo-electron tomography, Computational Cell Structural Biology, Computational Biology, ArtScience, Pattern Mining
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Educational Details
IIT Roorkee, India
2015
B.Tech., Computer Science and Engineering
University of Southern California, United States Of America
2020
M.S., Computer Science (High Performance Computing and Simulation)
University of Southern California, United States Of America
2020
Ph.D., Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Professional Background
Assistant Professor
01 Jul 2021 - Present
IIT Roorkee, India
Scientific Advisor
01 Jul 2019 - Present
World Building Media Lab
Postdoctoral Scholar
01 Jan 2021 - 30 Jun 2021
University of Southern California, United States Of America
Research
Projects
TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
Alignment and clustering of 3D cryo-electron subtomograms 04 Oct 2022 Cryo-electron tomography, Computational Biology PI ~ 28 lacs SERB
Non-invasive estimation of neonatal jaundice using machine learning methods 15 Feb 2024 Medical Informatics, Machine Learning PGIMER and IITR Multi-Institutional Project. PGIMER PI: Dr. Venkat, IITR PI: Prof. Jitin ~23 lacs: IITR (~58 lacs: Total) ICMR Dr. Venkataseshan Sundaram (PGIMER), Prof. Sugata Gangopadhyay, Prof. Aditi Gangopadhyay, Prof. Sandeep K. Garg
Modelling mitochondrial network in pancreatic β-cells for improved therapeutic design 07 Jun 2022 Soft X-ray tomography PI ~22 lacs CDRC
Development of conversational Sanskrit translator using Neural Machine Translation 01 Mar 2022 Neural Machine Translation Co-PI 10 lacs IKS (MoE) Prof. Anil K. Gourishetty (PI, IIT Roorkee, Physics Dept.), Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan (co-PI, IIT Bombay, CSE Dept.)
Computer-aided structure-based molecular engineering of nanobodies against SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein 15 May 2022 Structure based Drug Designing Co-PI ~31 lacs ICMR Prof. Shailly Tomar (PI, IIT Roorkee, BSBE Dept.)
Structure-based discovery of antivirals against RNA viruses targeting host-virus protein-protein interactions (PPIs) 01 Aug 2023 Drug discovery, AI Co-PI ~50 lacs STARS Prof. Pravindra Kumar (PI)
Development of Quantum Machine Learning usecases and applications 28 Sep 2024 Quantum Machine Learning Co-PI IIT Roorkee (135 lacs) MeitY, IIT Roorkee, C-DAC Pune, C-DAC Hyderabad, C-DAC Mohali, C-DAC Noida, C-DAC CINE, C-DAC Delhi, IIT Ropar, IIIT Hyderabad, India Prof. Sugata Gangopadhyay, Prof. Vishvendra Poonia, Prof. Sandeep Garg, Prof. Akhilesh Mishra




Publications
Mechanistic and structural insights into EstS1 esterase: A potent broad-spectrum phthalate diester degrading enzyme
2024
Shalja Verma, Shweta Choudhary, Kamble Amith Kumar, Jai Krishna Mahto, Ishani Mishra, Vellanki Bhanu Prakash, Debabrata Sircar, Shailly Tomar, Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Jitin Singla, Pravindra Kumar | Elsevier
Journal: Structure
Structure-guided mutations in CDRs for enhancing the affinity of neutralizing SARS-CoV-2 nanobody
2024
Vishakha Singh, Mandar Bhutkar, Shweta Choudhary, Sanketkumar Nehul, Rajesh Kumar, Jitin Singla, Pravindra Kumar, Shailly Tomar | Academic Press
Journal: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Pages: 150746 , Volumes: 734 ,
In-silico characterization of a hypothetical protein of Sulfobacillus sp. hq2 for degradation of phthalate diesters
2024
Shalja Verma, Anika Singh, Pravindra Kumar, Jitin Singla | Elsevier
Journal: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules Pages: 136006 , Volumes: 280 ,
Sāmayik: A Benchmark and Dataset for English-Sanskrit Translation
2024
Ayush Maheshwari, Ashim Gupta, Amrith Krishna, Ganesh Ramakrishnan, G Anil Kumar, Jitin Singla | European Language Resources Association
Journal: LREC-COLING2024
Designing and bioengineering of CDRs with higher affinity against receptor-binding domain (RBD) of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
2024
Vishakha Singh, Shweta Choudhary, Mandar Bhutkar, Sanketkumar Nehul, Sabika Ali, Jitin Singla, Pravindra Kumar, Shailly Tomar | Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Journal: bioRxiv
Characterization of haloacid dehalogenase superfamily acid phosphatase from Staphylococcus lugdunensis
2024
Harry Kaur, Surabhi Rode, KP Sandra, Jai Krishna Mahto, Md Shahid Alam, Deena Nath Gupta, Bibekananda Kar, Jitin Singla, Pravindra Kumar, Ashwani Kumar Sharma | Academic Press
Journal: Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics Pages: 109888 , Volumes: 753 ,
On Learning with LAD
2024
CA Jothishwaran, Biplav Srivastava, Jitin Singla, Sugata Gangopadhyay | Cornell University
Journal: arXiv preprint
Database Evolution, by Scientists, for Scientists: A Case Study
2023
Shuler, R.E., Singla, J., Vallat B., White, K.L., Berman, H.M. & Kesselman C. | IEEE
Journal: IEEE eScience 2023
An Intensity-based Post-processing Tool for 3D Instance Segmentation of Organelles in Soft X-ray Tomograms
2022
Li, A., Zhang, S., Loconte, V., Liu, Y., Ekman, A., Thompson, G.J., Sali, A., Stevens, R.C., White, K., Singla, J., Sun, L. | PLOS
Journal: PLOS One
A New Visual Design Language for Biological Structures in a Cell
2022
Singla, J., Burdsall, K., Cantrell, B., Halsey, J. R., McDowell, A., McGregor, C., ... & Berman, H. M. | CellPress
Journal: Structure Pages: 485-497 , Volumes: 30 (4) ,
Auto-segmentation and time-dependent systematic analysis of mesoscale cellular structure in ?-cells during insulin secretion
2022
Li A., Zhang X., Singla J., White K., Loconte V., Hu C., Zhang C., … & Stevens R.C. | PLOS
Journal: PLOS One Pages: e0265567 , Volumes: 17 (3) ,
Soft X-ray tomography to map and quantify organelle interactions at the mesoscale
2022
Loconte, V., Singla, J., Li, A., Chen, J.H., Ekman, A., McDermott, G., Sali, A., White, K.L. and Larabell, C.A. | CellPress
Journal: Structure Pages: 510-521 , Volumes: 30 (4) ,
A community approach to whole-cell modeling
2021
Singla, J. and White, K.L. | Elsevier
Journal: Current Opinion in Systems Biology Pages: 33-38 , Volumes: 26 ,
Assessment of scoring functions to rank the quality of 3D subtomogram clusters from cryo-electron tomography
2021
Singla, J., White, K. L., Stevens, R. C., and Alber, F. | Elsevier
Journal: Journal of Structural Biology Pages: 107727 , Volumes: 213 (2) ,
Bayesian metamodeling of complex biological systems across varying representations
2021
Raveh, B., Sun, L., White, K.L., Sanyal, T., Tempkin, J., Zheng, D., Pilla, K.B., Singla, J., Wang, C., … & Sali, A. | National Academy of Sciences
Journal: PNAS Pages: e2104559118 , Volumes: 118 (35) ,
Visualizing subcellular rearrangements in intact ? cells using soft x-ray tomography
2020
White, K. L., Singla, J., Loconte, V., Chen, J. H., Ekman, A., Sun, L., Zhang, X., … & Stevens, R. C. | American Association for the Advancement of Science
Journal: Science Advances Pages: eabc8262 , Volumes: 6 (50) ,
Visualizing insulin vesicle neighborhoods in ? cells by cryo–electron tomography
2020
Zhang, X., Carter, S. D., Singla, J., White, K. L., Butler, P. C., Stevens, R. C., and Jensen, G. J. | American Association for the Advancement of Science
Journal: Science Advances Pages: eabc8258 , Volumes: 6 (50) ,
De Novo Structural Pattern Mining in Cellular Electron Cryotomograms
2019
Xu, M., Singla, J., Tocheva, E. I., Chang, Y. W., Stevens, R. C., Jensen, G. J., and Alber, F. | CellPress
Journal: Structure Pages: 679-691 , Volumes: 27 (4) ,
Opportunities and challenges in building a spatiotemporal multi-scale model of the human pancreatic ? cell
2018
Singla, J., McClary, K. M., White, K. L., Alber, F., Sali, A., and Stevens, R. C. | CellPress
Journal: Cell Pages: Nov-19 , Volumes: 173 (1) ,
Understanding the functional impact of copy number alterations in breast cancer using a network modeling approach
2016
Srihari, S., Kalimutho, M., Lal, S., Singla, J., Patel, D., Simpson, P. T., Khanna, K. K., and Ragan, M. A. | Royal Society of Chemistry
Journal: Molecular BioSystems Pages: 963-972 , Volumes: 12 (3) ,
Inferring synthetic lethal interactions from mutual exclusivity of genetic events in cancer
2015
Srihari, S., Singla, J., Wong, L., and Ragan, M. A. | BioMed Central
Journal: Biology direct Pages: Jan-18 , Volumes: 10 (1) ,
Books
Bioinformatics Databases and Tools Available for the Development of Antiviral Drugs
Year: 2024 ,
Ankur Singh, Preeti Dhaka, Pravindra Kumar, Shailly Tomar, Jitin Singla | Springer
Contribution: Book Chapter , Pages: 41-71 ,
Collaborations
Mitochondria modeling in pancreatic beta-cells
University of Southern California
Data model design and implementation for whole-cell modeling
USC Information Sciences Institute
Tetrahedral representation of proteins
World Building Media Lab
Neonatal Jaundice Detection
PGI Chandigarh, India
Honors And Awards
Honors
University of Southern California
2015
Provost Fellowship (5 years)
AAAS
2015
AACR-Scholar in Training Award
MemberShips
Pancreatic Beta-Cell Consortium
01 Aug 2017 - Present
Member
Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements
Computer Programming (Python) ( BE-103 (2021) )
Autumn
Basic Mathematics and Statistics ( BT-506 (2021) )
Autumn
Computational Biology ( BTN-664 (2021) )
Spring
Machine Learning and Deep Learning ( BE-350 (2022) )
Autumn
Data Structures ( CSN-102 (2022) )
Spring
Design and Analysis of Algorithms ( BE-460 (2023) )
Autumn
Machine Learning and Deep Learning ( BE-350 (2023) )
Autumn
Data Structures and Algorithms ( CSE-101 (2023) )
Spring
Machine Learning and Deep Learning ( BE-350 (2024) )
Autumn
Miscellaneous
Events
48th National Seminar on Crystallography
25 Nov 2021 - 27 Nov 2021
Visits
Shanghai
2017-11-03
5th Annual iHuman Forum
Basel, Switzerland
2019-05-21
Dynamo Workshop
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States Of America
2024-05-19
Collaboration
Administrative Positions
Computer Lab Prof. co-In-charge
15 Oct 2021 - Present
BSBE Department
Member
21 Jun 2023 - Present
PARAM Ganga HPC User Committee
Website Prof. In-charge
15 Jul 2021 - Present
BSBE Department
DFSC Convener
15 Jan 2022 - 15 Jan 2023
BSBE Department
DFC Convener
15 Jan 2022 - Present
BSBE Department
Teaching Allocation Coordinator
01 Jan 2022 - Present
BSBE Department