Keshav K. Singh

Keshav K. Singh is one of the global leaders in the field of mitochondria research and medicine. He is the Joy and Bill Harbert Endowed Chair, Professor of Genetics, Pathology and Environmental Health and the Director of the Cancer Genetics Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Keshav K. Singh is also the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Mitochondrion.,[1] founder of the Mitochondria Research and Medicine Society (USA)[2] and the Society for Mitochondrial Research and Medicine (India)[3]

He is the author of more than 100 research publications and 3 books related to mitochondrial diseases, aging and cancer. He coined the terms "mystondria" or "mystopia" to explain the mysterious diseases of mitochondria and "mipigenetics" to explain the mito-nuclear epigenetic mechanisms underlying mitochondrial diseases.[4]

  1. ^ Elsevier, "Mitochondrion Journal", 2015, "([1]", February 6th, 2016
  2. ^ Mitochondria Research and Medicine Society, "Committees", 2015, "([2]", February 6th, 2016
  3. ^ Society for Mitochondrial Research and Medicine, "Executive Board", 2015, "([3]", February 20th, 2016
  4. ^ Singh, Keshav K. "MIPIGENETICS and MIPIGENOMICS: Integrating mitochondria-induced mayhem contributing to mystondria." Mitochondrion 24 (2015): S6.