Satinder Kaur Singh PhD
Assistant Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): Molecular Medicine, Pharmacology, and Physiology | Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology: Membrane Biology and Motion; Neurobiology
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Structural Biology
Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Research Interests
Chemical neurotransmission; Neuropsychiatric disease; Epilepsy; Neuropharmacology; Biogenic amine; Gamma-aminobutyric acid; Neurotransmitter transporter; Antidepressant; Structural neurobiology; X-ray crystallography; Transporter kinetics more...
Education
- B.S., University of Minnesota, 1995
- Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2002
Selected Publications
- Singh SK. LeuT: A prokaryotic stepping stone on the way to a eukaryotic neurotransmitter transporter structure. Channels, 2:380-389, 2008.
- Singh SK, Piscitelli CL, Yamashita A, Gouaux E. A competitive inhibitor traps LeuT in an open-to-out conformation. Science, 322:1655-61, 2008.
- Singh SK, Yamashita A, and Gouaux E. Antidepressant binding site in a bacterial homologue of neurotransmitter transporters. Nature, 448:952-956, 2007.
