Sumeet Singh

Hi, I am Sumeet. I completed my undergraduate from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, in India, where I studied control of plant parasites using RNAi in my last year. Previous to that, I did two summer projects: one studying Drosophila eye development, and the other, electrophysiology in rat and monkey somatosensory cortex.

My major interests lie in development biology and in understanding how the complexity of an adult body arises from the simplicity of a single cell, the zygote. In my life, I wish to describe one process taking part in this beautiful orchestra of genetic events. To meet such an end, I wished to learn the tools required to study this process. Thus, I applied to the "Genetics and Genomics" program at Duke, and was thrilled to be selected.

I was looking for a fun but intellectually motivating environment for my graduate school, and Duke provides both of those. I have camped out for basketball tickets with my peers. At the same time, the level of classroom instruction is challenging. The professors are always available for discussions and people are nice and helpful in general. It has the perfect mix of opportunities for graduate life. I am happy with my decision to join the school here.

Finally, if anyone out there reading this needs to talk about anything under the sky, please contact me at Duke ID, or sumeetpalsingh@gmail.com. I will be happy to discuss any topic.

Cheers. :)

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