Robert Singer

Dr. Singer is Professor Anatomy and Structural Biology (co-chair), Cell Biology, and Neuroscience at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, as well as co-director of the Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center and the Integrated Imaging Program. He also is a senior fellow at the Janelia Research Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Dr. Singer’s research focuses on the cell biology of RNA, including the translation of information encoded in DNA into proteins. His lab developed a patented technique for detecting RNA in preserved cells and has been instrumental in developing rapid and sensitive microscopy for studying single molecules of RNA in living cells, as well as devising methods to track them through their life cycle. This technology has significant implications for understanding the role of RNA in disease processes such as cancer metastasis and in developmental processes leading to intellectual disability. Dr. Singer holds 12 patents on his work.

Dr. Singer has received numerous awards for excellence in scholarship and research. He serves on a wide range of editorial boards and scientific advisory boards, and is also a member of many different distinguished professional societies, including induction into the Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009) and the National Academy of Sciences (2013).Hereceived an undergraduate degree in physical chemistry fromOberlin College and a Ph.D. in developmental biology fromBrandeis University. He did postdoctoral work inmolecular biologyat MITand at theWeizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel.