Vaibhav Bajaj

T 949-***-****

acpl2r@r.postjobfree.com

E D U C AT I O N

University of California: Irvine-Biomedical Engineering, M.S.GPA 3.702 June 2015

University of California: San Diego- Bioengineering: Biotechnology, B.S.; June 2013

General Biology, Minor. GPA: 3.460

SKILLS

Biotechnology - PCR, SDS-PAGE analysis, Electrophoresis, Primer Design, DNA

purification and digestion, BLAST;

Bioengineering - Sterile Techniques with Bacteria, Colony Transformation, Tissue Culture

Sterile Techniques, Transfections, HPLC, Bioreactor;

Computer languages/programs: Java, C/C++, LabView, ImageJ, Mathematica, MATLAB;

EXPERIENCE

Masters Graduate Student June 2014-Present

UCI-Bioengineering Lab Under Professor Beth Lopour

Under my own project, created an algorithm and code using MATLAB for statistical and

design oriented analysis of hypsarrhythmia patients.

Rotational Graduate Student January 2014-June 2014

UCI-Bioengineering Lab Under Professor Szu Wong

Used a DNA sequence to PCR a collagen fragment for gene knockouts and ligated to a

vector, which was transformed into bacteria. Vector was transfected and grown to extract

collagen via French Press and analysis with SDS-PAGE and CD scan.

Rotational Graduate Student June 2013-December 2013

UCI-Bioengineering Lab Under Professor Wendy Liu

Used a DNA sequence through PCR and ligation to insert gene into vector for

transformation into bacteria, which would then be transfected mouse cells.

Undergraduate Laboratory Research Assistant April 2012- June 2013

UCSD-Bioengineering Lab Under Professor Karen Christman

Worked with Graduate Students in various analysis and techniques. These include

hematoxylin and eosin staining, immuno-fluorescence staining, and interstitial fibrosis.

P U B L I C AT I O N S

-Sonya Sonnenberg, Aboli A. Rane, Cassie J. Liu, Nikhil Rao, Gillie Agmon, Sophia Suarez, Raymond Wang,

Adam Munoz, Vaibhav Bajaj, Shirley Zhang, Rebecca Braden, Pamela J. Schup-Magoffin, Oi Ling Kwan, Anthony

N. DeMaria, Jennifer R. Cochran, and Karen L. Christman. Delivery of an engineered HGF fragment in an

extracellular matrix-derived hydrogel prevents negative LV remodeling post-myocardial infarction. Biomaterials;

in press.

-Young DA, Bajaj V, Christman KL. 2014. Decellularized adipose matrix hydrogels stimulate in vivo neo-

vascularization and adipose formation. J Biomed Mater Res Part A 2014:102A:1641–1651.

-Sheets CG, Hui DD, Bajaj V, Earthman JC. 2013. Quantitative percussion diagnostics and bone density analysis

of the implant-bone interface in a pre- and postmortem human subject. Int J Oral Maxillofac Implants.

2013:38(6):1581-8.

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