Rohin Iyer

Rohin Iyer

Research Scientist / Biomedical Engineer Specializing in Tissue Regeneration

Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Toronto, Canada Area)
Industry
Biotechnology

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Rohin Iyer's Overview

Past
  • Ph.D. Candidate / Senior Research Associate at Laboratory for Functional Tissue Engineering
  • Ph.D. Candidate at Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME)
  • Visiting Scholar / Researcher at Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering
  • Research Associate /Undergraduate Thesis Student at University of Toronto - IBBME - Stemcell Bioengineering Laboratory
  • Research Associate / Summer Student at CIHR Bioengineering of Skeletal Tissues Team
  • Research Assistant / Summer Student at Department of Nutritional Sciences, Fitzgerald Building, University of Toronto

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Education
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Toronto
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Rohin Iyer's Experience

Ph.D. Candidate / Senior Research Associate

Laboratory for Functional Tissue Engineering

September 2005 – November 2011 (6 years 3 months) Toronto, Canada Area

Research primarily involves mammalian cell tri-culture and bioreactor cultivation of cardiac patches, in vitro histological characterization, in vivo implantation. Tri-culture and mechanistic studies are carried out in microbioreactors to enable rapid screening and selection of favourable conditions, while cardiac patch cultivation is carried out in electrical stimulation and perfusion bioreactors.

Ph.D. Candidate

Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (IBBME)

2005 – 2011 (6 years)

Doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering Specializing in Functional Cardiac Tissue Engineering.

Visiting Scholar / Researcher

Laboratory for Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering

April 2009 – June 2009 (3 months) Greater New York City Area

Fabrication of advanced electrical stimulation bioreactors, interfacing with Matlab(R) software. Cultivation of tri-cultured cardiac patches in advanced bioreactors, electrical stimulation of cardiac patches using monophasic/biphasic pulses and custom-built amplification circuitry . In vivo implantation and vascularization of cardiac patches, supervision of animal surgery, histological evaluation of explanted hearts and patches.

Research Associate /Undergraduate Thesis Student

University of Toronto - IBBME - Stemcell Bioengineering Laboratory

September 2004 – May 2005 (9 months) Toronto, Canada Area

Murine embryonic stem (ES) cell culture, differentiation, self-renewal control of Jak-STAT and Wnt pathways, mechanistic and soluble factor dose-response studies, Wnt pathway inhibition and activation, quantitation of ES cell self-renewal markers by immunofluorescence microscopy and Cellomics Arrayscan High-content screening (HCS) Instrumentation.

Research Associate / Summer Student

CIHR Bioengineering of Skeletal Tissues Team

May 2003 – August 2003 (4 months) Toronto, Canada Area

Bovine chondrocyte culture, primary cell isolation, mechanical stimulation of engineered cartilage, fabrication and processing of porous calcium polyphosphate (CPP) substrates, anaylsis of changes in extracellular matrix gene expression by RT-PCR.

Research Assistant / Summer Student

Department of Nutritional Sciences, Fitzgerald Building, University of Toronto

1999 – 2001 (2 years)

Analysis of the antioxidant properties of dietary lycopene on bone-forming cells. Techniques used included assays for oxidative stress (TBARS), mammalian cell culture, ALP assay, protein quantification.

Rohin Iyer's Courses

  • Ph. D., Biomedical Engineering - Cardiac Tissue Engineering

    University of Toronto

    • Molecular Assemblies (JCB1349)
    • Bioengineering Science (BME1450)
    • Regenerative Medicine (MSC7000Y)
    • Biostatistics (MBP1010)
    • Biomedical Nanotechnology (BME1457)

Rohin Iyer's Languages

  • French

Rohin Iyer's Publications

Rohin Iyer's Education

University of Toronto

Ph. D., Biomedical Engineering - Cardiac Tissue Engineering

2005 – 2010

Activities and Societies: Co-President - Biomedical Engineering Students Association (BESA) President, Founding Member - Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), Member - Graduate Student Union (GSU) Presidents, Student Delegate - Training Program in Regenerative Medicine (TPRM), Senior Editor / Production Manager - IBBME Proceedings Journal, Student Delegate - IBBME Director Search Committee, Musician / Singer - South Indian Carnatic Classical Vocal.

University of Toronto

B.A.Sc., Engineering Science - Biomedical Stream

2001 – 2005

The Engineering Science program at the University of Toronto is considered the most challenging engineering program in Canada. Only the top ranking students in Canada are offered admission into the program. It offers an accelerated curriculum in the first two years and then the option to specialize in one of 8 streams, including nanoengineering, aerospace engineering, and my chosen stream, biomedical engineering. More information can be found here: http://engsci.utoronto.ca/explore_our_program/about_engsci.htm

Activities and Societies: Club for Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering (CUBE)

Rohin Iyer's Additional Information

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Interests:

Biomedical Engineering, Tissue Engineering, Microfluidics, Embryonic Stem Cells. Also a professional South Indian classical musician / singer.

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Honors and Awards:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) PGS D recipient
Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) International Scholarship Recipient
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) and Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (OGSST) Recipient.

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