Dr. Vinu Vijayan, PhD
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Experimentelle Unfallchirurgie
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I earned my PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Madras at CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, India, in January 2024, through the INSPIRE program of the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. My thesis, titled "Implications of Rare Earth Metal Nanoparticles Collagen Bio Composites on Tuneable Angiogenesis for Tissue Regenerative Applications," focused on developing collagen-based biocomposites reinforced with rare earth metal nanoparticles to modulate angiogenesis for the regeneration of bone, skin, and cornea. During this work, I developed expertise in in vitro cell culture techniques involving endothelial cells, osteoblasts, keratinocytes, and corneal fibroblasts, as well as gained experience in animal experiments with rat and mouse models for skin and bone regenerative research. Additionally, I synthesized and characterized rare metal oxide nanoparticles and collagen-based biocomposites at the Biological Materials Laboratory of CSIR-CLRI, Chennai under the guidance of Dr. M. S.Kiran. I was also involved in collaborative studies investigating the anticancer activity of organic compounds. I obtained my Master’s degree (M.Sc) in Biochemistry from Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, where I was honored with First Rank. My initiation into Life Sciences began with a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, at NSS College, Pandalam, Pathanamthitta, India.
Prior to joining Prof. Katrin Lips’ team at the Experimental Trauma Surgery lab at JLU Giessen as a postdoctoral researcher, I spent nearly a year from January 2024 to December 2024 at the Microbiology, Fermentation and Biotechnology Division of ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India. There, I developed skills in handling fish cell lines and microbes, conducting antimicrobial analyses, isolating pigments, and fabricating chitosan-metal oxide nanoparticle composites for biomedical applications, including wound healing and the development of antimicrobial hand sanitizers
Forschungsschwerpunkte:
- Bone regeneration
- Wound healing
- Angiogenesis
- Biomaterial development
- Nanoparticle synthesis and characterization
- Mammalian and Fish cell culture
Ausgewählte Publikationen:
- Biswas, C.; Vijayan, V.; Panda, S.J.; Purohit, C.S.; Kiran, M.S.; Gosh, R. 2024 Anti-cancer and anti-angiogenic activities of some synthetic Ni(II) thiosemicarbazone complexes, Polyhedron, 252, 116888. 10.1016/j.poly.2024.116888
- Sreekumar, S.; Vijayan, V.; Gangaraj, K. P.; Kiran, M.S. 2024 Apigenin Self-Assembled Collagen Biomatrix for Reprogramming the Obese Wound Microenvironment for Its Management and Repair, ACS Applied Bio Materials. 10.1021/acsabm.3c00609
- Vijayan, V.; Sreekumar, S.; Ahina, K. M.; Lakra, R.; Kiran, M. S. 2023, Lanthanum Oxide Nanoparticles Reinforced Collagen ƙ-Carrageenan Hydroxyapatite Biocomposite as Angio Osteogenic Biomaterial for In Vivo Osseointegration and Bone Repair, Advanced Biology, 7, 2300039. 10.1002/adbi.202300039
- Vijayan, V.; Kiran, M. S. 2023, Hybrid Nanostructured Gadolinium oxide-Collagen-Dextran Polymeric Hydrogel for Corneal Repair and Regeneration, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 224, 1423-1438. 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.10.229
- Vijayan, V.; Sreekumar, S.; Singh, F.; Srivatsan, K. V.; Lakra, R.; Korrapati, P.S.; Kiran, M. S. 2021 Nanotized Praseodymium Oxide Collagen 3-D pro-Vasculogenic Biomatrix for Soft Tissue Engineering, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine, 33, 102364. 10.1016/j.nano.2021.102364