Eleni Bazigou

Academic Visitor Jan 2017 -

BIoengineering, Imperial College London

Research Coordinator/ Part-time researcher in cardiovascular mechanics field.
Key responsibilities:
• Evaluate/ Customise experimental procedures to satisfy UK home Office rules and regulations and support them by updated SOPs.
• Coordinate/ delegate/ report data analysis amongst active participants.
• Organize/ participate in investigator team meetings, contact-based or via conference calls.
• Prepare documents and reports from data analysis of research findings.

Postdoc Sep 2011 - Dec 2016

Bioengineering, Imperial College London

Worked in the field of cardiovascular mechanics to study the effect of surgically altered blood flow on the permeability of the arterial wall as a means of identifying vulnerable regions along the aorta for developing atherosclerotic plaques.
Key responsibilities:
• Evaluated pre-study proposals by preparing all relevant information associated with technical support and setting up teams of specialized personnel, creating time-plan of projects outlining positive outcomes as well as potential pitfalls and ways around them.
• Produced relevant SOPs and training courses for active participants.
• Led cross-functional projects combining physiology, surgery, biochemistry, microscopy, computer programming and assay validation. Being trained in all these fields I used hands on approach as well as consulting and overviewing associated procedures.
• Designed and performed wet lab and animal procedures according to SOPs.
• Initiated and Coordinated collaborations amongst multidisciplinary and multiethnic groups, such as engineers, biologists and clinicians by assigning specific tasks and organizing meetings to review and ensure the smooth and timely confined operation of projects.
• Complied with FDA, Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and UK Home office legislation by:
- Providing/ Improving SOPs ensuring reliable, cost effective, safe and ethical performance of wet lab experiments, animal handling and all associated procedures.
- Ensuring proper use of and Monitoring drug administration for animal procedures.
• Provided training, coaching and direction to BEng undergraduate and MEng students, who obtained distinction in their assessment.
• Maintained up-to-date knowledge of new scientific findings and regulatory requirements and shared documents/data on team server updated by all active participants of given project.
• Participate in capital projects by generating business case reports when investment for new instrumentation, reagent testing and pilot study is necessary.
• Liaised between investors and outsourced operational support parties.
• Communicated in oral presentations and in writing scientific findings and scope of projects to international conferences, peer-reviewed journals and funding bodies.
• Provided Lectures/ Tutorials to undergraduate and MEng students at the Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London.
• Participated/ Chaired interview panels for students and academic fellows at the Department of Bioengineering.
• Reviewed research articles and grant proposals for journals and funding bodies, by evaluating scientific novelty and evidence, timeline planning, costs-effectiveness and correct practice of procedures regulations.

Postdoc Jan 2007 - Aug 2011

CRUK Jobs Feed, Cancer Research UK

Worked on mouse development of lymphatic system using molecular biology, biochemistry, confocal and electron microscopy and primary cell culture. I identified novel genetic factors important for valve formation in mice and humans and raised new research fields that highlighted the importance of cell function over identity.
Key responsibilities:
• Developed and Presented scientific proposals for grant applications to funding bodies (Cancer Research UK), involving literature review, working hypotheses, ethics, timeline plan and logistics of technical specialization, instrumentation and reagent/animal costs.
• Designed and performed wet lab and animal procedures according to SOPs.
• Developed/ Maintained records of all procedures and expenses.
• Initiated and coordinated cross-functional collaborations with clinicians (St Thomas Hospital London) and material scientists (Institute of Nanotechnology, UCL, London).
• Organized/participated in meetings with other investigators, health and safety surveillance managers as well as sponsors.
• Supervised/ Mentored BSc and PhD students by providing clear scopes of projects, SOPs, technical training and frequent reviews on project progression.
• Represented team in National and International conferences.
• Documented/ Presented team’s research excellence in peer-reviewed journals.

National Institute for Medical Research, Medical Research Council 2002 - 2006

Field of study: Developmental Genetics
Degree: PhD

Thesis title:

"The role of target-required factors in the regulation of axon guidance in the visual system of Drosophila".

King's College London 1999 - 2002

Field of study: Molecular Biology
Degree: BSc

Thesis title:

"The role of two novel transcription factors in the regulation of Notch signalling in the mouse telencephalon".

Julia Gorelik, National Lung and Heart Institute 2014 - 2017

ex vivo measurements of endothelial membrane dynamics

Meng Xing Tang, Imperial College London 2013 - 2017

ultrasound and 3D particle velocimetry in vivo

Guillaume Charras 2010 - 2011

microfluidics and endothelial cells

Oliver Lyons, King's College London 2009 - 2011

venous valve development in mice

Ruth Palmer, Umea University, Sweden 2003 - 2006

The role of Alk and Jelly belly in the visual system of Drosophila