Biography
Bijal is currently working within the FHI Healthy Ageing and Performance Nutrition work package in UL. She holds a BSc degree in Biomedical Science from the University of Western Australia, an MSc in Biomedical and Molecular Sciences Research from King's College London, and a PhD in Physiology (Cardiovascular Research) from King's College London. Her PhD was supported by a grant from the British Heart Foundation. Bijal graduated with a PhD in 2014, and her thesis focused on the effects of a naturally occurring isothiocyanate in regulating redox signalling in foetal endothelial cells of infants born to gestational diabetic mothers. She conducts research on the effects of bioactive peptides in regulating protein synthesis using cell-based assays and ex vivo samples.
Research Interests
Professional Activities
Education
- 2014 King's College London - PhD
- 2010 King's College London - MSc
- 2008 University of Western Australia - BSc
Employment
- 2014 King's College London - Research Scientist
- 2014 University of East London - Scientific Officer - Pharmacology
- 2013 Google - International Google Science Fair Judge
- 2011 GSK and Drug Control Centre - Olympic Analyst
- 2010 King's College London - Postgraduate demonstrator/tutor in undergraduate Physiology, Pharmacology and scientific techniques laboratory classes
- 2010 King's College London - Laboratory Techniques Demonstrator and Tutor
Award
- 2011 - Poster communication
- 2010 - PhD studentship
- 2010 - Hider prize
- 2009 - SEEK peer mentor recognition
Language
- English
- Hindi
Outreach
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SEEK peer mentor (2006-2007) - I was awarded the SEEK peer mentor recognition as part of my BSc degree due to my contribution in Science mentoring in High Schools around Perth, Australia.
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UniMentor (2006-2008) As a UniMentor I helped Science undergraduate students transition into uni life.
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Mission Discovery, King's College London (2014) As a STEM mentor, mentored 14-18 year old high school students for a week, in designing feasible biomedical experiments to be sent up and carried out on the International Space Station.
Publications
Conference Contribution
Early Career Physiologists Symposium
Bijal Patel (King's College London, London, UK), Gayathri Sekhar (King's College London, London, UK), James Garnett (St George's University of London, London, UK), Harry Pritchard (St George's University of London, London, UK), Chong Da Tan (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA) and Jean Tyrrell (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA)
37th World Congress of the International Union of Physiological Sciences
X. Cheng, S. Chapple, B. Patel, W. Puszyk, R. C. Siow, G. E. Mann
Experimental Biology
Bijal Patel, Richard CM Siow, Giovanni E. Mann
British Microcirculation Society Young Investigator Symposium
B Patel, RCM Siow, GE Mann
Conference Publication
37th IUPS
X. Cheng, S. Chapple, B. Patel, W. Puszyk, R. C. Siow, G. E. Mann
Experimental Biology
Bijal Patel, Richard CM Siow, Giovanni E. Mann
British Microcirculation Society Young Investigator Symposium University of Warwick
B Patel, RCM Siow, GE Mann
Peer Reviewed Journal
Gestational diabetes impairs Nrf2-mediated adaptive antioxidant defenses and redox signaling in fetal endothelial cells in utero
Cheng X*, Chapple SJ*, Patel B*, Puszyk W, Sugden D, Yin X, Mayr M, Siow RC & Mann GE
Diabetes