Affiliation: Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Cardiac Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Division and St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW Sydney, Australia

Dr. Vaibhao Janbandhu completed his PhD from International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India & Trieste, Italy. His thesis work in the Virology group focused on the cell cycle regulation by hepatitis B virus. He then joined as a Postdoctoral Scientist at the Department of Molecular Medicine, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany, where he developed and worked on mouse model of skin cancer. In 2013, he joined the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia, as Senior Postdoctoral Scientist and St Vincent's Clinical School, UNSW Sydney , Sydney, Australia,  as Conjoint Lecturer. His research has focused on the biology and origins of adult cardiac stromal cells, and understanding the molecular mechanisms of heart disease and cardiac regeneration.