Biomaterials Production and Characterization Laboratory

Principle Investigator

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duygu Ege

Duygu Ege has a PhD in Medical Materials from University of Cambridge and a MEng degree in Materials Science and Engineering (First Class Honours) from Imperial College, London. Her research on production and characterisation of bone screws at ETH Zurich, lead her to receive the Centenary Prize from Imperial College, London (2009). Her other awards include Dorothy Hodgkins Scholarship leading to PhD at University of Cambridge, Best Podium Presentation Award by International Society for Ceramics in Medicine and IDEA League Grant for her research work at ETH Zurich. 

Education

PhD, Medical Materials, University of Cambridge

BSc and MEng,  Materials Science and Engineering, Imperial College, London.

 

Research Areas

The focus of our lab is multidisciplinary including research on

  1. tissue regeneration
  2. injectable scaffolds
  3. drug delivery devices
  4. 3D printing of tissue scaffolds

 

Project Grants

  1. Principle Investigator (2015- ) Effect of Graphene Oxide/Biodegradable Polymer Nanofibers on Schwann Cell Proliferation (BU Grant)
  2. Principle Investigator (2017-2020 ) (TUBİTAK Grant)

 

Related Courses

BM 541 Biological Materials

BM 597 Characterisation of Biomedical Samples

BM 682 Phase transformation and Heat Treatment of Biomaterials

 

Group Members

Şule Arıcı

Dr. Mehmet Ali Karaca

Berk Acarkan

Öznur Demir

Hatice Oruçoğlu

Sepideh Tavakoli

İlayda Duru

Esra Güben

 

Lab Facilities

  1. Laminar cabinet
  2. Inverted fluorescence microscopy
  3. Air Incubator
  4. CO2 Incubator Centrifuge
  5. Hot plate with magnetic stirrer
  6. Vacuum pump
  7. Refrigerator
  8. Analytical Balance
  9. Ultrasonic Homogenizer
  10. Water distillatory
  11. Water bath